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MAYOR
Robert D. Corrie
HUB OF TREASURE VALLEY
A Good Place to Live
CITY OF MERIDIAN
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
(208) 288-2499 . Fax 288.2501
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
Ron Anderson
Keith Bird
Tammy deWeerd
Cherie McCandless
33 EAST IDAHO
MERIDIANt IDAHO 83642
(208) 888-4433 . Fax (208) 887-4813
City Clerk Office Fax (208) 888-4218
PUBLIC WORKS
BUILDING DEPARTMENT
(208) 887.2211 . Fax 887-1297
PLANNING AND ZONING
DEPARTMENT
(208) 884-5533 . Fax 888-6854
NOTICE OF SPECIAL WORKSHOP
MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Meridian
will hold a Special Workshop at City Hall, 33 East Idaho Avenue, Meridian, Idaho,
on Wednesday April 18th, 2001 at 6:30 P.M. The Meridian City Council will be
discussing issues dealing with the upcoming special mill levy adjustment election
for the City of Meridian.
The public is welcome to attend.
DATED this 16th day of April, 2001.
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POPULATION OF IDAHO CITIES
Largest Cities & Ada County
CITY
Census Census 80-90
1980 1990 Chanae
23,9%1
13.0%
-0.5%
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I 1 Boise 102,249 126,685
2 Nampa 25,112 28,365
3 I Pocatello 46,340 46,117
4 Idaho Falls 39,7391 43,973
5 Meridian 6,658 9.596
6 Coeur D'Alene 22,309 24,561
7 ITwin Falls 26,209 27,634
i 8 I Lewiston 27.986 28,082
9 Caldwell I 17,699 18,400
10 I Moscow 16,513 18,398
11 Rexburg 11,559 14,298
12 Post Falls 5,736 7,349
13 Mountain Home 7,540 7,913
14 Eagle 2,620 3,327
15 Garden City 4,571 6,369
I 27 !Kuna
1,7671
Largest Idaho Cities Ada County.excel
Janice L. Smith
1.95511 10.6%1
2000
90-00
Chanae
10.7%
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185,787 46.65%
51,867 82.86%
51 ,466 11.60%
50,703 15.30%
34,919 263.89%
34,514 40.52%
34,469 24.73%
30,904 10.05%
25,967 41.13%
21,291 15.72%
17,257 20.70%
17,247 134.68%
11 ,143 40,82%
11,085 233.18%
10,624 66.81%
44.1%
10.1%
5.4%
0.3%
4.0%
11.4%
23.7%
28.1%
4.9%
27,0%
39.3%
5,3821 I 175.29%1
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80-90
POPULATION OF IDAHO CITIES
Information from Idaho Census Reports
80-90
90-00
CITY
1980 1990 Chanae 2000 Chanae
185,787 46.65%
51,867 82.86%
51,466 11.60%
50,703 15.30%
34,919 263.89%
34,514 40,52%
34,469 24.73%
30,904 10.05%
25,967 41.13%
21,291 15.72%
17 ,257 20.70%
17,247 134.68%
11,143 40.82%
11,085 233.18%
10,624 66,81 %
10,419 8.01%
9,700 24.45%
9,316 7.06%
9,159 144.63%
7,780 19.16%
7,054 24.37%
6,835 31.37%
6,200 73.43%
6,187 23,69%
5,645 3.48%
5,490 19.32%
5,382 175,29%
5,343 16.89%
4,816 140.80%
4,682 26.20%
4,111 9.42%
3,985 13.34%
3,813 7.83%
3,805 58,54%
3,384 20.00%
3,381 8.68%
3,342 11.03%
3,247 13.21 %
3,228 0,06%
3,122 6.15%
3,003 19.02%
2,998 11.82%
2,978 60.89%
2,899 6.82%
Idaho Cities Census-excel
Janice L. Smith
90-00
CITY
1980 1990 Chanae 2000 Chance
I Montpelier
. St. Maries
Kimberly
Homedale
Banners Ferry
Kellogg
Wendell
Dalton Gardens
I Malad City
I McCall
Bellvue
Aberdeen
I Parma
Priest River
Pinehurst
Filer
Glenns Ferry
Osburn
Wilder
Sun Valley
New Plymouth
Shoshone
Spirit Lake
Sugar City
lana
Kamiah
Lapwai
Ashton
Driggs
Arco
Paul
Cascade
Grace
Plummer
Hansen
Wallace
Cottonwood
Ucon
Challis
Marsing
Mullan
Council
Potlatch
Inkom
Pierce
2,785 4;86%
2,652 8.60%
2,614 10.44%
2,528 28.78%
2,515 14.68%
2,395 -7.56%
2,338 38,10%
2,278 16,76%
2,158 10.89%
2,084 3.94%
1,876 47.14%
1,840 30.87%
1,771 10.90%
1,754 12.44%
1,661 -3.54%
1,620 7.21%
1,611 23.54%
1,545 -2.15%
1,462 18.67%
1,427 52.13%
1,400 6.63%
1,398 11.93%
1,376 74.18%
1,242 -2.59%
1,201 14.49%
1,160 0.26%
1,134 21.67%
1,129 1.35%
1,100 30.02%
1,026 0.98%
998 10.77%
997 13.68%
990 1.75%
990 23.13%
970 14,39%
960 -4,95%
944 14.84%
943 5.36%
909 -15.28%
890 11.53%
840 2.31%
816 -1.81 %
791 0.13%
738 -4.03%
617 -17.29%
04/17/2001
CITY OF MERIDIAN
Changes in Ten Years
10 year
Percent of
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Change
Pooulation
Meridian Censusl 9,596 I
! 34,919, 264%
New Construction
Residential
Multi~Family
Commercial
245%
800%
575%
Market Value
Market Value:
Mill Levy Rate:
730%
251%
Fire Deoartment
Full Time Fire Fighters/Staff:
Fire Responses:
16 I 1500%
2,049 I 101%
Police Deoartment
Police Officers / Staff
Police Cases:
253%
557%
Meridian School District
Elementary Schools
Middle Schools
High Schools
Property Taxes 2001 - excel
Janice L. Smith
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2000 1990 Geographic area 2000 1990 1 Number Percent
Idaho.. ....... ........ ............... ......... ......... ....... 1 293 953 1 006 749 287 204 28:5
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1 1 Ada County on........................ on...... ... ...... ..... 300904 205 775 95 129 46.2
2 2 Canyon County ...... ..........., ........................... 131 441 90 076 41 365 45.9
3 4 Kootenai County ..,......,................................. 108 685 69 795 38 890 55.7
4 3 Bonneville County ......... ......... ,........ ..,...... ...... 82 522 72 207 10315 14.3
5 5 Bannock County ............... ........,................... 75 565 66 026 9539 14.4
6 6 Twin Falls County .......................................... 64284 53 580 10 704 20.0
7 7 Bingham County ........................................... 41 735 37 583 4152 11.0
8 8 Nez Perce County ............ _..... on............ no..... 37410 33 754 3656 10,8
9 10 Bonner County ..............,... ,......., ,.............. ,.. 36 835 26 622 10213 38.4
10 9 Latah County ... ......... ...... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ..... 34 935 30617 4318 14.1
11 12 Elmore County ... ..................... .................. ,.. 29 130 21 205 7925 37.4
12 11 Madison County ............................................ 27 467 23674 3793 16.0
13 13 Cassia County ......... ......... ......... ......... .......... 21 416 19532 1884 9.6
14 16 Payette County ......... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 578 16 434 4144 25.2
15 14 Minidoka County ... ...... no... no............ ...... ....... 20174 19 361 813 4.2
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1 1 Boise City city ......... on... on... on'" no................ 185787 125738 60 049 47.8
2 4 Nampa city ............ on................................... 51 867 28 365 23 502 82.9
3 2 Pocatello city ... ......... ... ..,...... ...... .., ,..... ......... 51 466 46 080 5386 11.7
4 3 Idaho Falls city ............................................. 50 730 43 929 6801 15.5
5 12 Meridian <:ity ...... ... ...... on ... ...... .. ....... ... ......... 34 919 9596 25 323 263.9
6 7 Couer d'AIene city ..................... no ...... ...... ... .. 34 514 24 563 9951 40.5
7 6 Twin Falls city .............................................. 34 469 27591 6878 24.9
8 5 Lewiston city... ...... ... ... ... ...... ...... ......... ......... 30 904 28 082 2822 10.0
9 9 Caldwell city ........,........................,........,...... 25 967 18400 7567 41.1
10 8 Moscow city ...... ... ..................... .................. 21 291 18519 2772 15.0
11 10 Rexburg city ...... ...... ... ... ......... ... ... ... ...... ...... 17 257 14302 2955 20.7
12 16 Post Falls city...........,................................... 17247 7349 9898 134.7
13 14 Mountain Home city ......... ,..........,......,........... 11 143 7913 3230 40.8
14 31 Eagle city ............... ...... ...... ... ...... ......... ...... . 11 085 3327 7758 233.2
15 18 Garden City city ......... ............... .................... 10624 6369 4255 66.8
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1 1990 census counts are as published in 1990 census reports and thus do not include any changes published subsequently due to
boundary changes or to the Count Question Resolution program.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) Summary File, Table PL1, and 1990 census.
