FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 41 PROPOSITION NO. 1
INCREASING PROPERTY TAX LEVY RATE FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES

The Board of Commissioners of King County Fire Protection District No. 41 adopted Resolution No. 210 to finance fire suppression and emergency services. This proposition would authorize the District to increase its regular property tax levy rate for collection in 2006 to one dollar and twenty cents ($1.20) per one thousand dollars ($1000) of assessed valuation without regard to limitations imposed by chapter 84.55 RCW. This shall not be construed to authorize an excess levy and is subject to otherwise applicable statutory dollar rate limitations. Should this proposition be:

APPROVED
REJECTED

FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 44 PROPOSITION NO. 1
RESTORING PROPERTY TAX LEVY RATE FOR FIRE PROTECTION, FIRE PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

The Board of Commissioners of King County Fire Protection District No. 44 adopted Resolution No. 401 to finance fire protection, fire prevention and emergency medical services. This proposition would authorize the District to restore its regular property tax levy rate for collection in 2006 to one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per one thousand dollars ($1000) of assessed valuation without regard to limitations imposed by chapter 84.55 RCW. This shall not be construed to authorize an excess levy and is subject to otherwise applicable statutory dollar rate limitations. Should this proposition be:

APPROVED
REJECTED

CITY OF COVINGTON REFERENDUM NO. 1
IMPOSING A UTILITY TAX ON THE INCOME OF CERTAIN UTILITY PROVIDERS OPERATING WITHIN COVINGTON

The City Council for the City of Covington passed Ordinance No. 26-04, concerning the addition of a utility tax chapter to the Covington Municipal Code, and voters have filed a sufficient referendum petition on this ordinance. The ordinance would institute a 3-1/2% tax on the gross income of telephone, light and power, solid waste collection, gas distribution and cable television businesses operating within Covington. The proceeds collected would be dedicated to specific City Funds as follows: 57.14% to the Capital Improvement Program Fund; 28.57% to the Street Maintenance Fund; and 14.29% to the General Fund. This utility tax would terminate without further action of the City on February 29, 2008.
Should this Ordinance be:

APPROVED
REJECTED

City of Covington Voters’ Pamphlet