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Levy, bond on Nov. 4 ballot By KIPP ROBERTSON
krobertson@northkitsapherald.com
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end residents will decide on Nov. 4 whether to give Poulsbo Fire and North Kitsap Fire & Rescue more money for salaries, equipment and buildings. North Kitsap Fire & Rescue commissioners approved a resolution to
ask for a property tax levy of $600,000 for four years. If approved, the levy would cost each property owner about 25 cents extra per $1,000 of assessed property value. Poulsbo Fire, on the ballot as Kitsap County Fire
Protection District 18, will ask voters to approve a more than $2.5 million bond measure. NKF&R would begin collecting money in 2015. The additional money would be collected until 2018. “Due to the accumulated
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effects of declining property values over the past six years, the District cannot continue to maintain current service levels within the limitations of the District’s regular tax levy without additional revenue,” the resolution reads. See LEVIES, Page A3
Council goals: Sell property, fix congestion
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By RICHARD D. OXLEY
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POULSBO — The Poulsbo City Council discussed its priorities for the coming year on Aug. 20, laying out everything from selling off old city property to revamping the city’s website, and even tackling congestion on Highway 305. The council’s nine goals for 2015 provide a significant peek into future potential actions of the city. The goals help guide the city, especially when considering where to direct the city’s budget. Some of the goals have already been partially implemented, such as the sale of the old city hall property on Jensen Way. Part
sports Suquamish canoe club is back on water — Page A6
See COUNCIL, Page A8
Front from right, Port Gamble S’Klallam Chairman Jeromy Sullivan leads U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Indian Health Service Director Yvette Roubideaux on a tour of the Tribe’s administration center in Little Boston, Aug. 18. Ginger Vaughan / QuinnBrien
photos n Chief Seattle Days — Page A7 n Poulsbo Street Dance — Page A13 OPINION Stream restoration and tree protections — Page A4
HHS secretary visits Little Boston Meets with Tribal leaders, health and child care staff
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ITTLE BOSTON — U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell and Indian Health Service Director Yvette Roubideaux visited the Port
Gamble S’Klallam Tribe on Aug. 18 to learn about the Tribe’s Title IV-E foster care program and health initiatives. “Leaders from other Tribes joined later in the day to speak publicly with the Secretary,” said Ginger Nikole Vaughan, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe spokeswoman. Among those in attendance: Brian Cladoosby, chairman of the Swinomish Tribe and president of the
National Congress of American Indians; Leonard Forsman, chairman of the Suquamish Tribe and member of the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; and Frances Charles, chairwoman of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. Burwell’s visit was not a public event and no advance notice was sent out to the press, Vaughan said. The visit was See BURWELL, Page A3
Buyer backs out; troubled house going to bulk auction By RICHARD WALKER
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POULSBO — Ruth deMille hates the house at 19159 8th Ave. NE. She wouldn’t buy it. She thinks it’s a bad investment. And she’s the listing agent. In fact, if someone wanted to buy it, she said she’d refer them to an agent she doesn’t like. The house has been a time suck for her. She’s an agent for Coldwell Banker Bain and, she said, sells 25-30 listings a year. But she can’t sell this one, let alone put a positive spin on it. The house needs a new roof, the See house, Page A9
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