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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978 March 14,1978 Special - Ferndale School District 502ABSENTEE OFFICIAL BALLOT FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 502 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1978 INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: To vote in favor of the following propositions, place a cross (X) in the square opposite the words "LEVY, YES" or "BONDS, YES". To vote against the following propositions, place a cross (X) in the square opposite the words "LEVY, NO" or 'BONDS, NO". PROPOSITION NO. 1 SCHOOL PROGRAM LEVY Shall a tax, in excess of limitations applicable without the vote of District electors, of approximately $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed value (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,156,302 for operation and maintenance purposes be levied for the Ferndale School District General Fund in 1978 for collection in 1979 upon all taxable property within the District, all as specified in School Board Resolution No. 2-78. LEVY, YES 1 312 ❑ Passed ................... ----------- ❑ 60.51% LEVY, NO ----- ------ .8.5 6 PROPOSITION NO. 2 FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 502 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON $4,714,036 Shall Ferndale School District No. 502 issue $4,714,036 of general obligation bonds, payable, both principal and interest, out of annual levies in excess of regular property taxes, maturing within 20 years from their date, to construct and equip a new elementary school and additions and improvements to existing educational facilities, including classroom, library, special education, physical education, industrial arts, kitchen, administration and custodial facilities, all as provided in Resolution # 3-78 of the Board of Directors? 1,243 Failed BONDS, YES . -- --- -- ------------- ❑ 5 7. 7 3 % BONDS, NO_ _ 910 COUNTY AUDITORS REPORT 1 M-466 (2/73) (SCHOOL DISTRICT FINANCING =1ECTIONS) Whatcom DATE OF ELECTION March 14, 1978 SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 502 NOTE: COPY OF BALLOT SHOWING NUMBER OF `/ YES if AND MINIMUM VOTE TURNOUT REQUIREMENTS "NO" VOTES CAST IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MAKE;THIS REPORT COMPLETE A. FOR EXCESS LEVIES: TOTAL VOTES CAST AT LAST NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 2,976 B. FOR BOND ISSUES VQTED UPON DURING THE YEAR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A STATE GENERAL ELECTION IODD OR EVEN NUMBER YEARS) TOTAL VOTES CAST AT LAST QUALIFYING STATE GENERAL ELECTION,,, „ ...,,,, 2,976 cAN 0 OF ELECTION CARRIED DEFEATED PROPOSITION NO, 2 n m n DATED THIS 20t AY OF____ March PLEASE MAIL COMPLETED REPORT WITH BALLOT ATTACHED TO: SUPT, OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION SCHOOL FISCA SERVICES OLD IAPITOL U LDING OLYMP I A �04 PROPOSITION No, 1978 CARRIED DEFEATED r--; Tn nl C n n COUNTY AUDITOR PROPOSITION NO. 1 -�RCHOQL:PROGRAM LEVY Shall a tax, in excess of limitations applicable without the vote of District electors, of approximately $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed value (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,156,302 for operation and maintenance purposes be levied for the Ferndale School District General Fund in 1978 for collection in 1979 upon all taxable property within the District, all as specified in School Board Resolution No. 2078. LEVY, YES . . . . . . . . LEVY, NO . . . . . . . . PROPOSITION NO. 2 FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 502 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON $4,714,036 Shall Ferndale School District No. 502 issue $4,714,036 6f general obligation bonds, payable, both principal and interest, out of annual levies in excess of regular property taxes, maturing within 20 years from their date, to construct and equip a new elementary school and additions and improvements to existing educational facilities, including classroom, library, special education, plysical education, industrial arts, kitchen, administration and custodial facilities, all as provided in Resolution # 3-78 of the Board of Directors? BONDS, YES . . . . . . . . BONDS, NO . . . . . . . . The result of said canvass as found and determined by us is set forth herein as follows: Total vote last General Election 40% needed to validate Total Votes Cast AT Poll's Absentee Votes Total Votes Cast Total Yes Votes Total No Votes Passed Failed 2,976 1,190 Proposition No. 1 2,146 35 2,181 1,312 856 60.51% Proposition No. 2 2,146 35 2,181 1,243 910 57.73% We do hereby declare that said statement and returns contain the number of votes cast for and against the foregoing proposition at the said election held March 14, 1978. ",n Witness our hand and official, �(eaZ.th�' nd,/day of March, 1978. ng OYdirmanyy_ Board or County Comm. for JE Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney of Whatcom County OFFICIAL CANVASS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 502, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON ON TUESDAY THE 14TH DAY OF MARCH, 1978, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT A SPECIAL LEVY TO PROVIDE $1,156,302 FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE AND THE PROPOSITION TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,714,036 TO CONSTRUCT AND EQUIP A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING SCHOOLS. Office of the Auditor of Whatcom County, Washington Bellingham, Washington March 22, 1978. Pursuant to a notice given by Joan Ogden, County Auditor of Whatcom County, Washington, we the undersigned, Larry Mc Intyre, Acting Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of said county, and David S. Mc Eachran, Prosecuting Attorney of said county, now meet with Joan Ogden, County Auditor of said County for the purpose of canvassing the votes cast in the voting precincts of Ferndale School District No. 502, Whatcom County, Washington as shown on the poll books of Ferndale School District precincts. The total number of absentee votes cast in the: -Ferndale School District No. 502 was 35. Joan Ogden, County Auditor, as aforesaid, now makes oath as follows: STATE OF WASHINGTON) ss. OATH OF AUDITOR COUNTY OF WHATCOM ) I, Joan Ogden, County Auditor of Whatcom County, State of Washington, do solemnly swear that the returns purpor-ting to be the election returns of the Ferndale School District No. 502 have been in no wise altered by additions or erasures, and that they are the same as when I received them, SO HELP ME GOD. atcom C my Auditor T Subscribed and sworn to before me th�Q 22nd Axy of March, 1978. Immediately Ogden, Larry Mc board in and for precincts of the STATE OF COUNTY OF Ac ss after the oath by the County Intyre and David S. Mc Eachran Whatcom County to canvass the said Ferndale School District rman, Board of County Auditor, the said Joan proceed as a canvassing votes cast in all of the No. 502 on March 14, 1978. CERTIFICATE OF CANVASSING BOARD WASHINGTON) ss WHATCOM ) The undersigned, being the officers designated by the law and constituting the Canvassing Board in and for Ferndale School District No. 502, Whatcom County, State of Washington, having met for the purpose of canvassing the votes concerning the following propositions: SCHOOL PROGRAM LEVY FIRNDALE SCIIOOL DIST. NO. 502 OFFICIAL RETURNS SPECIAL IsLLC` -LOTl MARCH 14, 1978 PRECINCT Ferndale City 1,2,3 Mt. View 1, 3 and 4 Ferndale Twp 2 & 3 Custer 1 & 3 and Delta 3 Lummi Island Lunn Reservation Ferndale Twp 4 & 5 Marietta 2 & 3 YES ABSENTEES TOTAL PASSED FAILED YES NO -- 7 .z1a .S y -� (01,f �/192 NUMBER PERSONS VOTING r PROPOSITION NO. 2 BONDS $4,714,036 7-'J,:RNDALE SCHOOL DIST. NO. 502 OFFICI:AL RETURNS SPECIAL ELECTION MARCH 1.4 , 1978 NUMBER PERSONS PRECINCT YES NO VOTING Ferndale City 1,2,3 Mt. View 1, 3 and 4 Ferndale Twp 2 & 3 rl37% Custer 1 & 3 and Delta 3 - 14,4/ ` Lununi Island 157 Lurnmi Reservation Ferndale Twp Marietta 2 & 4 & 5 3 YES j?3 P�L l S�Cw ABSENTEES /� _ �� -3 Jr TOTAL PASSED FAILED s� Q S/ �� RESOLUTION NO. 2-78 A resolution of the Board of Directors of Ferndale School District No. 502, Whatcom County, Washington, providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the District at a special election to be held therein on Parch 14, 1978, of the proposi- tion of whether or not there should be levied an excess tax of approximately $ 2.50 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,156,302 for the District's General Fund to pay part of the general expenses of maintenance and operation of the District, such levy to be made in 1978 for collection in 1979. WHEREAS, the money in and to be paid into the General Fund of Ferndale School District No. 502, Whatcom County, Washington, during the 1978-1979 and 1979-1980 school years will be insuf- ficient to enable the District to take care of all of its necessary financial obligations and to properly meet the educa- tional needs of students attending District schools; and WHEREAS, in order to properly provide for said financial obligations and educational needs, it is deemed necessary that a tax of approximately $ 2.50 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,156,302 for the District's General Fund be levied upon all of the taxable property within the District in excess of the maximum annual tax levy permitted by law to be levied for the District without a vote of the electors, such levy to be made in 1978 for collection in 1979; and WHEREAS, the Constitution and laws of the State of Washington require that the question of whether or not such excess tax may be levied must be submitted to the qualified electors of the District for their ratification or rejection, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of Ferndale School District No. 502, Whatcom County, Washington, as