8/6/2019 Silverdale Incorporation Statistics
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WASHINGTONS CITIESTAXES AFFECTED BY INCORPORATION
TIMELINE OF INCORPORATION
Yes NoUTILITY TAXES*(amount determined by city council) Electric
(state law allows up to 6 percent) XNatural gas (state law allows
up to 6 percent) XTelephone (state law allows up to 6 percent)
XCable (federal law allows up to 5 percent) XGarbage (open to
negotiations
with elected city council) XWater (city will set this rate)
XSewer (city will set this rate) XStormwater (city will set this
rate) X
OTHER TAXES State general tax X
Regional library tax (Kitsap Regional Library) XLocal school tax
(Central Kitsap School District) XCounty road tax ($1.43/$1,000 of
assessed value) X**Port district tax (Port of Silverdale) XPublic
Utility District tax
(Kitsap Public Utility District) X* Cities do not have to tax
utilities, but Kitsap's four cities choose to.**
(eliminated)Sources: Kitsap County Assesor's Ofce, Revised Code of
Washington
Time period Notice of Proposed Incorporation led withBoundary
Review Board (May 26). Board has30 days to hold public meeting on
proposal.
County auditor assigns identication 180 daysnumber and
initiators collect sufcientsignatures for petition (10 percent of
totalnumber of voters living within boundaries). Petitions
presented to County Auditor 30 daysfor verication. Boundary Review
Board holds hearing(s) 30-day noticeon proposed incorporation.
Boundary Review Board review and decision. 120 days If the board
votes against incorporation,the proceedings will end and the group
proposingincorporation has the ability to appeal the BRBdecision to
Superior Court. If BRB approves incorporation an electionmust be
held 60 days after the decision.
Cities are measured by population size. Washingtons 282
citiesfall into six classications:
167 cities have 5,000 people or less; 39 cities have 5,000 to
10,000 people; 34 cities have 10,001 to 25,000 people; 14 cities
have 25,001 to 50,000 people; 12 cities have 50,001 to 100,000
people; Six cities have more than 100,000.
Of these, 54 cities, or 19 percent, use a council-city
managerform of government like what is proposed for Silverdale.
Theremaining 227, except for one, have a mayor-council form.Shelton
is the only city with a three-member commission.
Yes:49.94%(2,095votes)
No:50.06(2,100votes)
Nov. 2, 1999(mailed to wrong houses)
Yes:40.99%(1,788votes)
No:59.01(2,574votes)
Feb. 1, 2000(special election)
Most recent Silverdale incorporation votes
