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Shelton Mason County Journal
Shelton, Washington
October 21, 1965     Shelton Mason County Journal
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By AL FORD ;throughout Mason County are heing asked in Nov. 2 to apl)rove the collection of a higher schools and the county goverl]ment operation. cessity for the vote came through two laws, last session of the State Legislature, which, seem to conflict. of the two laws deals with state apportion- for schools. In setting up a new formula for on of money to tile school districts, intended ,cal support of schools throughout the state, a 3 written into the law whichlstates that start- the state, when dividing llp t le apportionment "assume" that the property taxes collected by district is at the maximum 14 mills on an assess- 25 per cent of full value. the Mason County Assessor is presently an assessment rate of 20 per cent of the full 'operty as the assessed valuation for tax this county it would mean an increase Psr cent in assessed valuations. district which does not collect its maximum Oll the higher assessment rate will lose appor- the same ratio as its tax collections are Percy M. Pio Bookbinding Co. 6017 S. E. 86th Portland, Ore. 97216 @ • under the rate set I)y the state, asking What the school districts in Mason County are voters to do is apl)rove collection of the maxinmm 14 mills at the increased assessed valuation rate so they will contin- ue to get maximum state apt)ortionment money. If the proposal is rejected by the voters Nov. 2, the schools will be faced with the alternatives of either operat- ing under reduced budgets or going back to the voters lat- er with a special levy request. What makes the vote necessary is the second of the two laws, which, in effect, "freezes" dollar collections from property taxes at the 1966 level if the assessments are rais- ed to 25 per cent of full value unless the voters in a district apl)rove the collection of the maxilnum mill levy allowed a district under the 40-mill limit in a vote at a general elec- tion. This law was passed by the legislature to avoid what would have amounted to a 25 per cent increase or more in property taxes if the provisions of the first law were cam'led out. In Mason County, all of the school districts and the county have asked for continuation of their present maxi- nmm levy when the assessment rate is increased. Other districts, which includes the city, fire districts, inter-county library district have not submitted similar proposals for the Nov. 2 ballot, and, consequently, when assessment rates are raised, will eontinue their collection rates at the same dollar level as for 1966, in addition to normal growth. In these districts, when the assessment rate is increas- ed from 20 to 25 per cent, the assessor will then set a low- er mill levy so that they do not collect more than the dollar amount to which they are entitled. The county commission, hard pressed to meet the growing needs of the county, has decided to submit a pro- l osal to the voters which would give them more money in the current expense and road funds if approved. If voters approve of the proposition Nov. 2, the county would then continue to collect eight mills for current expense and ]0 mills for the road districts but on a 25 per cent assessed valuation rather than 20 per cent. Unlike the school districts, the county will not lose any state money if the proposition is rejected by the voters. The question which will come first to the taxpayer is how much will this cost me? Using as a basis a home which has been valued at $10,- 000 as its full value by the assessor, we come up with this answer: The home this year would be assqessed at $2,000. The increase from 20 to 25 per cent of full value as assessed vahlation would bring this Ul) to $2,500 for 1967 taxes. For 1966, the taxpayer, if he lived in the city of Shel- ton, would be paying $]32.60 in property taxes, of which $28 would be for the regular [4-mill sc, hool levy and $16 for the county current ext)ense