HomeMy WebLinkAboutres1992-079WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. AB92 -489
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Initial
Date
Date Received in Council Office:
Agenda date
Assigned to:
Originator. City of Everson
12/17/1992
Council
Division Head:
Dept. Head:
Prosecutor.
Purchasing/Budget:
Executive:
SUBJECT.
Resolution setting a special election' within the City of Everson to deterMimif the City of Everson shall be
annexed into the Whatcom .County Rural Library District.
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution
Letter
SUABMY STATEMENT: Please complete sections of box as appropriate & explain the item below.
Related County contract #: n a Should. Clerk schedule a hearing? NO YES Requested date:
Amount budgeted for this item ro'ect: S Is it or will it be within budget? YES NO lease explain below
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City of Everson is requesting approval to place the annexation ballot proposition on the February 2, 1993 special
election. A resolution setting a special election within the City of Everson to determine if the City of Everson
shall be annexed in to the Whatcom County Rural Library District.
ORIGINATOR'S RECOMMENDED ACTION
COMMITTEE AC770N TAKEN
COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN
12/17/92: Introduced
12/17/92: Council approved the resolution. 6 -0 with Imhof absent.
Related File Numbers: Or&nance or Resolution Number (this item only): R92 -79
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I SPONSORED BY: consent
2 PROPOSED BY: City of Everson
3 INTRODUCTION DATE: December 17 1992
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7 RESOLUTION NO. 92- 79
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10 A RESOLUTION SETTING A SPECIAL ELECTION
11 WITHIN THE CITY OF EVERSON TO DETF.RAIUM
12 IF THE CITY OF EVERSON SHALL BE ANNEXED
13 INTO THE WHATCOM COUNTY RURAL LIBRARY DISTRICT -
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17 WHEREAS, R.C.W. 27.12.360 permits the legislative body of a city with a population of
18.. one hundred thousand (100,000) or less to initiate an annexation procedure by ordinance declaring
19' its finding that the public interest of the residents of the city would be served by annexation into
20 the rural library district of the county;
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22 WHEREAS, the City of Everson, a city with a population less than one hundred .thousand
23 (100,000), has enacted such an ordinance, Ordinance No. 442, on June 23, 1992;
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25 WHEREAS, there being no library board within Everson; the Everson Ordinance No. 442
26 has been duly submitted to the State Librarian for review as provided by law, and has further
27- received the concurrence of Whatcom. County Rural Library District, as appears by the
28 Agretwtut re Xihuril Anne dlon attached hereto;
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30 WHEREAS, upon receipt of notification of the enactment of the above - referenced city
31 ordinance, the opportunity for review by the State Librarian, and the concurrence of the rural
32 library district, R.C.W. 27.12.370 provides that the County legislative authority shall by-
33 Resolution call a special election to be held in such city on the next date provided in R.C.W.-
34 29.13.010; and
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36 WHEREAS, the next available special election date provided in R.C.W. 29.13.010 is the
3 7 - 2d day of February, 1993; NOW THEREFORE -
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40 BE IT RESOLVED by the Whatcom County Council that a special election conducted by .
41 the Whatcom County Auditor's Office shall be set on the annexation ballot proposition within the
4 2 City of Everson for the 2d day of February, 1993.
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44 BE IT FURTHER. RESOLVED that the Whatcom County Auditor's Office shall cause . -
45 notice of said special election to be given pursuant to R.C.W. 29.27.080.
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47 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said election shall be conducted, voter eligibility be
481 established and the voting majority- determined in accordance with R.C.W. 27.12.370 and the
49 other general laws of the State of Washington as applied by the Whatcom County Auditor.
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51 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the ballot proposition shall be stated in substantially
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55 Shall the City of Everson be annexed to and be a part of the
56 Whatcom County Rural Library District?
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58 YES ........ ............................... .... [ ]
59 NO ................................................
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62 APPROVED this 18th day of December, 1992.
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72. ONA REEVES,
Council Clerk DANIEL M. WARNER, Council Chair
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75 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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