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AN ORDINANCE relating to the 2025 levy of property taxes in King County for collection in the year 2026.
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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 $912,911,807,935.
SECTION 2. The King County council imposes the levies necessary to fund estimated expenditures for the year 2026 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 $442,172,495
HUMAN SERVICES FUND/MENTAL HEALTH $8,267,769
VETERANS' AID $3,683,931
VETERANS, SENIORS AND HUMAN SERVICES $90,486,624
PARKS $210,775,065
AFIS $24,887,567
BEST STARTS FOR KIDS $161,239,057
CRISIS CARE CENTERS $125,020,067
UNLIMITED G.O. BONDS $20,800,000
CONSERVATION FUTURES $56,044,835
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES $228,945,431
TRANSPORTATION $34,987,393
MARINE $7,381,792
COUNTY HOSPITAL $138,094,681
TOTAL COUNTY $1,552,786,707
SECTION 3. A. The King County council imposes the levy necessary to fund estimated expenditures for the year 2026 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 $104,038,958
SECTION 4. The King County council certifies the levies of the following taxing districts:
PORT DISTRICTS
PORT OF SEATTLE $90,180,055
CITIES AND TOWNS
ALGONA $808,153
AUBURN (King County portion only) $23,477,130
BEAUX ARTS VILLAGE $198,779
BELLEVUE $95,487,103
BLACK DIAMOND $3,515,379
BOTHELL (King County portion only) $19,636,897
BURIEN $9,093,941
CARNATION $542,309
CLYDE HILL $1,402,007
COVINGTON $3,427,760
DES MOINES $5,836,412
DUVALL $2,144,744
ENUMCLAW $3,227,129
FEDERAL WAY $12,446,379
HUNTS POINT $323,859
ISSAQUAH $12,496,052
KENMORE $7,441,893
KENT $36,080,821
KIRKLAND $45,201,134
LAKE FOREST PARK $3,578,834
MAPLE VALLEY $7,692,831
MEDINA $4,741,396
MERCER ISLAND $15,390,478
MILTON (KC portion only) $643,032
NEWCASTLE $6,598,462
NORMANDY PARK $4,285,875
NORTH BEND $2,836,762
PACIFIC (King County portion only) $295,962
REDMOND $34,189,483
RENTON $26,770,022
SAMMAMISH $35,672,429
SEATAC $19,870,584
SHORELINE $28,788,934
SKYKOMISH $64,668
SNOQUALMIE $8,864,274
TUKWILA $17,519,380
WOODINVILLE $4,027,244
YARROW POINT $711,562
TOTAL CITIES AND TOWNS $505,330,093
FIRE DISTRICTS
2 $22,727,407
10 $8,808,473
11 $3,962,302
13 $6,857,751
20 $5,121,499
22 (King County portion only) $1,522,825
27 $3,155,096
28 $7,738,544
31 $33,764
34 $11,733,905
36 $9,942,999
38 $2,753,359
39 $32,925,922
43 $18,489,825
44 $8,349,960
45 $4,419,266
47 $371,849
49 (King County portion only) $238,392
50 $661,442
61 (King County portion only) $19,200,356
62 $46,562,124
63 $36,985,512
64 $23,982,908
TOTAL FIRE DISTRICTS $276,545,480
OTHER DISTRICTS
CEMETERY DISTRICT NO. 1 $128,750
SEATTLE METROPOLITAN PARKS DISTRICT $131,780,472
DES MOINES METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT $2,385,509
FALL CITY METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT $130,111
HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 $70,354,621
HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 2 $83,308,566
HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 4 $4,617,794
HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 5 $1,967,014
KING COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL ZONE DISTRICT $85,987,748
NORMANDY PARK METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT $670,731
NORTHSHORE PARKS & REC (King County portion only) $1,948,825
PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY (King County portion only) $235,247
SI VIEW METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT $3,623,064
RURAL LIBRARY (King County portion only) $141,434,145
TUKWILA METROLPOLITAN PARKS DISTRICT $4,149,693
VASHON MAURY PARKS $2,076,918
SOUND TRANSIT 3 (King County portion only) $129,831,472
TOTAL OTHER DISTRICTS $664,630,680
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
001 - SEATTLE $658,278,433
210 - FEDERAL WAY $82,428,748
216 - ENUMCLAW $22,164,135
400 - MERCER ISLAND $29,523,524
401 - HIGHLINE $142,137,378
402 - VASHON $11,891,359
403 - RENTON $141,721,107
404 - SKYKOMISH $226,549
405 - BELLEVUE $219,400,713
406 - TUKWILA $19,697,025
407 - RIVERVIEW $19,563,960
408 - AUBURN (King County portion only) $86,103,408
409 - TAHOMA $50,325,108
410 - SNOQUALMIE VALLEY $52,185,000
411 - ISSAQUAH $177,066,922
412 - SHORELINE $67,785,455
414 -LAKE WASHINGTON $301,234,742
415 - KENT $134,841,693
417 - NORTHSHORE (King County portion only) $114,843,166
888 -FIFE (King County portion only) $3,182,076
TOTAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS $2,334,600,501
GRAND TOTAL $5,528,112,474