Drafter
Clerk 01/22/2025
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the 2024 levy of property taxes in King County for collection in the year 2025.
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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 $866,805,846,210.
SECTION 2. The metropolitan King County council imposes the levies necessary to fund estimated expenditures for the year 2024 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 $430,767,831
HUMAN SERVICES FUND/MENTAL HEALTH $8,001,597
VETERANS' AID $3,565,331
VETERANS, SENIORS AND HUMAN SERVICES $86,332,050
PARKS $169,972,676
BEST STARTS FOR KIDS $154,573,276
CRISIS CARE CENTERS $122,194,477
UNLIMITED G.O. BONDS $18,970,000
CONSERVATION FUTURES $53,949,500
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES $191,836,242
TRANSIT $34,151,121
MARINE $7,181,825
COUNTY HOSPITAL $86,680,585
TOTAL COUNTY $1,368,176,511
SECTION 3. A. The King County council imposes the levy necessary to fund estimated expenditures for the year 2025 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 $102,167,925
SECTION 4. The King County council certifies the levies of the following taxing districts:
PORT DISTRICTS
PORT OF SEATTLE $88,387,593
CITIES AND TOWNS
ALGONA $793,840
AUBURN (King County portion only) $25,607,602
BEAUX ARTS VILLAGE $191,312
BELLEVUE $92,993,959
BLACK DIAMOND $3,171,878
BOTHELL (King County portion only) $29,757,815
BURIEN $8,895,336
CARNATION $492,598
CLYDE HILL $1,369,379
COVINGTON $3,300,943
DES MOINES $5,787,846
DUVALL $2,631,498
ENUMCLAW $3,128,357
FEDERAL WAY $12,234,338
HUNTS POINT $317,546
ISSAQUAH $12,475,677
KENMORE $7,205,759
KENT $35,459,342
KIRKLAND $43,942,088
LAKE FOREST PARK $3,520,000
MAPLE VALLEY $7,350,000
MEDINA $4,619,143
MERCER ISLAND $15,069,814
MILTON (KC portion only) $515,188
NEWCASTLE $6,485,576
NORMANDY PARK $4,149,784
NORTH BEND $2,757,385
PACIFIC (King County portion only) $1,112,980
REDMOND $33,175,286
RENTON $26,293,862
SAMMAMISH $35,463,488
SEATAC $19,445,610
SHORELINE $27,761,137
SKYKOMISH $61,957
SNOQUALMIE $8,722,581
TUKWILA $16,991,603
WOODINVILLE $3,900,415
YARROW POINT $684,910
TOTAL CITIES AND TOWNS $507,837,832
FIRE DISTRICTS
2 $24,040,345
4 $12,629,868
10 $8,612,672
11 $3,812,922
13 $6,892,318
16 $10,577,061
20 $4,827,115
22 (King County portion only) $1,202,690
24 $0
27 $3,039,693
28 $7,325,023
31 $33,646
34 $10,700,000
36 $9,703,434
38 $2,445,690
39 $32,446,277
40 $4,882,000
41 $0
43 $17,344,188
44 $8,164,586
45 $4,225,064
47 $364,765
49 (King County portion only) $177,621
50 $329,451
61 (King County portion only) $21,311,866
62 $45,241,759
63 $30,424,744
TOTAL FIRE DISTRICTS $270,754,798
OTHER DISTRICTS
CEMETERY DISTRICT NO. 1 $126,947
SEATTLE METROPOLITAN PARKS DISTRICT $127,681,470
DES MOINES METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT $2,339,313
FALL CITY METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT $128,811
HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 $27,055,326
HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 2 $21,905,950
HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 4 $4,504,471
HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 5 $1,962,417
KING COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT $84,582,412
NORMANDY PARK METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT $664,090
NORTHSHORE PARKS & REC (King County portion only) $1,566,051
PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY (King County portion only) $187,504
SI VIEW METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT $3,548,397
RURAL LIBRARY (King County portion only) $140,889,558
TUKWILA METROPOLITAN PARKS DISTRICT $1,493,500
VASHON MAURY PARKS $1,984,264
SOUND TRANSIT 3 (King County portion only) $176,222,281
TOTAL OTHER DISTRICTS $512,303,049
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
001 - SEATTLE $559,748,746
210 - FEDERAL WAY $78,074,857
216 - ENUMCLAW $21,285,092
400 - MERCER ISLAND $29,397,983
401 - HIGHLINE $124,999,500
402 - VASHON $10,965,826
403 - RENTON $135,596,387
404 - SKYKOMISH $214,397
405 - BELLEVUE $204,943,714
406 - TUKWILA $21,200,222
407 - RIVERVIEW $18,770,204
408 - AUBURN (King County portion only) $96,352,808
409 - TAHOMA $47,961,190
410 - SNOQUALMIE VALLEY $51,129,198
411 - ISSAQUAH $163,766,655
412 - SHORELINE $67,000,000
414 -LAKE WASHINGTON $261,114,678
415 - KENT $130,023,751
417 - NORTHSHORE (King County portion only) $169,027,894
888 -FIFE (King County portion only) $3,108,325
TOTAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS $2,194,681,427
GRAND TOTAL $5,044,309,135