File #: 2022-0422    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 10/18/2022 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 11/15/2022
Enactment date: 11/29/2022 Enactment #: 19547
Title: A MOTION related to the King County board of appeals and equalization; approving convening of the board as authorized by RCW 84.48.010 due to the increase in the number of appeals.
Sponsors: Claudia Balducci
Indexes: Board of Appeals
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19547, 2. 2022-0422 Request for Approval to Convene the King County Board of Appeals & Equalization in Accordance with RCW 84.48.010(4)

Drafter

Clerk 10/11/2022

Title

A MOTION related to the King County board of appeals and equalization; approving convening of the board as authorized by RCW 84.48.010 due to the increase in the number of appeals.

Body

                     WHEREAS, the chair of the King County board of appeals and equalization has informed the council that as of September 14, 2022, two thousand five hundred fifty assessment appeals were filed, which exceeds ten percent of the number of appeals filed in 2021, and

                     WHEREAS, RCW 84.48.010 authorizes the board to convene at any time with the approval of the county legislative authority when petitions exceed ten percent of the number of appeals filed in the preceding year, and

                     WHEREAS, convening of the board is necessary to resolve all 2022 appeals;

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:

                     The council approves of the board of appeals and equalization convening to consider and resolve appeals from the 2022 assessment year.