Both the Port Angeles and Quillayute Valley School District property tax levies gained slightly wider margins of victory after the Clallam County Auditor’s Office counted ballots received in the mail Wednesday.
Both maintenance and operations levies were approved by voters in Tuesday’s initial count of ballots in the all-mail special election.
An additional 760 votes for the Port Angeles district were counted, resulting in a new tally of 5,642 votes, or 59.81 percent, in favor and 3,791 votes, or 40.19 percent, against — about a 1 percentage point gain from election night.
The Clallam County Auditor’s Office counted 51 more ballots from the Quillayute Valley School District. The new tally is 811 votes, or 65.08 percent, in favor and 435 votes, or 34.91 percent, against — a small increase over election night.
In Jefferson County, one more ballot from Quillayute Valley School District was received. It will be tallied by noon Friday.
School maintenance and operations levies require a 50 percent-plus-one simple majority to pass.
In Port Angeles, the four-year levy request will collect about $8.2 million the first year in 2012, with an estimated tax rate of $2.65 per $1,000 assessed valuation.
That means the owner of a $200,000 home in Port Angeles will pay about $530 a year in property taxes to the school district.
The district’s current property tax levy rate is $2.43 per $1,000 of assessed valuation — which means the owner of a $200,000 home will pay $486 to the district this year.
The amounts the levy will collect are $8,178,067 in 2012, $8,300,738 in 2013, $8,425,249 in 2014 and $8,551,628 in 2015.
The levy will replace a four-year levy that will collect $7,439,312 this year, its final year.
In Quillayute Valley School District, the two-year levy of $626,348 asks for a $60,000 increase to maximize state-matching funds.
The estimated rate would be $1.41 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, meaning the owner of a $200,000 house would pay $282 per year in property taxes.
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Reporter Paige Dickerson can be reached at 360-417-3535 or at paige.dickerson@peninsuladailynews.com.