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Issues &
Ideas
City of lona:
How to Run a
Successful
Election Levy
During the late spring of I 997, a few
representatives from cities in Eastern Idaho met
with several local State Legislators. Craig
Rockwood, the Mayor of the City ofIona, asked
Representative Golden Linford from District
No. 27 what could be done to help cities with
extremely low property tax levies so they could
increase their base levy beyond the 3% cap.
The City ofIona with a population of
approximately 1200 people, has been strapped
financially with one of the State's lowest levies
(only .0012) since the State Legislature placed a
cap on a local government's ability to increase
their levy rate. The City ofIona generated only
about $2 I ,000 of operating revenue from
property tax in 1996.
Representative Linford helped author the
legislation that placed the cap on a city's ability
to increase its levy. He admitted that the law
placed an undo burden on cities with low levy
rates. Representative Linford offered his
support if the Association ofIdaho Cities would
propose legislation to allow cities with low
levies to be able to increase their levy beyond
the 3% cap.
Mayor Rockwood submitted the proposed
legislation to the AIC Legislative Committee
during their planning meeting in November 1997.
The Committee expressed overwhelming
support for the legislation and AIC jumped on
the bandwagon. The early consensus was that
even though this legislation made sense and
was a badly needed local option for municipal
government, it would be a very hard sell to
Idaho's conservative legislature.
Before the 1998 Legislative Session began,
representatives from the AIC and the State Tax
Commission met to work out language for the
proposed legislation. \\'hen the 1998 Session
began, Representative Linford introduced
HB712 in the House Revenue and Taxation
Committee,
Mayor Rockwood carried the torch for AIC,
He and AIC's new Executive Director, Ken
Harward, testified on several occasions in both
House and Senate Committee Meetings. Several
other elected officials including the Mayor of
Eagle, Rick Yzaguirre, showed their support for
the legislation by also attending the committee
meetings. Many other elected officials con-
tacted their local representatives in the legisla-
ture asking them for their support. HB 7] 2 was
sent to the floor of the House with a "Do Pass"
recommendation after it received the following
amendments:
I. Only cities with a levy below .004
could increase their levy and the levy could
not be raised to a level above .004.
2 Cities could raise their levies only
after a special election was called to vote on
the matter.
3. At least 60% of those voting on the
issue must vote in favor.
Even with these amendmenrs AIC
strongly supported the approval ofHB 7 I 2,
HB 712 was approved by the House of
Representatives on March 9111, 1998 bv a vote
of 5968-3 and sent to the Senate Local
Government and Taxation Committee. Senator
Jerry Thorne, the Chairman of Local Govern-
ment and Taxation Comminee voiced strong
support for HB 712. His support was greatly
appreciated by AIC. The Senate Committee
unanimously voted to send HB 712 to the floor
with a "Do Pass" recommendation. On March
I 8'h, the Senate unanimously approved HB 712
with a 34-0 vote. HB 712 became law on March
26dl, 1998 when Governor Batt signed the bill.
By late summer, in the City oflona,
Mayor Rockwood had his City Council on
board and up to speed. In September they
passed a resolution calling for a special
election to be held in conjunction with the
November general election to ask their citizens
to raise the City's levy from .0012 to .004.
