A health services levy for Valley Medical Center will be on the ballot this November.

Valley’s Board of Commissioners have adopted resolution No. 1066, which seeks to “secure the health system’s ability to keep essential healthcare services local and accessible while retaining highly skilled staff who live in and are dedicated to serving the South King County community,” according to an announcement from the hospital Sept. 9.

The levy would cost certain property owners a maximum regular property levy rate of $0.75 per $1,000 of assessed property value within the Public Hospital District No. 1 boundary of King County. This rate is $0.46 more for every $1,000 that is currently being paid. An example from Valley’s Sept. 9 press release states that a $500,000 home would see an increase of

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