MEASURE NO. 24-118

City of Stayton

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Explanatory Statement:

The City of Stayton is seeking a 4-year local option tax of $260,000 per year for partial support of the City’s library, pool and parks programs, beginning in Fiscal Year 2005-2006. Most of the tax will offset the loss of the existing local option tax that expires at the end of next fiscal year (June 2005) and continue existing levels of service (programs and hours open to the public). Some of the proposed tax will be used for capital improvements that could not otherwise be afforded within the City’s regular budget. A specific list of the proposed uses of local option tax proceeds is as follows:

  PROPOSED EXPENDITURE Year 1

2005-06

 Year 2

2006-07

 Year 3

2007-08

 Year 4

2008-09

LIBRARY

       
Maintain Level of Service $ 75,200 $ 77,800 $ 80,500 $ 83,300
Maintain Current Book Budget 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Maintain Current A-V/Reference Budget 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Computer Replacement Schedule  ——— 5,900 3,500 ———
Increased Staffing - Expanded Library ——— ——— 27,500 27,100
Increased Book Budget -Expanded Library ——— ——— 5,000 5,000

POOL

Maintain Level of Service $ 84,000 86,900 89,900 93,000
Install Lockers 4,000 ——— ——— ———
Exterior Concrete Work  ——— 4,000 ——— ———
Painting Interior of Pool ——— ——— 8,000 ———
Pool PA System ——— ——— ——— 6,000

PARKS

       
Reconstruct Tennis Courts - Full Cost $ 61,200 4,800 ——— ———
Replace Playground Equipment- Pioneer Park ——— 45,000 ——— ———
Parks Trails ——— ——— 10,000 10,000
ALLOWANCE FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE TAXES $ 15,600 15,600 15,600 15,600
TOTAL $ 260,000  $ 260,000  $ 260,000 $ 260,000

 

Based on the most current information available from the Marion County Assessor’s office, the proposed tax would represent a tax rate of some seventy cents ($.699) per $1,000 of real property assessed value (not market value). For example, estimated first year cost for a home assessed at $150,000 would be approximately $104.84. Because the existing local option tax passed in 2002 will cease, and will not overlap the proposed new local option tax, the estimated additional tax cost (from the tax bill now being paid), using the same $150,000 house example, would be approximately $9.60 per year.

Submitted by:

Chris Childs, City Administrator

City of Stayton

No arguments in opposition to this measure were filed.

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