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Home My WebLink About1977 November 08,1977 Special - Fire District 7ORIGINAL CANVASSING BOARD RESULTS LOCATED IN NOVEMBER 08, 1977 GENERAL ELECTION FILE OFFICIAL CANVASS OF THE GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION FOR CEMETERY DISTRICT NO 1; CEMETERY DISTRICT NO. 2; CEMETERY DISTRICT NO. 3; CEMETERY DISTRICT NO. 4; CEMETERY DISTRICT NO. 5; CEMETERY DISTRICT NO. 5; CEMETERY DISTRICT NO. 7; CEMETERY DISTRICT NO. 8; CEMETERY DISTRICT NO. 9; CEMETERY DISTRICT NO. 10; FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 1; FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 2; FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 3; FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 4; FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 5; FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 6; FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 7; FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 8; FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 9; FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 10; FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 11; FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 13; FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 14; FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 15: FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 16; FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 17; FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 18; FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 19; WHATCOM COUNTY WATER DISTRICT NO. 2; WATER DISTRICT NO. 4; WATER DISTRICT NO. 6, WATER DISTRICT NO. 8; WATER DISTRICT NO. 9; WATER DISTRICT NO. 10; WATER DISTRICT NO. 11; WATER DISTRICT NO. 12; WATER DISTRICT NO. 13: WATER DISTRICT NO. 14; POINT ROBERTS PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT: SEWER DISTRICT NO. 2 AND HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 304, HELD IN WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON ON TUESDAY THE 8TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1977. Office of the Auditor of Whatcom County Bellingham, Washington November 30, 1977 Pursuant to a notice given by Wella Hansen, County Auditor of Whatcom County, Washington, we the undersigned, C. J. Johnson, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of said County and David S. Mc EAchran, Prose- cuting Attorney of said County, now meet with Wella Hansen for the purpose of.canvassing the votes cast in the County of Whatcom, at the General and Special Election held on Tuesday, November 8, 1977, as shown on the poll books. Wella Hansen, County Auditor as aforesaid, now makes oath as follows: STATE OF WASHINGTON) ss. COUNTY OF WHATCOM ) OATH OF AUDITOR I, Wella Hansen, County Auditor of Whatcom County, State of Washington, do solemnly swear that the returns purporting to be the election returns of the County of Whatcom have been in no wise altered by additions or erasures, and that they are the same as when I received them, except that the votes of the absentee voters have been added, SO HELP ME GOD.. Subscribed and sworn to before me Immediately after the oath by the C. J. Johnson, and David S. Mc Eachran for said Whatcom County to canvass the said Whatcom County on Tuesday the 8th Auditor of Whatcom County this 30th day of November, 1977. ar�/Ot'lCounty Comm. County Auditor, the said Wella Hansen, proceeded as'a Canvassing Board in and votes cast in the voting precincts of day of November 1977. The result of said canvass as found and determined by us is set forth herein and recorded upon pages 112 through 114, Volume 4 of Elections Records. CERTIFICATE OF CANVASSING BOARD STATE OF WASHINGTON ) ss. COUNTY OF WHATCOM ) The undersigned, being the officers designated by the law and constituting the Canvassing Board in and for the County of Whatcom, State of Washington having met for the purpose of canvassing the votes concerning the following elected officials and propositions: PT.RE �AgTECTION. DISTRICT NO. 2 James R. Grinstead------•-------------- 204 FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 3 Richard Francisco -------------------- 1131 FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 4- Glenn Roose------------------------- 495 FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 5 6 Year Term Clifford C. Jorgensen ------------------ 55 4 Year Unexpired Term Ernie: T. Loreen--------------------- 57 0.7::7._Tupper------------------------- 14 FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 6 4 Year Unexpired Term David F. Himebaugh-------------------- 115 FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 7 Donald 0. Bailey ----------------------- 524 Gerald D. Metzger ----------------------357 PROPOSITION NO. 1 Submitted by Fire Protection District No. 7 AUTHORIZING PROPERTY TAX LEVY Shall Whatcom County Fire Protection District No. 7., Ferndale, Washington, be authorized to increase its regular property tax levy to .89219 per thousand dollars of assessed value commencing with collection in 1979. (This shall not be construed to authorize an excess levy, and shall be subject to otherwise applicable statutory limits.) YES. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7 Proposition No. 1 Total Votes Cast Total YES 467 Failed 45.43% Total NO 561 1-4 - FIRH PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 8 Stephen P. Lich ---------------------- 252 Robert "Mack" Urquhart -----=---------- 264 FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 9 Winton Wefer-------------------------- 128 FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 10 6 Year Term W. R.."Bill" Moeller ------------- 129 4 Year Unexpired Term Gordon E. Longanecker------------------ 128 2 Year Unexpired Term Richard Hoyer------------------- -- 129 FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 11 J. V. Hawley --- ------- ------------- --- 139 FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 13 WATER DISTRICT NO. 11 Virginia A. Smith -------- 49 WATER DISTRICT NO. 12 Lawrence W. Erickson ----- 83 Write In -William "Bill" Crawford -- 81 WATER DISTRICT NO. 13 James E. Isenhart--------- 4 WATER DISTRICT NO. 14 Orland Eskola------------- 23 SEWER DISTRICT NO. 2 Wesley Oltman----------- 164 POINT ROBERTS PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT Commissioner District No. 3 John C. Baker, Jr. ------- 54 Commissioner District No. 4 Irene Julius ------------- 53 HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 304 William G. Monzingo ------ 59 PROPOSITION NO. 1 Shall the number of commissioners of Public Hospital District No. 304 be increased from three to five. YES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f_7 NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Proposition No. 1 Total Votes Cast_.- Whatcom Co. Total YES 31 Total NO 39 The result of said canvass as found and determined by us is set -forth in Whatcom County Elections Records, Volume 41 Pages 112 through 114, is a true and correct canvass of the votes, except as modified by the votes of the absentee voters, polled in the County of Whatcom, State of Washington at the General and Special Election held in that County on the second Tuesday, being the 8th day of November, 1977, as taken from the official returns. That said statement and returns contain all the propositions and names of all contestants together with the title of the office sought and the number of votes received. That the total number of registered voters in the voting precincts of Whatcom County, as reported was 49,178, and the number voting at the polls was 21,391 and 1,986 by absentee ballots. Witness our hand and seal this 30th day of November, 1977. Chaff an B06rd of County Commissioners J ��-1 , M Prosecuting Attorney Whatcom County Auditor of. Whatcom County WHICOM COU11TY FIRE DISTRICT NO. 1 FERNDALE. WASHIN13TON RESOLUTION #54 A resolution of the Board of Fire Commissioners of Fire Protection District #7, Whatcom County, Ferndale, Washington, providing for the submis- sion to the qualified electors of the district at a General Election on November 8, 1977, the proposition which would authorize the lifting of the 106% lid law for Whatcom County Fire Protection District V . WHEREAS, in the judgement of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the District, it is essential and necessary for the protection of the public health, life, and property that fire fighters be maintained, that necessary fire fighting equipment be purchased, that necessary land be purchased and that necessary stations be constructed. The funds realized by lifting of the 106% limitations will also be used to purchase such fire fighting tools as nozzles, self- contained breathing apparatus, radio communications and replac- ing •some of the older fire pumpers and tankers. The proposal, if authorized by the voters of Fire District #7, will place additional revenue into the Fire District's Expense Fund and will be paid by the property owners of the District at the rate of 56.882 cents for $1,000.00 (ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS) -of Assessed Valuation, increasing the Levy Rate from .32337 to .89219 Mills. There shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the District, for their ratification or rejection, at the Special Election to be held in conjunction with the regular General Election therein, on November 8, 1977, the question of whether or not the 106% limitation currently in effect shall be lifted from the Fire Dis- trict. and the Board of Fire Commissioners hereby requests the County Supervisor of Elections to call said Special Election as aforesaid, in the form of a ballot title substantially as follows: AUTHORIZING PROPERTY TAX LEVY Shall Whatcom County Fire Protection District #7, Ferndale, Washington, be authorized to in- crease its regular property tax levy to_.89219 per thousand dollars of assessed value com- mencing with collection in 1979. (This shall not be construed to authorize an excess levy, and shall be subject to otherwise applicable statutory limits.) YES NO Passed by the Board of Fire Commissioners of Fire Protection Dis- trict #7, Ferndale, Washington, at a special meeting thereof, this 19th day of September, 1977, the following Commissioners being present and voting: t�_ ,"� , ,. aQaoanaoo: r�� rya a.c •_ - 3 ILjj� � 4 t 3J .L s •� �J 7R'C A4• � Attest: Robert F. Howard, Secretary