Voters in the Cape Flattery, Chimacum and Sequim school districts have officially approved levy proposals, according to ballot totals released Friday by the Jefferson and Clallam county auditor’s offices.
All three levy requests needed a supermajority of 60 percent voter approval to pass.
In Sequim, which crosses the Clallam-Jefferson county line, 65.9 percent of voters said yes to the district’s levy request.
The Sequim replacement levy is projected to increase levy revenue by $200,000 to $2.8 million in 2007 and by about 5 percent annually through 2010.
In both counties, 8,103 voters supported the Sequim levy request and 4,171 voted against it. Turnout was more than 63 percent.
In 2005, Sequim School District taxpayers were paying 98 cents for every $1,000 of a home’s value, meaning a homeowner with a house valued at $300,000 paid $294.
In 2007, the levy rate is estimated to drop to 83 cents, or about $249 a year for a home valued at $300,000.
The levy rate is projected to decrease by 1 cent every year afterward through 2010.
Chimacum turnout good
In the Chimacum School District, the levy passed by a 68.5 percent to 31.5 percent margin with 2,945 yes votes and 1,355 no votes. Turnout was more than 53 percent.
The Chimacum levy proposal asked voters to approve a three-year, $5.7 million maintenance and operations levy.
For a home valued at $200,000, a Chimacum School District taxpayer will pay an estimated $280 in 2007-08, $222 in 2008-09 and $220 in 2009-10.
The Chimacum tax rate is projected to drop from the current levy amount of $1.426 per $1,000 of assessed valuation to $1.10 in 2009-10 because of increasing construction within the Chimacum School District.
And in Cape Flattery, the levy request passed by the widest margin on the Peninsula — 71 percent to 29 percent with 311 yes votes and 127 no votes.
Turnout was at 42 percent in the 1,041-voter school district.
The Cape Flattery levy allows the school district to continue collecting $335,000 annually for the next four years.
The levy costs a homeowner $2.77 for every $1,000 of assessed value, meaning the owner of a house valued at $125,000 will pay about $345 a year to fund the levy.
Final official results, which will not vary much in either county, will be released on Friday.
