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Spokane Valley Fire Dept., Prop. 1

Election Results

Option Votes Pct
Levy Yes 15,645 67.67%
Levy No 7,473 32.33%

* Race percentages are calculated with data from the Secretary of State's Office, which omits write-in votes from its calculations when there are too few to affect the outcome. The Spokane County Auditor's Office may have slightly different percentages than are reflected here because its figures include any write-in votes.

About The Measure

The Board of Fire Commissioners of Spokane Valley Fire Department adopted Resolution No. 2012-356 concerning a proposition to meet the District’s maintenance and operation needs. This proposition would authorize the District to levy the following taxes, in replacement of an existing levy, upon all taxable property within the District, for support of the District’s Expense Fund maintenance and operation expenditures as follows:

Levy in 2012 for collection in 2013, a levy rate of approximately $1.70 per $1,000 of assessed value, to provide a levy amount of $16,400,000; levy in 2013 for collection in 2014, a levy rate of approximately $1.70 per $1,000 of assessed value, to provide a levy amount of $16,400,000; and levy in 2014 for collection in 2015, a levy rate of approximately $1.70 per $1,000 of assessed value, to provide a levy amount of $16,400,000. As specified in Resolution No. 2012-356.