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Home My WebLink About1979 February 06, 1979 Special - Concrete School District 11OFFICIAL CANVASS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN CONCRETE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 11, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON ON TUESDAY THE 6TH DAY OF FEBRUARY,1979 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT THE PROPOSITION TO LEVY A TAX FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION. Office of the Auditor of Whatcom County, Washington Bellingham, Washington February 14, 1979 Pursuant to a notice given by Joan Ogden, 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, Prosecuting Attorney of said County, now meet with Joan Ogden, County Auditor of said County, at the County seat of said County on the 14th day of February, 1979, for the purpose of canvassing the votes cast in all of the precincts comprising the Concrete School District No. 11, as shown on the poll books in Whatcom County, Washington. Joan Ogden, County Auditor as aforesaid, now makes oath as follows: OATH OF AUDITOR STATE OF WASHINGTON) ) ss. COUNTY OF WHATCOM ) I, Joan Ogden, County Auditor of Whatcom County, State of Washington, do solemnly swear that the returns purporting to be the elction returns of Concrete School District No. 11, Whatcom County, Washington, held on February 6, 1979, 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 Cg my Auditor Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of February,',�1979. ir Chairman, Boarof County Commis stoners �r r Immediately after the oath by the County Auditor, the said Joan Ogden, C. J. Johnson and David S. Mc Eachran proceed as a Canvassing Board in and for Whatcom County to canvass the votes cast in the precincts comprising the Concrete School District No. 11, Whatcom County, Washington on the 14th day of February, 1979. CERTIFICATE OF CANVASSING BOARD STATE OF WASHINGTON) ) ss. COUNTY OF WHATCOM ) The undersigned, being the officers designated by the law and con- stituting the Canvassing Board in and for Concrete School District No. 11, Whatcom County, having met for the purpose of canvassing the votes concerning the following proposition: PROPOSITION NO. 1 Submitted by Gancrete School Dist. No. 11 TAX LEVY FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION LEVY Shall the Concrete School District No. 11 of Whatcom County levy a general tax upon the taxable property within the school district in excess of constitutional and statutory limitations in the sum of $222,707, an estimated $2.58 per one -thousand dollars of assessed valuation? Such assessed valuation is true and fair value unless specifically provided otherwise by law. Such levy to be made in 1979 for collection in 1980, the proceeds thereof to be credited to the General Fund of School District No. 11 to permit the district to pay expenses of maintenance and operation as more specifically provided in Resolution No. 14, adopted by the Board of Directors on the 28th day of November, 1978. YES NO The result of said canvass as found and determined by us is set forth herein as follows, and as recorded in Volume 1, Record of Votes Cast. PROPOSITION NO. 1 Total Votes Cast 59 Total YES 43 Total NO 16 We, the undersigned, do hereby declare that said statement and returns contain the number of votes cast for and against the foregoing proposition at said election held on the 6th day of February, 1979. Chair a , -9oar_d_ bf ,.County- Cominqs inners , ' �h Y 6 A , Zrtdi tar o f/ Whateo m Cbifhty, 11 Prosecuting Attorney 6 Whatcom County PROPOSITION NO. 1 TAX LEVY FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION LEVY Shall the Concrete School District No. 11 of Skagit County levy a general tax upon the taxable property within the school district in excess of constitutional and statutory limitations in the sum of $222,707, an estimated $2.58 per one -thousand dollars of assessed valuation. Such assessed valuation is true and fair value unless specifically provided otherwise by law. Such levy to be made in 1979 for collection in 1980, the proceeds thereof to be credited to the General Fund of School District No. 11 to permit the district to pay expenses of maintenance and operation as more specifically provided in Resolution #14, adopted by the Board of Directors on the 28th day of November, 1978. Yes. . - . No . The polls for such 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 of the School District is here authorized and directed to deliver certified copies of this resolution to the Skagit County Auditor. PASSED by the Board of Directors of Concrete School District No. 11, Skagit and Whatcom Counties, Washington this 28th day of November, 1978. CONCRETE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 11 SKAGIT AND WHATCOM COUNTIES WASHINGTON By Cn ? O w uJ 1- U_ Z F i lCD I J J W ' = C.D LU CN �-] W W � t] O _j J ` (I: UJ Q co CU Y N W W C Ct QSecret rectors . z�oar y, ors RESOLUTION NO. 14 A resolution of the Board of Directors of Concrete School District #11, Skagit and Whatcom Counties, Washington, providing for the submission of a proposition to the qualified electors of the district at a special election to be held therein on the 6th day of February, 1979, authorizing the levy of an excess tax of approxi- mately $2.58 per one -thousand dollars of true assessed value to provide two hundred twenty-two thousand seven hundred seven dollars (222,707) for the district's General Fund. WHEREAS, the money in and to be paid into the general fund of the district will be insufficient to enable the district to operate properly and take care of all of its necessary financial obligations, and in order to provide $222,707 to pay general expenses of maintenance and operation, it is deemed necessary that the district levy a tax of approximately $2.58 per one -thousand dollars of true assessed value unless specifically provided otherwise by law, within the district in excess of the annual millage the district is permitted by law to levy without a vote of the people, such levy to be made in 1978 for collection in 1979. WHEREAS, in order to provide the children of the district with necessary and adequate educational facilities, it is deemed necessary that the district provide funds to pay part of the cost of general maintenance and operation for School District #11. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of Concrete School District No. 11, Skagit and Whatcom Counties, Washington as follows: Section 1. That for the purpose of providing the $222,707 to pay part of the generar expenses of maintenance and operation of the district during the 1979-80 and 1980-81 school years, the district shall levy a tax of approximately two dollars and fifty-eight cents ($2.58) per One Thousand Dollars market value, (based upon an assessed value equal to the true and fair value of taxable value in the district pursuant to Chapter #195, Laws of 1973, extraordinary session) for its General Fund in 1979 for collection in 1980 upon all taxable property within the District in excess of the annual millage the district is permitted by law to levy without a vote of the people. Upon approval by the voters of Proposition No. 1 hereinafter set forth, the district may use the proceeds of such levy during the 1979-80 and 1980-81 school years by incurring an indebtedness by the issuance of warrants against the General Fund of the district. Section 2. It is hereby found and declared that an emergency exists requiring tFie submission to the qualified electors of the district the proposition of whether or not the district shall levy such excess tax at a special election to be held on the 6th day of February, 1979. The Skagit County Auditor as ex-officio supervisor of elections in Skagit 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 at said special election the proposition hereinafter set forth. The Secretary of the Board of Directors is hereby authorized and directed to certify to said County Auditor the proposition in the following form.