Mayor Rockwood explained, "Although
our city's tax burden was extremely low, it
wasn't easy asking our residents to increase
theirtaxes by almost 300%. We wanted as
many of our citizens as possible to know what
we were proposing. We scheduled two town
meetings to explain the issue, to answer
questions, and to get public input. We
advertised on our city water bill, in the local
newspaper, and we sent out several notices
that explained the issue in the mail."
"We didn't want anyone to say that their
elected officials tried to sneak this past them.
Our meetings went well. Nearly everyone who
attended our town meetings voiced support
for the increase. Their main concern was,
'What will the additional funds be used for?'
we did our best to answer all of the ques-
tions."
On November 3rd, an almost record
number of lona's voters turned out to vote.
70% of those voting voted to increase their
levy to .004.
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33T4" Grace Street, BOise. to 83703
Telephone (208) 344-8594
Fax (208) 344-8677
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RECEIVED
DEe - 5 2000
QTY Of Mf.IIlW.f
MEMO
TO:
Ci{ics on Artached Jjsr
DATE:
April 5 t 1999
Llse year, lh~ Associ;l.ti<'n of Idaho Cicics was mccessful in promoring. iupj law
I fo~t-B-iIl 712, which amended Idaho- Code 6)-802. Now t cirit:s w[1h prope~[:
(ax levies afless than ,004 mav hold decrions ro increase (hclr Icv;es un (0 ,004.
Here JfC some impornnr poj~ts: .
Directors
. The-elec.rion mUSt p:1SS with.a 60%vQ(er.appr~.a1.
. The d~C'rion-musr bt::.heL:Lin.cithcr May Qt.Novcmber. That mC3ns that in
] 999 rhe d:lteS would be either rhe fourth TUCSJ;lY in May {May 25) or rhe
Tuesri~ foHowing the first Monday in November (November 2).
. Noticcs.oLmdection must be published as required by Idaho Code 50-436.
'. Tlt~ first ptlblkadcltl..oF nocjcc-of the election smll.bl: uude noc less dun 45
d.a.ys.prior. to tbe election.
. The:!;m publication of notice shall be made nor 1c55 than 15 days prior to rht:
election.
. Gtics th:tt WOUlcl like ro use this process to increase-mcir levy for (he: next
budget y~u, chat bc:gins on Ocrober 1, 1999, would need to hold an election on
May 25 of chis year so chat a tAX ~evycould.6c made in September.
Plca~e see the :rrraehed aa:oarn 'on 1roW',the.Cityof fona -s~eccssfulty held J r3X
It'ry incrcas; electioLl. Lastly~ follow~ :llC.s:unples from the City oflona of most
of rhe: doel1mems YOll wou'ld need for an decrion in your cilY.
. AIcu.cr..to rhe Citaens of lona
.' Levy Incn::1s~ Pro\?os31 (comparisons wirh ocher cilies)
. Levy IncrC:l5C Proposal (samples of proposed t:lxcS paid on some property
valuations)
. Fin:mcial Concern F3cing rhe City of Ion a
. Rerohuioa to. hold rhe Elecrion
. Norice of Special Election
. ^ copy oEene offici:zIO:l.lIoc
. A speci:tJ ad in the n~wspaper
. The official elecrion rc:rurn
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CITY OF IONA
J548-N-. Maifl-
P. Q. Box 487
lona. IdahO 63427
Phone: (208) 523~56ao
Fax: (206) 535.0087
Dl2T City ofIona Resident:
On October -ph. the-tirst-oftwu lown meetings was held- to discuss a"proposed City
of lana. lax levy increase. Almos! everyODl.: in anendance seemed favorable LO the
pruposal- when- the- City-'S" fimmciat information and needs were- 'presented to them. A
second meeting will be held on October 21:1 at 7PM in ihe lona Commuqity Center to
(:>.-plain the proposat and answer questions that were raised d~g the first meeting.
1003"S current levy mte of 1.3 is one of the lowest in the .State. 1be'proposed
increa....e of 2.7 'would still keep lana's tax rate well below the State average. The
proposed increase would-coS! the average homeowner.in ",oua approximately $5 to SID
per month in additional property tax..
