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Home My WebLink About1977 March 08,1977 Special - Nooksack Valley School District 506ABSEisTEE OFFICIAL BALLOT NOOKSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 506 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1977 INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: To vote in favor of the following proposition, place a cross W in the square opposite the word "YES". To vote against the following proposition, place a cross (X) in the square opposite the word "NO". PROPOSITION NO. 1 SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL LEVY Shall Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whateom County, Washing- ton, collect $550,000.00 in excess property taxes (approximately $6.47 per $1,000 assessed valuation) in 1978 for maintenance and operations' passed YES - - ---637 -- -- ❑ 61.66% NO _ ___ 396 _----- COUNTY AUDITOR'S PEPORT M-466 (2/73) (SCHOOL DISTRICT FIWNC-ING ELECTIONS) WHATCOM NOOKSACK VALLEY COLWY SCHOOL DISTRICT_TST_ No_ 5nr, DATE OF ELECTION MARCH 8, 19 7 7 MINIMUM VOTE TURNOUT REQUIREMENTS NOTE: COPY OF BALLOT SHOEING NUMBER OF "YES" AND NO VOTES CAST IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS REPORT COMPLETE. A. FOR EXCESS LEVIES: TOTAL VOTES CAST AT'LAST NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 2.099 B. FOR BOND ISSUES VgTED UPON DURING THE YEAR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A STATE GENERAL ELECTION IODD OR EVEN NUMBER YEARS) TOTAL VOTES CAST AT LAST QUALIFYING STATE GENERAL ELECTION............ CWWASS OF ELECTION CARRIED DEFEATED PROPOSITION NO. 1 'xl PROPOSITION N0. n n DATED THIS 11th DAY OF March , 19 77 PLEASE MAIL COMPLETED REPORT WITH BALLOT ATTACHED TO: SUPT, OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION CHO& FISCA� SERVICES LYYMPIAI14AL 9A ING CARRIED DEFEATED 1 C n 7-1 o n PROPOSITION NO. 1 School District Special Leyy Shall Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, collect $ 550,000.00 in excess property taxes (approximately $ 6.47 per $1,000 assessed valuation) in 1978 for maintenance and operation? YES . . . . . . . . . . . . ._ NO. . . . . . . . . . . . The polls for such special election shall be open from 7:00 o'clock a.m. to 8:00 o'clock p.m. The secretary of the Board of Directors is hereby authorized and directed to deliver a certified copy of this Resolution to the Whatcom County Auditor. PASSED by the Board of Directors of the Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof held this 13th day of January, 1977. NOOKSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 506 Whatcom County, Washington By. f ATTEST: 17 ecretary of the Board of Directors Board of Directors I, Leo Groves, Secretary of the Board of Directors of Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 5 of the Board of Directors, duly adopted at a regular meeting thereof held on the 13th day of January, 1977. e retary of the Board of Directors OFFICE OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR of WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON WHEREAS, the undersigned as the duly elected, qualified and acting Auditor of Whatcom County, Washington, has jurisdiction of and is required by law to conduct all special elections for school districts within the county; and WHEREAS, Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, lies entirely within the boundaries of said county; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of said district by resolution adopted January 13, 1977, a certified copy of which has been delivered to the under- signed, has found that an emergency exists requiring the holding of a special election on March 8, 1977; and WHEREAS, said district by said resolution has authorized and dir- ected the undersigned to assume jurisdiction of and conduct said special election; NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby authorized and ordered as follows: The undersigned concurs in the finding of an emergency and does hereby assume jurisdiction of the above mentioned special election of Nooksack Va1Ley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washingtcn , authorized and ordered by resolution of its Board of Directors adopted January 13, 1977, and will conduct said special election to be held March 8, 1977. DATED at Bellingham, Washington, this day of January, 1977. Whatcom County Auditor Y RESOLUTION NO. 5 A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, providing for the submission to the qual- ified electors of the district at a special election to be held therein on March 8, 1977, of a proposition authorizing the levy of an excess tax of approximately _4__�L47 ___per $1,000 of assessed value (100% of true and fair value unless specifically otherwise pro- vided by law) to raise the sum of $550, 000.00 for the district General Fund. WHEREAS, the money to be paid into the General Fund of the dis- trict will be insufficient during the fiscal year 1977-78 to enable the district to op- erate properly and to take care of all financial obligations, it is deemed necessary in order to prevent the impairment of the district's contracts that the district levy a tax of $550,000.00 --or approximately _ $6.47 per $1,000 of assessed value (100% of true and fair value unless specifically otherwise provided by law) upon all taxable property within the district in 1977 for collection in excess of the annual tax levy limitation the district is permitted by law to levy without a vote of the people; and WHEREAS, the Constitution and laws of the State of Washington provide that the question of whether or not such excess tax may be levied for such purpose must be submitted to the qualified voters of the district for their approval or rejection; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, as follows: Section 1: It is hereby found and declared that the welfare of the children of the district requires it to carry out the plans hereinafter provided. Section 2: That for the purpose of providing part of the funds re- quired to secure proper textbooks, instructional supplies and teaching materials, to make necessary repairs and replacements to school district facilities, to pay adequate salaries, to prevent the impairment of the obligation of the district's contracts and to properly carry on the functions of the schools within the district, the district author- izes the County Commissioners of Whatcom County to levy a tax of approximately $6.47 _ pe- $1,000 of assessed value (100% of true and fair value unless specifically otherwise provided by law) upon all taxable property within the district in 1977 for collection in 1978 in excess of the annual tax levy ermitted the district without a vote of the people for the purpose of providing_ $550,000.00 for the district General Fund. Section 3: It is hereby found and declared that an emergency exists requiring the submission to the qualified voters of the district of the proposition of whether or not there should be levied such excess tax for the purposes described here- in at a special election to be held within the district on March 8, 1977. The Whatcom County Auditor as ex-officio supervisor of elections in Whatcom County is hereby re- quested to also find the existence of such emergency and to call and conduct said special election to be held within the district on that date and submit to the qualified voters of the district at said special election the proposition hereinafter set forth. The Secretary of the Board of Directors is hereby authorized and directed to certify said proposition to the Whatcom County Auditor in the following form: