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File #: 2025-0292    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/7/2025 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 12/9/2025
Enactment date: 12/19/2025 Enactment #: 20026
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the 2025 levy of property taxes in King County for collection in the year 2026.
Sponsors: Rod Dembowski
Indexes: levy
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 20026, 2. 2025-0292 Striking Amendment S1, 3. 2025-0292 transmittal letter, 4. 2025-0292 Fiscal Note, 5. 2025-0292 Legislative Review Form, 6. 2025-0291 0292_SR_TaxyLevyCerts
Staff: Sanders, April

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AN ORDINANCE relating to the 2025 levy of property taxes in King County for collection in the year 2026.

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                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:

                     SECTION 1.  The county assessor of King County has certified to the metropolitan King County council that the assessed valuation of the County of King as finally equalized amounts to $912,911,807,935.

                     SECTION 2.  The King County council imposes the levies necessary to fund estimated expenditures for the year 2026 as listed in this section.  These amounts do not include the total of estimated revenues from sources other than taxation, including available surplus and such expenditures as are to be net from bond warrant issues.  In accordance with state law, the King County assessor calculated a sum for property taxes available to the county related to new construction, improvements to property, refunds, and any increase in the assessed value of state assessed property.  In calculating the amount of regular property tax moneys needed, the council was cognizant of these sums, and they are therefore included in the following levy totals.

                     FUND                                                                                                                                                                                             TAX

COUNTY

                     CURRENT EXPENSE                     $442,172,495

                     HUMAN SERVICES FUND/MENTAL HEALTH                     $8,267,769

                     VETERANS' AID                     $3,683,931

                     VETERANS, SENIORS AND HUMAN SERVICES                     $90,486,624

                     PARKS                     $210,775,065

                     AFIS                     $24,887,567

                     BEST STARTS FOR KIDS                     $161,239,057

                     CRISIS CARE CENTERS                     $125,020,067

                     UNLIMITED G.O. BONDS                     $20,800,000

                     CONSERVATION FUTURES                     $56,044,835

                     EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES                     $228,945,431

                     TRANSPORTATION                     $34,987,393

                     MARINE                     $7,381,792

                     COUNTY HOSPITAL                     $138,094,680

TOTAL COUNTY                     $1,552,786,706

                     SECTION 3.  A.  The King County council imposes the levy necessary to fund estimated expenditures for the year 2026 as listed in this section.  This amount does not include the total of estimated revenues from sources other than taxation, including available surplus and such expenditures as are to be net from bond warrant issues.  In accordance with state law, the King County assessor calculated a sum for property taxes available to the county related to new construction, improvements to property, refunds, and any increase in the assessed value of state assessed property.  In calculating the amount of regular property tax moneys needed, the council was cognizant of these sums, and they are therefore included in the following levy totals.

                     FUND                                                                                                                                                                                             TAX

UNINCORPORATED COUNTY - ROADS                     $104,038,958

                     SECTION 4.  The King County council certifies the levies of the following taxing districts:

