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MARCH 13, 1979
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SCHOOL DISTRICT.
NO. 502
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1979
COUNTY AUDITOR
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Whatcom County, Washington
FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 502
Special Election — Proposition No. 1 1,450
Submitted by Ferndale School District No. 502
SCHOOL PROGRAM LEVY Levy,
Shall a tax, in excess of limitations applicable without YES - 44
the vote of District electors, of approximately $1.55
per $1,000 of assessed value (based on 100% of true
and fair value) to provide $794,102 for operation and , 099
maintenance purposes be levied for the Ferndale evyr
School District General Fund in 1979 for collection NO - 46
in 1980 upon all taxable property within the District,
all as specified in School Board Resolution No. 1-79?
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RESOLUTION NO. 1-79
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 13, 1979, of the proposi-
tion of whether or not there should be levied an
excess tax of approximately s1.55 per thousand
dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of
true and fair value) to provide $794,102 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 1979 for collection in 1980.
WHEREAS, the money in and to be paid into the General Fund
of Ferndale School District No. 502, Whatcom County, Washington,
during the 1979-1980 and 1980-1981 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 $ 1.55 per thousand dollars of assessed
valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide
$ 794,102 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
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 $ 794,102 for the General
Fund of the District, a tax of approximately $ 1.55 per thousand
dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair
value) should be levied in 1979 for collection 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 herein-
after set forth, the District may use the proceeds of such
levy during the 1979-1980 and 1980-1981 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 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 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 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
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 $ 1.55 per $1,000 of assessed value (based
on 100% of true and fair value) to provide
$ 794,102 for operation and maintenance purposes
be levied for the Ferndale School District General
Fund in 1979 for collection in 1980 upon all tax-
able property within the District, all as specified
in School Board Resolution No. 1-79.
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 25, 1979, the following
Directors being present and voting therefor.
FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 502
WHATCOMI-COUNTY, WASMGTU
By
ATTEST:
Secretary, Board of Direc— to
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DIRECTORS