The City's current property tax revenue. Qf only S2.0..000 m.ak~s it almost
impossible lOr the city ""to maintain "and offer even .the basic services needed for our
commnnity:. Additional funds. are. ~not only to... provide. fo~ the ongoing operation
and upkc~p of the City. but to also deal with many other issues confronting the City at
this time. 1. Law:. enfOrccment. contract -.$iS.Ooot- per year. 2. Liability insw-ance _
$5,000+ per year. 3. Maintenance, storage, and replacement of city equipment 4.
Sidewalk an~ pathway consln1ction- projects; S. Additional street. ~ighting - $500 each
plus monthly maintenance fce. 6. Park and recreation projeCTS. 1. Drainage, street, and
dilch'improvements:" 8; City OOautification,projects. 9" Comm\.D1ity Cenler development.
Rcgi!.1ered city voters win be abTc to vott: on this Issue at.the gC1leral ejection Oil
Novembcr3.tlf_ We. encourage your attendance at the meeting schc:duh:d on October 11"
:1l 7PM to .discuss this issue. If you ar~unabJc.to .attend -and you "have any questions
concerning this matter please contact the Mayor or a member of the City Council.
Sincerely.
Mayor - Craig Rockwood
Couocilmcmbers:
Dee Johnson - David HuntsmllD. - Susan Barnes - Brad Andersen
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Levy Increase Proposal
Prop. 'Fax Tax p.er
City F?op.ubtiQR- Levy Budget Caplt.-
Area 1,085 7.534 110,056 $ 101.43
Ammon ~84g- 2.067 .2ttB37 $ 36.22
Blackfoot. . 1Q.406 11.946 1.920,3134 S 184.55
Chams 1,123 -4:551 126,179 $ 112.36
Idaho Ealls. 48,019 ..9.308- 13,520,410 S 281.21
Inkom 787 6.381 108,508 $ 137.88
Iona- 1-.042- 1~2t7 21.851 $ 20.97
Malad 2,130 7.212 286,829 $ 134.66
Rexburg 14,204 3;61-9 -834,880 $ 58.78
Rigby 2.,.703- 8.36& 404,677 $ 149.71
RiMe 609 7.001 62,794 $ 1 03.11
Roberts- 60ft 7.672 40,087 $ 65.93
Shelley 3.803 6.843 418,010 $ 109.92
Ucon 881 2.606 ~.OOO $ 43.13
Average 93,309 ta..104,502 $ 194.03
Average w/o rF 45;230 4~5B~,092 $ 101.35
lona-with-increase- 1042 4.000- 71,800 $ 66.91
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RESOLUTION_ NO.
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A RESOLlTITON PROCLAIMING A SPECIAL CITY
EtEC110N TO- BE HELD ON. NOVEMBER 3, 1998;
DESIGNATING 1HE POLLING PLACE AND
EST ABLlSmNG ONE CITY -WIDE ELECTION PRECINCT;
DESIGNATING THE REGISTRAR AND DEPUTY
REGISTRARS) AND ORDERING THE CITY CL~RK TO
GIVE- NOTICrr0F SUCH ELECTION.
BE IT RESOLVED BY 1HE MAYOR ANDCOUNClL OF TIiE CITY OF IONA,
IDt'\HO, THAT:
SECTION 1. A special city election wilt be held in ana for the City of lona. Idaho.
on the 3rd dayofNovcmber. 1998. for thepurposeOfconsidering1he following proposition:
Shan the City be allowed to increase its budget for the
199912000 budget.year. by an amount not to exceed the
difference between .004 and the amount of the levy (or the
1998/99 .budget year. multiplied .by the market value of
assessable property in such year?
SECTION- 2-_ The-electi~prc:cinctor:prccincts shall be asdesi1Wated by Bonneville
County, pursuant to ~c provisions.o-fTitle 34, Idaho -Code andme'poUing place for such
election shaItbe the-Cona City'BuTIcIing, 154'8 Not1h Main,lana, Idaho.
SECTION!: 1lie County Cfcrk...sfiall Ee.the..r.egistr.ar for -suclupecial ejection and
shall conduct voter-registntion in 'accordance-wi1h1hc]:lrOVisions: ofIdaho Codc Section 34-
1402.
