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Home My WebLink About1979 March 13, 1979 Special - Bellingham School District 501Page 2A, March 13, 1979 Whatcom County, Washington SPECIAL GENERAL ELECTION COUNTY COUNCIL ROSEMARY FLORA 21M=000� District No. 2 Position B Non -Partisan 4 Year Term R. W. 'BOB" MUENSCHER 23 a.NEEJ♦ Vote for One COUNTY COUNCIL District No. 3 Position A Non -Partisan 2 Year Term Vote for One ELIZABETH M. BAILEY WILL ROEHL 26 ==0► 28 ==E► BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 501 Passed 67.2% Special Election — Proposition No. 1 6,387 Submitted by Bellingham School District No. 501 SCHOOL PROGRAM MAINTENANCE LEVY Shall a tax, in excess of limitations applicable without Levy, the vote of District electors, of approximately $3.15 YES - 36 0 per $1,000.00 of assessed value (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $3,183,320 for opera- tion and maintenance purposes be levied for the Bel- 3,112 112 lingham School District General Fund in 1979 for collection in 1980 upon all taxable property within Levy, the District, all as specified in School Board Resolu- tion No. 3-797 JO TURN OVER FOR NEXT PAGE VOTE ALL PAGES TO CONTINUE YOUR VOTING Wol TO NEXT PAGE COUNTY AUDITOR'S REPORT (SCHOOL DISTRICT FINANCING ELECTIONS) M-466 (1/79) WHATCOM COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO DATE OF ELECTI01 MARCH 13, 1979 MINIMUM VOTE TURNOUT REQUIREMENTS NOTE: COPY OF BALLOT SHOWING NUMBER OF "YES" r NO VOTES CAST IS NECESSARY IN ORDER T MAKE THIS REPORT COMPLETE A. FOR EXCESS LEVIES: TOTAL VOTES CAST AT LAST NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION.... 16,4 71 B. FOR BOND ISSUES VQTED UPON DURING THE YEAR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A STATE GENERAL ELECTION (ODD OR,, EVEN NUMBER YEARS) TOTAL VOTES CAST AT LAST QUALIFYING STATE GENERAL ELECTION ......... too PROPOSITION No, CANVASS OF ELECTION, CARRIED DEFEATED 1 rXn n �n n 71 Tn DATED TH I S 2 3 rd ---J7AY OF, PLEASE MAIL COMPLETED REPORT WITH BALLOT ATTACHED TO: MAYNARD J. MATHISON, DIRECTOR SCHOOL FISCAL SERVICES SUPT. OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OLD CAPITOL BUILDING OLYMPIA WA 98504 PROPOSITION No. March , 19 7 9 CARRIED DEFEATED II n -n n adz., COUNTY AUD I TOR BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 501 RESOLUTION NO. 3-79 A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of Bellingham, School District No. 501, Whatcom County, Washington, providing for the sub- mission to the qualified electors of the district at a special election to be held therein on March 13, 1979, of the proposition of whether or not there should be levied an excess tax of approximately $3•15 per thou- sand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide 3,183,320 for the district's General Fund to pay part of the general expenses of mainten- ance and operation of the district, such levy to be made in 1979 for collection in 1980. WHEREAS, the money in and to be paid into the General Fund of the Bellingham School District No. 501, Whatcom County, Washington, during the 1979-80 and the 1980-81 school years will be insufficient to enable the district to take care of all of its necessary financial obligations and to properly meet the educational needs of students attending district schools; and WHEREAS, in order to properly provide for said finan- cial obligations and educational needs, it is deemed necessary that a tax of approximately $3.15 per thousand dollars of asse- ssed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $3,183,320 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 1979 for collection in 1980; 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 the Bellingham School District No. 501, 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 re- quires the district to carry out the plans hereinafter provided. Section 2. In order. to provide $ 3,183,320 for the General Fund of the District, the district authorizes the County Commissioners of Whatcom County to levy a tax of approximately - 1 - $ 3.15 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) should be levied in 1979 for collec- tion in 1980 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 hereinafter set forth, the district may use the proceeds of such levy during the 1979-1980 and the 1980-1981 school years by in- curring an indebtedness by the issuance of warrants against the General Fund of the District, and may expend the proceeds of said levy to pay such part of the general expenses of -maintenance and operations of the District as may be authorized or allowed by law for the use of excess levy funds. Section 3. It is hereby found and declared that an emergency exists requiring the submission to the qualified elec- tors 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 13, 1979. 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 proposi- tion hereinafter set forth. The Secretary of the Board of Directors is hereby authorized and directed to certify said proposition in the fol- lowing form: PROPOSITION NO. 1 SCHOOL PROGRAM MAINTENANCE LEVY Shall a tax, in excess of limitations appli- cable without the vote of District electors, of approximately $3.15 per $1,000.00 of assessed value (based on 1000 of true and fair value) to provide $ 3,183,320 for opera- tion and maintenance purposes be levied for the Bellingham School District General Fund in 1979 for collection in 1980 upon all taxa- ble property within the District, all as specified in School Board Resolution No. 3-79 ? LEVY. Yes LEVY. No - 2 - 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 autho- rized and directed to deliver a certified copy of this resolution to the Whatcom County Auditor. ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Bellingham School District No. 501, Whatcom County, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof, held January 25, 1979, the following directors being present and voting in favor of said resolution. BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 501 Board of Directors Chad rson c Member Member Meier Member ATTEST: of the Board BALLOT TITLE APPROVED BY: • r Prosecuting Attorney 1 Date: LV �� : CERTIFICATION I, JAMES G. ROBERTS, Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Bellingham School District No. 501, Whatcom County, Wash- ington, do hereby certify that the foregoing constitutes a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 3-79 of the Board of Directors, duly adopted at a special meeting thereof held on the 25th day of JANUARy , 1979. - 4 -