HomeMy WebLinkAbout6177ORDINANCE NO.6 1 7 7
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, CREATING A NEW
SECTION, 3.41.015 OF THE AUBURN CITY CODE
RELATING TO THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
UTILITY TAXES FROM THE SOLID WASTE FUND TO
THE GENERAL FUND
WHEREAS, the City has identified surplus funds in the Solid Waste
Fund; and
WHEREAS, these funds are not required for operations; and
WHEREAS, the City would like to utilize its excess Solid Waste Fund
surplus; and
WHEREAS, the tax is an internal tax on the Solid Waste Fund by the
General Fund and is not charged to the customer; and
WHEREAS, in order to move these funds from the Solid Waste Fund to
General Fund the City must increase internal tax on the City's Solid Waste
Utility Fund from seven percent to twenty percent; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed its solid waste utility fund and
finds that it is appropriate that the provisions of the City Code be amended to
increase the City solid waste utility tax rate from the Solid Waste Fund to the
General Fund to meet the City's needs, with the intention that the solid waste
utility tax rate shall revert to the rates in effect prior to the increases of this
Ordinance after twelve months or after One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) has
been collected; and
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WHEREAS, the surplus funding will be dedicated to the construction of
the Community Center.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That a new Section 3.41.015 of the City of Auburn City
Code is created to read as follows:
3.41.015 Special Internal Tax Created
A. In addition to the tax provided by section 3.41.010, there is
an additional tax of Thirteen percent that shall apply only to the gross
revenue collected in the City of Auburn's Solid Waste Fund.
B. The tax revenue generated by this Ordinance No. 6177
shall automatically expire after twelve months from the effective date of
said Ordinance, or upon the collection of One Million Dollars
($1,000,000) from the tax increase is accumulated.
Section 2. Implementation. The Mayor is hereby authorized to
implement such administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry out
the directives of this legislation.
Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, clause,
phrase, or sentence, of this Ordinance, is for any reason held to be invalid or
unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality of the remaining portions
of this ordinance, as it is being hereby expressly declared that this ordinance
and each section, subsections, clause, phrase, or sentence, hereof would have
been prepared, proposed, adopted, and approved and ratified irrespective of
the fact that any one or more section, subsection, clause, phase, or sentence,
be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force five (5) days from and after its passage, approval and publication as
provided by law, and on November 1, 2008.
INTRODUCED:
OCT 2 0 2008
PASSED: OCT 2 0 2008
PP 2 0 2008
PE ER B. LEWIS, MAYOR
ATTEST
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Da Ile E. Daskam, City Clerk
APP VED O FOR
aniel B. Heid, ity A rney
PUBLISHED:',`_
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CITY OF x AliBURN Peter B. Lewis, Mayor
WAS H I NGTON 25 West Main Street * Aubum WA 98001-4998 * www.auburnwa.gov * 253-931-3000
STATE OF WASHINGTON )
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COUNTIES OF KING AND PIERCE ) '
I, Danielle Daskam, the duly appointed, qualified City Clerk of the City of
Auburn, a Municipal Corporation and Code City, situate in the counties of King and
Pierce, State of Washington, certify as follows:
1. The foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 6177
(the "Ordinance") duly passed by the Council and approved by the Mayor of the said
City of Auburn, on the 20th day of October, 2008, as that ordinance appears on the
minute book of the City.
2. Ordinance No. 6177 was published as provided by law in the Seattle
Times, a daily newspaper published in the City of Auburn, and of general circulation
therein, on the 23rd day of October, 2008.
Witness my hand and the official seal of the City of Auburn, this 29th day of
June, 2009.
ka't &ellw Danielle Daskam, City Clerk
City of Auburn
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