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AGENDA REQUEST & STAFF REPORT
For Board Business Meeting of Feburary 25, 2013 @ 10:00
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DATE: February 20, 2012.
FROM: Laurie Craghead Legal Phone # 541-388-6623
TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM:
Convene as Governing Body of the Deschutes County 911 County Service District
Consideration of Board signature of Order 2013-010 Submitting to the Voters of the Deschutes County
911 County Service District a Five-Year Local Option Tax Levy to Fund 911 Emergency Services
Consideration of authorization of Chair signature of Notice od District Election and Explanatory
Statement for County Voters Pamphlet (2013)
PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS DATE? No
BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS:
In 1994, the voters approved a tax base of$0.16 for the Deschutes County 911 County Service District
("District"). In 1997, that converted to a permanent tax rate (tlpTRtI
). Given several factors, including
voter approval of Ballot Measure 50 in 1996, it resulted in a shortfall between the revenue that could be
raised by the PTR and the actual operating expenses of the District. Since then, the voters have
approved several local option levies for the district to make up for the shortfall. The latest was a $0.23
per $1000 of assessed value approved in 2008 and that levy expires June 30, 2013.
The Board of County Commissioners, which is the Governing Body of the Deschutes County 911
County Service District, previously discussed the need to continue the current local option levy in
order to maintain the current level of services provided by the district. In order to continue to levy
$0.23 per $1000 of assessed value, the new levy must be approved by the voters in the May 21, 2013
election.
Order 2013-010 calls for the election on the levy and approves the Notice of District Election to be
submitted to the Deschutes County Clerk. Both the Notice of District Election and the Explanatory
Statement are to be signed by the Board Chair, but the Board must approve the Chair to do so. These
documents must be submitted to the Deschutes County Clerk by no later than March 3, 2013. In order
to assure timely filing of the documents, Legal staff asks that the District governing body approve them
no later than February 25, 2013.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
If the documents are not approved, a new levy to continue the current rate will not be on the May ballot
and the District's current local option levy will expire June 30,2013 with no replacement. The District
will have to operate on only its PTR of $0.16 per $1000 of assessed value instead of the additional
$0.23 per $1000 of assessed value. The PTR continues to be insufficient for the District to maintain the
current level of services.
RECOMMENDATION & ACTION REQUESTED:
Motion 1: Approve signature of Order 2013-010.
Motion 2: Approve Chair signature on the Notice of District Election and Explanatory Statement.
ATTENDANCE: Rob Poirier & Laurie Craghead
DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS:
Georgia Springer -Legal Department, ASAP, please
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LEGAL COUNSEL
For Recording Stamp Only
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON,
ACTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE
DESCHUTES COUNTY 911 COUNTY SERVICE DISTRICT
An Order Submitting to the Voters of the *
Deschutes County 911 County Service * ORDER NO. 2013-010
District a Five-Year Local Option Tax Levy *
to Fund 911 Emergency Services *
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Deschutes County, Oregon, acting as the
governing body of Deschutes County 911 County Service District (Board), has determined that a five
year local option tax levy should be submitted to the qualified voters of the Deschutes County 911
County Service District (District) as established by Section 11, Article XI of the Oregon Constitution
in order to provide adequate funding and permit the proper operation of the District; and
WHEREAS, the Board considers adequate funding of the District as necessary and in the
public interest; and
WHEREAS, the Board finds that the current levy will expire June 30, 2013; and
WHEREAS, the Board finds that anticipated District revenues from the District's permanent
tax rate of $0.16 per $1000 of assessed value would be insufficient to provide adequate 911 services
without the funds generated by the proposed local option tax levy; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to submit the question of authorizing a five-year local option tax
levy to the registered voters of the District; now, therefore,
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON,
acting as the governing body of the DESCHUTES COUNTY 911 COUNTY SERVICE DISTRICT,
HEREBY ORDERS as follows:
Section 1. Form ofQuestion. At the local option tax levy election on May 21, 2013, there
shall be submitted to the registered voters of the Deschutes County 911 County Service District, for
their approval or rejection, the measure set forth in Exhibit "A," attached hereto and by this reference
incorporated herein.
Section 2. Date ofElection. The measure set forth in Exhibit "A" shall be submitted in the
manner prescribed by law to the qualified voters of the District at an election to be held in the District
on May 21, 2013.
PAGE 1 OF 1-0RDERNo.2013-010
Section 3. Election and Ballots. The Deschutes County Clerk is hereby directed to conduct
the election set forth in this Order. The Clerk shall clearly and boldly print the words "CONTAINS
VOTE ON PROPOSED TAX INCREASE" in red ink on the outer envelope of ballots to be mailed to
registered voters.
