Healthcare is on the ballot
The Commission of Public Hospital District No. 2, Clallam County, Washington (Olympic Medical Center) adopted Resolution No. 556 concerning the district's regular property tax levy. If approved, this proposition would provide additional operating and capital funds for hospital and other health care services. It authorizes a maximum regular property levy rate for collection in 2025 of 75 cents per $1,000 of assessed value. The 2025 levy amount will be used for the purpose of computing the limitations for levies in subsequent years.
If passed, hospital proposition 1 will support the viability of 24/7/365 operations, help keep critically needed services local, reinforce our ability to recruit and retain our quality workforce, and give us flexibility and options for meeting future health care needs of our community.
- Services that save lives
OMC provides crucial hospital services 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including labor and delivery, trauma and emergency care, and intensive hospital care. - Healthcare close to home
Essential and critical services available nearby is vitally important. It's more convenient, less burdensome and allows more time with the ones you love. - Our heart, our employees
Reasonable and competitive wages, as well as organizational stability, are crucial to the retention and recruitment of a quality workforce.
Did you know?
Only 2% of Olympic Medical Center revenues comes from property taxes and our board has worked hard to keep the tax burden as small as possible. If passed, increased tax revenue is an essential piece to the stability of the local healthcare system, supporting efforts to provide great health care to our community and provide good jobs for to those who live and work here.
Frequently asked questions
Public hospital districts in Washington State are created by the community to fill the gaps in what the community needs for health care. They are created and owned by local residents and governed by elected officials with the charge to meet the community's health care needs.
Public hospital districts like Olympic Medical Center rely mostly on revenue from providing health care services (like any hospital), but the tax base supports a focus on local health care needs, helps bridge gaps and keep services local.
The community shares the load to help support the provision of local health care services that may otherwise be impossible.
Hospital Prop 1 has four main purposes:
- Supporting the viability of 24/7/365 hospital operations, including labor and delivery, trauma and emergency services and intensive care
- Helping keep critically needed healthcare services local
- Reinforcing the ability to recruit and retain a quality healthcare workforce
- Giving flexibility and options for meeting the future health care needs of our community
- As a community safety-net hospital, Olympic Medical Center provides crucial hospital services in Clallam County 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including labor and delivery, trauma care and emergency services, and intensive hospital care. These services save lives and are provided regardless of an individual's ability to pay.
- When a member of our community needs health care, having essential and critical services available nearby is vitally important. Health care close to home means more convenience, less travel and more time with the ones you love.
- At the heart of Olympic Medical Center is the healthcare workforce that cares for our community each and every day. Reasonable and competitive wages, as well as organizational stability, are crucial to retaining and recruiting the people who take care of you.
- It will support flexibility for Olympic Medical Center to develop enhanced and new needed healthcare services and programs.
If passed, the rate may decrease over time as property values fluctuate, but the estimated levy amount of $12 million annually will remain until an adjustment is approved.
The last levy lid request was voted on and passed in 2008.
Proposition 1 proposes a total tax levy rate of .75 per $1,000.
If hospital proposition 1 is passed, the levy will provide an estimated $12 million annually to support essential health care services at Olympic Medical Center.
If you own a $300,000 home will see a monthly increase of $11 per month or $132 per year.