SECTION 4~ The .City Clerk shall gi:vc public ootice -of the time and plaee of
holding such special city ejection by posting such notice in three public places or publishing
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Lana, Idaho. the firstpublication of such notice to"be made not less th~ 45 days previous to
the- date- of such- city ch:ctiorr arret- the- Iasrpubltcatiotr not less- than- 15 days prior to the
election. The notice 50 published shall state the polling place in each precinct and the hou~
during which the pons shan be open Tor lhe purpose of voting and shall contain such
information as is requlre(i"uncfer Section 50":4"16" of the fdaho Code.
. PASSED BY TIlE COUNCIL AND APPROV1:.1J BY THE M<\ YOR this ~ day
of Seplembert ("998-.
A TrEST:
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NOTICE 'OF "SPECIAL ELECTION
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Election will 'be held in and for the City
afIona, IdahO; onTuesday~ the'3rd'dayofNovember; 1998. forthepUIpose of considering
whctller to allow the City to increase its budget for the 199912000 budget year, by an amounl
not 10 exceed Ule difference between .OU4 and the amount ofihe levy lor the 1998/99,. budget
ye:lr. multiplied by the market varue oCassessabre .pr.operty insucli Yeai. The polls will bc
open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:oop-.m. at the foJlowiI:g-designatctf -polting place: lona City
'Building. 3548 North Main,lona. Idaho.
Beny McKinlay
City Cleric
Publish:
.September 18, .t998
October 17. 1998
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V'OTE YES!
CITY OF IONA, IDAHO
SPECIAL CITY ELECUON
NOVEMBER3, 1998
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Shall the City be allowed to increase its budget for the
199912000' budger year, ~y an an:owrt Dot~.to..exeeed
the di!fcnQcc between .004 8J:4f'theamouul of theJe"YJ
fur tlie 1998199" tiudgct year., multiplied by tire" Dlukct
v.a1ue of lWcs..~able property in sllch year?
){ESlX!
NO 0 ,.
On November 3l"d the rq:istered votel"$ ofIona will bave IlD opportunity, to a
12r~e extent, decicte On ttie future quality ofnCe in our commua..ity. To continue to
proted and develop- the-City in wbich.we live 1fe must incRase our levy from Due of
the lowest in 16..e..5late.to .apmpolled Jev.ehtiD w.eU.befow.thcS1atc avcrsge.
Rcspoosible citizens will realize the need. to invest in our commuDity. We
urge you to support the-proposed locrcaseby~oring YES-oert ~esdRY.
The- foHowittg, citize.as uc a few of those iu our .commuuity who have
expressed their support for tbe-proposed-Drcreue.
DeeA~
Rita Anutr~
Mr. &: Mrs PMI Scb~u
Chad StaaCer
Bilttongliranf
ZeDIl8 Laal,fbarft
:fIR: Roekweod.
EU..I ADD RDc:kwooii
Bl'1ld lUtcknJ:rL
>>Ial :.tDdenea
Glade-Beaa.
'!!? DeaD
St"e Elliott
Hde. Elliot{
nee JobD.SOD
CllriltiuJoUsoa-
Rick DearilDE
Debbie DCII.lUD~
BiD Krutz
Hehu.Knatz.
BilfStorcr
Gell Stonr
'5lIIIlIIeI:::~_
itou-Gbar
AliC'C.Olscn
Joyce KllcJawood
C...fe ~ekwood
f(cu Billirwiii
Vicki BaJdwiD
Lyaa-MdE.&tIay-
Betty Mc:KiDlay
Roa.Ne!soll..
Df8n'N'ctsau
Julie AictMr
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Jolla Elliott
lruti_~ Elrwtt
Mike KliIlc1er
Brcad....Klia&Jet<
Jttrj lbaRD
JilUD Riul,w:a.