follows: Section 1. It is hereby found and declared that the welfare of the students and other residents of the district requires the District to carry out the plans hereinafter provided. Section 2. In order to provide $ 1,156,302 for the General Fund of the District, a tax of approximately $ 2.50 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) should be levied in 1978 for collection in 1979 upon all the taxable property within the District in excess of the maximum annual tax levy permitted by law to be levied for the District without a vote of the electors. Upon approval by the voters of Proposition No. 1 herein- after set forth, the District may use the proceeds of such levy during the 1978-1979 and 1979-1980 school years by incur- ring an indebtedness by the issuance of warrants against the General Fund of the District, and may expend the proceeds of said levy to pay part of the general expenses of maintenance and operations of the District. Section 3. It is hereby found and declared that an emer- gency exists requiring the submission to the qualified electors of the District of the proposition of whether or not such excess tax should be levied for their ratification or rejection at a special election to be held therein on March 14, 1978. The Whatcom County Auditor as ex officio supervisor of elections in Whatcom County is hereby requested to also find the existence of such emergency and to call and conduct said special election to be held within the District on said date and to submit to the qualified electors of the District the proposition hereinafter set forth. The Secretary of the Board of Directors is hereby author- ized and directed to certify said proposition in the following form: PROPOSITION NO. 1 SCHOOL PROGRAM LEVY Shall a tax, in excess of limitations applicable without the vote of District electors, of approxi- mately $ 2.50per $1,000 of assessed value (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $ 1,156,302for operation and maintenance purposes be levied for the Ferndale School District General Fund in 1978 for collection in 1979 upon all tax- able property within the District, all as specified in School Board Resolution No. 2-78. LEVY . . . . . YES / / LEVY . . . . . NO The Secretary of the Board of Directors of the District is hereby directed to deliver a certified copy of this reso- lution to the Whatcom County Auditor. ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of Ferndale School District No. 502, Whatcom County, Washington, at a special open public meeting thereof, notice of which was given as required by law, held January 24, 1978, the following Directors being present and voting therefor. FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 502 WHATCOM OUNTY, WASHIJ6TO By -- DIRECTO S ATTEST: Secretary, Board of Directors CERTIFICATION I, Dennis L. Peterson, Secretary of the Board of Directors of Ferndale School District No. 502, Whatcom County, Washington, do hereby certify that the foregoing constitutes a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 2-78 of such Board of Directors duly adopted at a special open public meeting thereof, notice of which was given as required by law, held the 24th day of January, 1978. Secretary, Board of Directors RESOLUTION NO. 3-78 A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of Ferndale School District- No. 502, Whatcom County, Washington, providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the district at a special election to be held therein on March 14, 1978, of the proposition of whether or not the district should issue its general obligation bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $ 4.714.036 or so much thereof as may be issued under the laws governing the indebtedness of school districts for the purpose of providing funds to acquire, construct, equip and make certain capital improvements to the facilities of the school district. WHEREAS, additional school facilities are needed in Ferndale School District No. 502, Whatcom County, Washington (hereinafter called the "District"), in order to provide the students attending and using the 'same with adequate, proper and safe educational facilities; and WHEREAS, in order to provide part of the funds to enable the District to acquire, construct, equip and make such necessary capital improvements to its existing facilities, it is deemed necessary and advisable that the District issue and sell its unlimited tax levy general obligation bonds in the principal amount of $ 4,714,_036 and WHEREAS, the Constitution and laws of the State of Washington provide that the question of whether or not such bonds may be issued and sold for such purposes must be submitted to the qualified electors of the District for their ratification or rejection; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of Ferndale School District No. 502, Whatcom County, Washington, as follows: Section 1. This