Expected to be on 2018 tax bills: Colfax learns 2016 Parks & Rec levy actually passed on majority vote

A new chapter in the saga of the Colfax City swim pool surfaced Tuesday when city council members learned the 2016 proposal to form a park and recreation district and levy a tax of 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation had actually passed. City Administrator Dodd Snodgrass and City Attorney John Kragt reported the measure passed because it needed only a majority vote for approval.

Kragt noted the city at the time had a “super majority mindset” which turned out to be incorrect when the ballots were counted in November of 2016. The proposal was believed to have required a 60 percent approval...