!feny-McNtmtn
Katlat)'a McNlIDl.U'lL
mn.stiUlter
Olea StaDCer
Robert Boday
R.mee BodUy
cna LollI:
Evadeall Laag
ROGDie Bal1lC$
SUq. BIBft
Dlye Buaumaa
Aaeic HIl.bmla
Doa Nldd
Doris Nield
De\ten II_asell
Karat 1Ia_
Harold Scbwicder
~ Sclnriedcr
Jolul Price
SalJyPrice
Rass JoImsoa
EUaa JOhruOD
L,lza Rockwood
Lalie RAckwOlId
.Jim &. Betty Walker
Mr 4: Mrs. Hub Wilde
OFFICIAL RE11JRN
AT AN ELECTION HELD 1N THE my (OR COUNTY) OF ~j A J . I Sf ATE OF IDAHO,
ON THE ~ DAY OF ~r.I9$THE.FOLLOWJ::N"G NAMED JSSVES -OR PERSONS RECEIVED TIm
NUMBEK OF 'VOO'ES.RECORDED-AFiER THEIR RESPECTIVE NAMES-AND/OR omCF.S, T()..wrr~
NOTE-TBE'"NUMBER OFYOTESDCPRESSED"MUSrBE SPELLED OUT V1Z. AS:
On~ Hurul~d 17rirty-nim
CANDIDA n: NAME OR.ISSUE. .NUMBER. OF VOTES .OmcE..OR ISSUl::
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CERTIFIED BY US THIS ~ DAY OF 4z,.,IJ...-?..k-:, . 19:/%
We hereby certify that the number of electors voting at this
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electors who Signed the Combination Election Record and Poll book
and those electors toIho 'havo voted by absentee ballot) amounts to a
total of tC'\';(h,~ --l"-<t!Udt ~ >>--1{, , .
(write 011I in long- lU . . as: one huNiTed forry three)
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WiII Berg
From: TdeWeerd@aol.com
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 1 :39 AM
To: andersonr@cLnampa.id.us; rackem@qwest.net; cherie919@qwest.net; bergw@cLmeridian.id.us;
corrieb@ci.meridian.id.u5
Subject: Mill Levy meeting
Hi all,
A quick note before I take off out of town to get your creative thoughts
going on this mill levy. Below are some very rough ideas of what we could
pull together. Certainly the facts are not verified (in some cases just
pulled out of the air for lack of information). Maybe you can fill them in.
This might at least give you a start.
It we want to get a mailing in the Chamber newsletter we need to have the
copies there by Monday, April 23rd. Will could probably get the details. I
am certainly willing to give to the pot to cover costs.
Sorry to miss the meeting - this is so important to be done correctly and get
our message so we can get it passed. See you next week. Messages can be
left with my husband or send me an e-mail. See below...
Tammy
Meridian needs more police protection...
Property crimes and traffic incidents are on the raise, but officers
are caring for largers areas and response times to accidents and crime have
changed from an average of 4 minutes to 6 minutes per response. Meridian
would like to hire more officers to provide better response times and give
our officers the needed equipment and training they need to serve our
citizens. Currently Meridian has 1.3 officers per 1,000 residents, where
area cities average 1.7 per 1,000. Meridian would need to hire additional
officers to provide service to our citizens. It costs $_ to hire and
equip a new officer positions. A safe and secure community is a high
priority of this community. A milllevey increase would provide our
community more police protection.
Meridian needs increased fire protection and emergency response...
A cardiac victim's Ufe can be determined by seconds without attention
by an emergency technician... It only takes _ minutes to lose a home or
structure to fire... The Meridian City and Rural Fire Department/s response
time is an average response of _ but can be improved with additional
substations and firefighters. Building and opening substations and personnel
can cost $800 000 (one time expense) to build the facility and an additional $
400 000 (on.going annual expense) to staff the building. The miff levy
increase will allow additional staffing and developing substations necessary
to provide it's area of service better response time to both health and fire
calls.
Meridian needs more parks...
Walking, sitting or playing sports in a local park is a difficult task
4/18/01
in Meridian. Meridian averages only 1.5 acres per 1,000 residents compared
to 7.7 acres per 1,000 in surrounding cities. Purchasing and developing just
one acre of parkland averages $_. Meridian is currently developing 52
acres of parkland this year but the demand is much greater. Youth and adult
sport groups have no place to practice and play and playgrounds are crowded
and few. The mill levy increase will help support more park development.
Add to the above that the mill levy alone won't pay for all of this but over
time we will be able to achieve this sooner if this were to pass.
)Add the above to Ken Harwood levy information and this might be sufficient.
I would be interested to know if the 3% cap were not in place what we would
collect vs. what we can collect with it. Any chance of that? 1.)
4/18/01