Board of Directors (hereinafter called the "Board") hereby finds and declares that the best interest of the students and other inhabitants of the District require the District to carry out the plans hereinafter provided at the time or times and in the order deemed most necessary and advisable by the Board. Section-2. The District shall make capital improvements to Ferndale High School, Vista Middle School, Custer Elementary and Middle School, and, Beach, Central, Mt. View and North Bellingham elementary schools and construct and equip a new elementary school. Such improvements shall include classroom, library, special educa- tion, physical education, industrial arts, kitchen, administration and custodial facilities, all as determined by the Board of Directors in the case of each school. If available funds are sufficient the District shall acquire, construct and equip other capital improvements to the facilities of the District. Section 3. For the purpose of providing part of the funds necessary to pay the cost of the improvements described in Section 2 hereof, the District shall issue and sell its unlimited tax levy general obligation bonds in the principal amount of $ 14 036 The balance of the cost of said improvements shall be paid out of any moneys which the District now has or may later have on hand which are legally available for such purposes -and -out of possible State of Washington grants of money. None of said bond proceeds shall be used for the replacement of equipment or for any other than a capital purpose. Section 4. The bonds provided for in Section 3 hereof shall be sold in such amounts and at such time or times as deemed necessary and advisable by this Board and as permitted by law, shall bear interest at a rate of not to exceed the maximum rate permitted by law at the time the bonds are sold, and shall mature serially in such amounts and at such times within 20 years from date of issue as authorized by this Board and as provided by law. Said bonds shall be general obligations of the District an.d, unless paid from other sources, both principal and interest thereon shall be payable out of annual tax levies to be made upon all the taxable property within the District without limitation as to rate or amount. The exact date, form, terms, and maturities of said bonds shall be as hereafter fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. -2- In the event the proceeds of the sale of said bonds, plus any or all of the other moneys above -described, are insufficient to make all of the capital improvements hereinbefore- provided for, the District shall use the available funds for paying the cost of those improvements deemed most necessary and in the best interests of the District by the Board of Directors. Section 5. It is hereby found and declared that an emergency exists requiring the submission to the qualified electors of the District of the proposition of whether or not the District shall issue such bonds for such purposes at a special election to be held therein on the 14th day of March, 1978. The Whatcom County Auditor as ex officio supervisor of elections is hereby requested to also find the existence of such emergency and to call and conduct said special election to be held within the school district on said date and to submit to the qualified electors of the District 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: PROPOSITION NO. 2 FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 502 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON $ 4,714,036 Shall Ferndale School District No. 502 issue $ 4,714,036 of general obligation bonds, payable, both principal and interest, out of annual levies in excess of regular property taxes, maturing within 20 years from their date, to construct and equip a new elementary school and additions and improvements to existing educational facilities, including classroom, library, special education, physical education, industrial arts, kitchen, administration and custodial facilities, all as provided in RESOLUTION #3-78 of the Board of Directors? BONDS, YES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . / / BONDS, NO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -3- 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 to deliver a certified copy of this resolution to the Whatcom County Auditor. PASSED by the Board of Directors of Ferndale School District No. 502, Whatcom County, Washington, at a special meeting thereof held the 24th day of January, 1978. ATTEST: e-=-�--z ecretary, Board of Directors FER•NDALE S HOOL DISTR T NO. 502 WHATCOM LINTY, W H IT By -4- ectdrs I, DENNIS L. PETERSON, Secretary of the Board of Directors of Ferndale School District No. 502, Whatcom County, Washington, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct -copy of Resolution No. 3-78 of said Board of Directors duly adopted at a special meeting thereof held the 24th day of January, 1978.