This is a misleading article.
Property owners will be paying $13.3 million more under the current proposal. It won't be an increase in property taxes per se but along with your property tax assessment will be a Fire Benefit Charge designed to charge you more to hit a target of $13 million.
While the proposal may be good for Olympia city official's budget, the property tax will be reinstituted for the fire district and you will be charged an additional $13.3 million on top of that. Worse, the Fire Benefit Charge is not subject to property tax limitations and is projected to grow to $18.1 million (36%) in six-years after implementation
Whether this is a good thing or not, it is in***bent on our officials to be straight forward about the impact and let the public decide based on the facts.
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