PORT DISTRICTS

                     PORT OF SEATTLE                     $90,180,055

CITIES AND TOWNS

                     ALGONA                     $808,153

                     AUBURN (King County portion only)                     $23,477,308

                     BEAUX ARTS VILLAGE                     $196,085

                     BELLEVUE                     $95,487,103

                     BLACK DIAMOND                     $3,515,379

                     BOTHELL (King County portion only)                     $19,348,150

                     BURIEN                     $9,093,941

                     CARNATION                     $542,309

                     CLYDE HILL                     $1,402,007

                     COVINGTON                     $3,427,760

                     DES MOINES                     $5,836,412

                     DUVALL                     $2,145,072

                     ENUMCLAW                     $3,227,129

                     FEDERAL WAY                     $12,446,379

                     HUNTS POINT                     $323,859

                     ISSAQUAH                     $10,955,244

                     KENMORE                     $6,386,543

                     KENT                     $36,080,821

                     KIRKLAND                     $45,201,134

                     LAKE FOREST PARK                     $3,578,834

                     MAPLE VALLEY                     $7,692,831

                     MEDINA                     $4,741,396

                     MERCER ISLAND                     $15,390,478

                     MILTON (KC portion only)                     $659,613

                     NEWCASTLE                     $6,598,462

                     NORMANDY PARK                     $4,285,875

                     NORTH BEND                     $2,688,012

                     PACIFIC (King County portion only)                     $295,962

                     REDMOND                     $34,189,483

                     RENTON                     $26,770,022

                     SAMMAMISH                     $35,672,428

                     SEATAC                     $19,870,584

                     SHORELINE                     $28,788,935

                     SKYKOMISH                     $64,668

                     SNOQUALMIE                     $8,864,274

                     TUKWILA                     $17,519,380

                     WOODINVILLE                     $4,027,245

                     YARROW POINT                     $711,561

TOTAL CITIES AND TOWNS                     $502,310,831

FIRE DISTRICTS

                       2                     $22,727,407

                     10                     $8,808,473

                     11                     $3,962,302

                     13                     $6,857,751

                     20                     $5,121,499

                     22 (King County portion only)                     $1,103,893

                     27                     $3,155,096

                     28                     $7,738,544

                     31                     $33,764

                     34                     $11,733,905

                     36                     $9,942,999

                     38                     $2,753,359

                     39                     $32,925,922

                     43                     $18,489,825

                     44                     $8,349,960

                     45                     $4,419,266

                     47                     $371,849

                     49 (King County portion only)                     $279,314

                     50                     $661,442

                     61 (King County portion only)                     $19,199,366.69

                     62                     $46,562,124

                     63                     $36,985,512

                     64                     $23,982,908

TOTAL FIRE DISTRICTS                     $276,166,481

OTHER DISTRICTS

                     CEMETERY DISTRICT NO. 1                     $128,750

                     SEATTLE METROPOLITAN PARKS DISTRICT                     $131,780,472

                     DES MOINES METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT                      $2,385,509

                     FALL CITY METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT                     $130,111

                     HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1                     $70,354,621

                     HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 2                     $83,308,566

                     HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 4                     $4,617,794

                     HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 5                     $1,967,014

                     KING COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT                     $85,987,748

                     NORMANDY PARK METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT                     $670,731

                     NORTHSHORE PARKS & REC (King County portion only)                     $1,948,825

                     PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY (King County portion only)                     $240,067

                     SI VIEW METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT                     $3,623,064

                     RURAL LIBRARY (King County portion only)                     $141,434,145

                     TUKWILA METROLPOLITAN PARKS DISTRICT                     $4,149,693

                     VASHON MAURY PARKS                     $2,076,918

                     SOUND TRANSIT 3 (King County portion only)                     $129,827,258

TOTAL OTHER DISTRICTS                     $664,631,286

SCHOOL DISTRICTS

                     001 - SEATTLE                     $433,641,832

                     210 - FEDERAL WAY                     $34,428,748

                     216 - ENUMCLAW                     $7,653,554

                     400 - MERCER ISLAND                     $17,523,524

                     401 - HIGHLINE                     $73,758,488

                     402 - VASHON                     $6,433,397

                     403 - RENTON                     $97,627,680

                     404 - SKYKOMISH                     $75,865

                     405 - BELLEVUE                     $144,311,755

                     406 - TUKWILA                     $9,974,269

                     407 - RIVERVIEW                     $9,545,990

                     408 - AUBURN (King County portion only)                     $36,048,074

                     409 - TAHOMA                     $20,579,037

                     410 - SNOQUALMIE VALLEY                     $28,782,919

                     411 - ISSAQUAH                     $107,210,932

                     412 - SHORELINE                     $32,318,051

                     414 -LAKE WASHINGTON                     $202,134,742

                     415 - KENT                     $52,341,693

                     417 - NORTHSHORE (King County portion only)                     $71,619,720

                     888 -FIFE (King County portion only)                     $11,505,808

TOTAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS                     $1,397,516,078

GRAND TOTAL                     $4,587,630,394