Section 4. The Board Chair is authorized to sign the original Notice of District Measure
Election and Explanatory Statement for County Voters' Pamphlet (2013).
DATED this_day of _____, 2013. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, ACTING AS
THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE DESCHUTES
COUNTY 911 COUNTY SERVICE DISTRICT
ALAN UNGER, Chair
ATTEST: ANTHONY DeBONE, Vice Chair
Recording Secretary TAMMY BANEY, Commissioner
PAGE 2 OF 1-ORDER No. 2013-010
Notice of District Measure Election ~,~~.~~3 J
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District and Notice Infonnation
! Notice is hereby given on 2013 ,that a measure election will be held in Deschutes County 911 Service District -~---
Name of District
: located in Deschutes and Jefferson
County, Oregon on ..:,:-M=.-8Y,-=2,----1-:::--___-',2013 .
Name of County or Date of Election
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i The following shall be the ballot title of the measure to be submitted to the district's voters:
Caption 10 words
Five-year Local Option Tax for 911 Operations.
Question 20 words
!Shall County 911 Service District impose $0.23 per $1000 of assessed value for operations for five I
i years beginning 2013-2018?
~ This measure renews current local option taxes.
Summary 175 words
!The current taxing authority for the Deschutes County 911 County Service District is a permanent rate
• limitation of $0.16 per $1000 of assessed value. This rate is based on a tax base passed by voters in 1994.
, In 2008 Voters approved a five-year operating levy of $0.23 per $1000 of assessed value. That levy will
•expire June 30, 2013.
, Funds provided by this five-year local option tax would be used to:
: • Maintain revenue to continue 911 operations at current levels;
i • Continue the Emergency Preparedness Network (EPN), which notifies residents by telephone of
: emergency situations in their area; and
• Make technology improvements to include transitioning to Next Generation 911 to enhance efficiency
of the public safety agencies within Deschutes County.
: This measure would provide operational funding and space for 911 emergency services for five years.
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The proposed rate would raise approximately $3,957,211 in 2013-2014; $4,075,927 in 2014-2015;
: $4,198,205 in 2015-2016; $4,324,151 in 2016-2017; and $4,453,875 in 2017-2018.
The following authorized district official hereby certifies the above ballot title is true and complete.
Signature of Authorized District Official not required to be notarized Date Signed mm/dd/yy
Chair, Board of County Commissioners
of Authorized District Official
Exhibit A to Order 2013-010
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT FOR COUNTY VOTERS' PAMPHLET (2013)
Ballot Title Caption: Five-year Local Option Tax for 911 Operations
Measure Number: Word Total (500) Maximum): 351
Deschutes County 911 County Service District ("Deschutes County 911") answers and dispatches all
calls for service for every police, fire and ambulance department in Deschutes County and the Crooked
River Ranch and the Camp Sherman areas within Jefferson County. Deschutes County 911 provides this
service to all residents in those areas through the following entities:
Bend Fire Department
Bend Police Department
Black Butte Ranch Service District:
Fire Department
Police Department
United States Bureau of Land Management
Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District
Crooked River Ranch Fire & Rescue
Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection
District #2
LaPine Rural Fire Protection District
Deschutes County Sheriffs Office
Redmond Police Department
Redmond Fire & Rescue
Sunriver Service District:
F ire Department
Police Department
Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection
District
United States Forest Service
Currently, an average of seven Deschutes County 911 dispatchers per shift answer approximately
160 emergency calls each day as well as manage complex radio communications. The 911 dispatchers
are trained and certified emergency medical dispatchers, giving life-saving emergency medical
instructions to callers until the emergency personnel arrive at the scene. In addition to these emergency
calls, Deschutes County 911 also answers and processes all non-emergency calls for service.
The 911 Service District's current taxing authority is a tax base of $0.16 per $1000 assessed value,
passed by the voters in 1994. The five-year local option levy of $.23 per thousand, passed by the voters
in 2008,will expire at the end of fiscal year 2012-2013 and, upon expiration will leave a significant
shortfall in the budget. Approval of this measure will allow 911 to maintain revenue to continue
operations at current levels, and make technology improvements to include transitioning to Next
Generation 911 to enhance efficiency of the public safety agencies within Deschutes County.
If approved, the cost of this local option tax would remain the same at $ .23 per $1000 of assessed
value. The tax impact of this measure is $23 a year per $100,000 of assessed value. In Deschutes
County, the average assessed value of a home is $150,000. The average home would be assessed $35.
per year for 911 services.
Person responsible for the content of the Explanatory Statement:
(Typed) Alan Unger, Chair
Deschutes County Board of County Commissioners
Name of the Governing Body person represents
Explanatory Statement (2/13)
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