1176-ARecitals:
RESOLUTION NO.1176 -A
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A POLICY REGARDING POSSIBLE UTILITY
TAX ELIMINATIONS
1.The City of Moses Lake,Washington currently assesses a utility occupation
tax upon certain providers of utility services within the corporate limits of
the city pursuant to Moses Lake Municipal Code Chapter 3.30.
2.The impact of those utility tax assessments are passed through by the provider
to the ultimate consumer as a cost of doing business.
3.The effect of certain of those utility tax assessments is to make the City of
Moses Lake less attractive to certain employers because of the increased
costs of doing business within the city as opposed to doing business without
the city.
4.The City of Moses Lake favors the growth of the City of Moses Lake and
encourages new employers to locate within or annex into the city.
5.The city also favors the growth of the city's assessed valuation and therefore
tax base through the addition of property to the city.
6.Should new employers construct major new facilities within the City of Moses
Lake or should employers annex existing major facilities into the city,an
elimination of the revenues from the utility occupation tax upon certain
utility providers could be offset by increased tax revenues due to an increase
in the city's assessed valuation.
The Council of the City of Moses Lake do resolve that upon the construction within
or annexation into the City of Moses Lake of a facility where the increased prop
erty tax revenues will at least offset the loss of utility occupation tax revenues
and the cost of additional operating maintenance and capital costs,the City of
Moses Lake will remove the utility occupation tax imposed upon providers of elec
trical energy,light,and power pursuant to Moses Lake Municipal Code 3.30.050
_(B).
Adopted by the City Council on August 23,1983.
ATTEST:
City Clerk