fund. If both the school and the county proposals are approved, his tax bill in 1967 would rise $7 for the school and $4 for county current expense or to a total of $35 a year for regular levy for school purposes and $20 for county current ex- Dense. q he property owner with a hmne the same value out- side the city limits, if all three of the l)rOl)osals on the ballot were approved, would see the same amount of increase for schools and county current exl)ense 1)lus an additional $5 for the county road district, or a total increase of $16. Unless the prol)erty owner made additions or iml)rove- ments which increased the value of the home, the assess- ment in the amount of dollars collected for other districts would remain the same unless a new bond issue or sl)ecia,1 levy approved by the voters. i ' . , -- * , . • * , * * -- . Funds to carry on Boy Scout ac tivities ,n the "Mason discreet O, I am I I- I, [] O I I •- I ~} the Tumwater Council WL'I be the [ L" ~ ~ • -It ~ ~ [] ~i ~ ~ im ~ ~ ~ [] ~ [] • 4 B ~ [] ~ ~ • i object of the annual solicitation] nl"mi Armn .iHO~ mOB iO [] |I L~ii~ii I drive which opens next Tuesd0yI ,,.imii"=m mLIlimm il~-fli miliai iNN n I. inLnnLmil m oiiowing a kickoff breakfast In[ giUilN IF'IN H~VH• Ill [~ HNm i r4 p, iWRFNaaN n the Methodist church basement,. I i m i All drive workers are urged to/ I~1 attend the breakfast at 7:00 a.m., / __ __ -- -- ...... i i ,iwheresigned. prospect lists will be as-/~ • • P [] [] on [] • u • w- u :~ : General chairman H. O. "Bud"t NAA~ &Al' HnNl-g"n,' nnom0na" ik olll. Puhn has named the following|i iP _iu _li illn [] inllii n Bli r li il.~i dlive worker : I [] g VVR iV n [] [] [] [] i [] [] I [] p i i • ! MAJORS- Vince Himlie, John/ -- ...... Shelton is fight near the top }i:i :Bennett, Len Flower, Bob Sund, | ~~ in the netd for implo~ed hos-)ital i Earl Jagnow, Ernie Timpani. | r I . m.n ~ "" ' .h • ! CAPTAINS --- Arnold Fox tl~ ~ , IJl~ fl / ,," • In--...... ill...- facilities in a Sta£e Health De- N Cl:n'ence Anderson, Roy Dlmn,[rower uufage II0 ileaa/tlwan/$ iJ YCee$ Fldil pa.rtment Plan revealed last week. Hugh Gruve~ Bill Batstone ann [ Jr The ~1 s sed s i " ' | , I ~ [ •stttte t an i'~ U,a, a basis Ahif Jerry Samples Bill Smith, • , • • • i , , | e" ez ,i I mm [] • I for the alh)cat:Jon of Hill-Harris Betty Ann Shero, Don Brown, Jim I Barrom, Dave Thaeher, Rod o,.Iror nepaurs P,re Hazard flmds Lo hospita]swhich apply. i , irell, Dave Look, Bob Wolden, Guy | _ J ......... The Mason County Hospital Dis- • ~.Beckwith Kul*t Mann, PhilAd-] ~/~ ~..._ ~#.*-.L* i I trict has applied for about $750,- 'ares, Ku,t Wolf ~i~Uf~(~l~ urn .r • .... l If r~ I~'~'~'l~!*~O'l'.-- i -- -- I I----.-- 000 in funds f~om the Hill Hazms I ~' , 4' ~,~' s ..... " I \. Chairman. 1 uhnla special as:i Internal dama,~e in two Bonne [3urvev riere program to be used ahmg with CONTR~. .,~: ................ [ SISI:anLs lnClllOe Jonn ~tentz a,na | ~, -~~;,~z~ # 11 .... vt.~,,,,a new rue= oin a~ ~ueb particumr~y the snavings from dry lumber I Max Schmidt general solicitations; |ville sub-station transformers at ~},~:~ .... .... ] ........... ft~ ds from a $1300.000 bond is- noer t~om an ower nouse ~s art whi ~nelmn Jaycees ]n coo elatlOil slit ¢I.) loved o h ) t P Y P " p 'ch,in dry weather have a tendency to blow IBud Knutzen and Cal Ho,~ner |,~-=+ -.--, ~..-^,*-., ......... ~...l[l~.~~;, .~ ~ . . 2, ' P':" , 'IP' y t e v(te's last program to e im nate cinder fa - about ] . . ....... r%. ,/..,.~,~ . .... .-.,,~=.u s~.~ "=~ l[~]~/ Iwith the Fire Underwriters Asso= May . • • special gilts; warren Moe, ~el ' • • • " .... • " . ,. The new b,n will be used to store i vo-d-rWe en ~'~d w,~ ~,~.d=. [~ampelled Pubhc Utihty Dmtrict ~~~~l I ciation and the Shelton Fire De- The state plan ~s the nrst step ........ }os-ects and ratin-s" Jim Paul=- ; .No ~ to schedule a 3-hour power ~~~~ I ....... c " "-ui'din - in m the a|locatmn of fun s througl~ If iTA HA ' ' ' _ _ _ ' .... ~ j' ' ~ .... ]publicity; Jerry Johnson, arrange-~loutage for, nextd~ondeY,xt~orning; :'I#2:~I~>~'~