NOTICE OF MEASURE ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Sauvie Island Fire District #30JT board has referred the following measure to voters in the Sauvie Island Fire District at the Nov. 4, 2014, General Election. Any registered voter dissatisfied with the ballot title may file a petition with the Multnomah County Circuit Court for review on or before 5:00 PM, 9/9/2014. Any person filing a challenge must also file a copy of the challenge with the Director of Elections, 1040 SE Morrison St., Portland, by the end of the next business day after the petition is filed with the Circuit Court.
Caption: Reduced five-year local option levy for general operating expenditures
Question: Shall Sauvie Island Fire District impose reduced five-year $0.35 per $1,000 assessed value for general operations beginning 2015-2016? This measure renews current local option taxes.
Summary: Sauvie Island Fire District (Multnomah County Rural Fire Protection District #30J) is proposing a renewal of their existing local option levy that will support the needs for general operations and expenditures. This renewal is a 25% reduction from $0.4600/$1,000 assessed valuation to $0.3500/$1,000 assessed valuation. Through efficient fiscal stewardship, the District has been able to reduce expenditures while maintaining a reserve capital replacement fund for future purchases and can request the lowered amount while providing the same or higher level of response to the community.
The District anticipates the expenditure of these funds to include, but not limited to, required annual medical/health testing for all responders, required Federal/OSHA testing and firefighters use of equipment, physical testing of responders’ abilities/capabilities, annual servicing and safety inspections of vehicles and equipment to include funds for capital replacement, continuing education for volunteer responder training and certification, and continued contribution to the capital reserve fund. Without this additional revenue, personnel health programs, training, vehicle replacement, and maintenance schedules will need be reduced.
The estimated tax cost for this measure is an ESTIMATE ONLY based on the best information available from the county assessor at the time of estimate. The proposed rate will raise approximately $48,750 in FY2015/2016, $49,725 in FY2016/2017, $50,720 in FY2017/2018, $51,734 in FY2018/2019 and $52,769 in FY2019/2020, for a total of $253,698.
Tim Scott, Director of Elections
Multnomah County