Brier Sound

Public Safety · Outcome pending · Jan 28, 2025

Brier council to consider putting public safety levy lid lift on April 22 ballot

The Jan. 28, 2025 City Council agenda includes Resolution 608, which would send a levy lid lift for public safety and other government services to voters on April 22, 2025. 1

What the records say

The agenda for the Brier City Council's Jan. 28, 2025 meeting lists two related items under new business and resolutions: 'Brier Proposition No. 2,' described as seeking voter approval for a levy lid lift to fund public safety and other governmental services, and Resolution 608 to place that levy lid lift on the ballot on April 22, 2025. 1 The agenda also states the public will be afforded 'an approximately equal opportunity' to express opposing or supporting views on the topic. 1 Because this is a pre-meeting agenda, the records show what was scheduled for consideration, not what the council actually decided.

  • The Jan. 28, 2025 agenda includes 'Brier Proposition No. 2,' a proposed levy lid lift ballot measure to fund public safety and other governmental services. 1
  • The agenda lists Resolution 608 to place the levy lid lift on the ballot on April 22, 2025. 1
  • The agenda states the public will be afforded an approximately equal opportunity to express opposing or supporting views on the topic. 1
  • The agenda does not specify the levy rate, dollar amount, or duration. 1

Why it matters

A levy lid lift is a voter-approved increase in the property tax amount a city can collect. If the resolution passed and voters later approved the measure, the additional revenue would fund public safety and other government services. 1 The agenda does not state the proposed rate or dollar amount, so residents cannot yet calculate the effect on their tax bills; the April 22, 2025 election date, however, is stated in the record. 1

What changed / what's next

  • The Jan. 28, 2025 agenda added new business and a resolution consideration for a public safety levy lid lift ballot measure targeting the April 22, 2025 election. 1
  • The supplied records do not establish whether the council adopted Resolution 608 on Jan. 28 or whether the measure ultimately appeared on the April 22, 2025 ballot. 1
  • The levy rate, dollar amount, and duration are not in the agenda packet; later records would need to supply those specifics. 1
  • The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome.