Commissioners for Public Hospital District No. 1 Monday night approved a one percent increase in the property-tax levy that is mostly used to pay off bonds used for capital projects at Valley Medical Center.

The increase amounts to about $10 in 2012 for a typically priced home in Renton and Kent.

The commissioners also approved what’s called a statutory expenditure budget that sets the upper limit for how much money can be spent in the hospital’s final operating budget.

The increase in the property-tax levy and the budget were approved on 3-2 votes, with commissioners Carolyn Parnell, Don Jacobson and Sue Bowman voting yes, and commissioners Aaron Heide and Anthony Hemstad voting no.

Next year, that property tax levy will be $20,080,355, compared to the 2011 levy of $19,681,672. The 2011 levy was not increased 1 percent over 2010.

Renton and Kent represent about 75 percent of the hospital district’s total assessed valuation of about $33.5 billion. Next year, the owner of a typically valued home of $245,200 in Kent will  pay $147 in taxes to the district. The owner of a typically valued home of $285,500 in Renton will pay $171 in 2012. In both cases that’s a roughly $10 increase over this year.

The commission also held a public hearing on redistricting the three commissioner districts; the other two are at-large positions. Commissioners will vote on the redistricting at their December meeting.

The recommendation is to leave three commissioner districts within the entire hospital district unchanged. The issue is visited after the national Census every 10 years.

Heide was particularly vocal in his opposition to the levy and budget recommendations, calling the actions and the oversight by his fellow commissioners a “sham.”

Bowman also presented to the commissioners her suggestion that the board appoint Jeannine Grinnell, the vice president for finance and the district’s treasurer, as the interim district superintendent. The board will consider her appointment at its meeting in early December.

Grinnell, who has extensive experience as a state auditor and in hospital finances, has expressed an interest in the permanent position.

Rich Roodman will step down as the district’s superintendent in early December to concentrate on his role as CEO of the new strategic alliance. He has been superintendent for nearly 30 years.

Early next year, after a new commissioner takes office to replace Jacobson, the board will prepare a new job description for the superintendent.

The Board of Trustees overseeing the strategic alliance were scheduled to vote Tuesday on the medical center’s overall budget.