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Home My WebLink About1980 February 05, 1980 Special - Nooksack Valley School District 506Page 3 February 5, 1980 Whatcom County, Washington NOOKSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 506 Special Election - Proposition No. 1 SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL LEVY Shall Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, What- com County, Washington, collect $170,000 in excess property taxes (approximately $1.25 per $1,000 assessed valuation) in 1981 for maintenance and operation? Passed 65.8% Levy, YES 310 362 188 Levy, NO 33 ik Absentee Voter Guide SPECIAL ELECTION WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON lFEBRUARY S. 1J$0 Read All Instructions Carefully Before Voting After you receive your Absentee Ballot, please use it -- do not attempt to vote at your regular polling place on election day. YOUR BALLOT CONSISTS OF: A ballot card which is attached to a styrofoam backing. (Please do not detach this ballot from the backing.) A punching tool which is attached to the ballot. A small paper pocket envelope which has space for write-in votes. A medium-sized envelope (for returning both the ballot card and the ballot pocket envelope). A large buff mailing envelope for return of voted ballot card, at- tached to styrofoam backing, and the small paper pocket enve- lope, both of which should be enclosed in the medium-sized envelope. The Statement of Absentee Voter also appears on the mailing envelope. ROW TO VOTE 1. Complete the Statement of Absentee Voter on the large buff colored mailing envelope. 2. Read these instructions. The ballot pages are identical to those used in the punched card voting device In the precinct itself. 3. To the right of each measure or candidate is a number which is assigned to its position on the pre -scored ballot card. 4. Use the provided punch tool and firmly punch out the black dot in the same square as the position number on the ballot card. 5. Write-in candidates may be voted for by using space provided on the small paper pocket envelope and listing both the name and the office of the write-in candidates. For Partisan Office write-in you must also write the name of the political party. Do not punch any position number on the ballot card for the race In which a write-in candidate is desired. S. After you have finished voting, the ballot card and the at- tached Styrofoam backer should then be slipped Into the small paper pocket envelope. These should, in turn, be placed Into the medium-sized ballot envelope. The medium-sized ballot envelope should be placed into the mailing envelope which contains the Statement of Absentee Voter. Mail your ballot so that it will be postmarked the day of election or sooner, Instead of mailing, you may send it by any means so as to reach this office on ❑r before election day. 7. If for some reason you spoil the IBM Punch Card Ballot, then using a PEN, mark this guide like a paper ballot. When returning your ballot, it will require 28 cents first-class postage. COUNTY AUDITOR'S REPORT (SCHOOL DISTRICT FINANCING ELECTIONS) M-466 (I/79) WHATCOM CO ITY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 506 DATE OF ELECTION FEBRUARY 5, 1980 MINIMUM VOTE TURNOUT REQUIREMENTS NOTE: COPY OF BALLOT SHOWING NUMBER OF "YES" AND NO VOTES CAST IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS REPORT COMPLETE A. FOR EXCESS LEVIES: TOTAL VOTES CAST AT LAST NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION....11191111o1111111 B, FOR BOND ISSUES V9TED UPON DURING THE YEAR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A STATE GENERAL ELECTION IODD OR; EVEN NUMBER YEARS) TOTAL VOTES CAST AT LAST QUALIFYING STATE GENERAL ELECTIONjlllj„A..%l CANVASS OF ELECTIal 1,054 CARRIED DEFEATED CARRIED DEFEATED PROPOSITION NO, 1 �] PROPOSITION N0, n1 n � r-1 n DATED THIS 19th ----DAY OF February y� COUNTY AUDITOR 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 RESOLUTION NO. 4 A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County Washington, providing for the submission to the qual- ified electors of the district at a special election to be held therein on February 5, 1980, of a proposition authorizing the levy of an excess tax of approximately $1.25 per $1,000 of assessed value (100% of true and fair value unless specifically otherwise provided by law) to raise the sum of $170 , 000 for the district Gen- eral Fund. WHEREAS, the money to be paid into the General Fund of the district will be insufficient during the fiscal year 1980-81 to enable the district to operate properly and to take care of all financial obligations, it is deemed necessary in order to prevent the impairment of the district's contracts that the district levy a tax of $170 , 000 or approximately $1.25 per $1, 000 of assessed value (100% of true and fair value unless specifically otherwise provided by law) upon all taxable property within the district in 1981 for collection in excess of the annual tax levy limitation the district is permitted by .law to levy without a vote of the people; and WHEREAS, the Constitution and laws of the State of Washington provide that the question of whether or not such excess tax may be levied for such purpose must be submitted to the qualified voters of the district for their approval or rejection; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington as follows: Section 1: It is hereby found and declared that the welfare of the children of the district requires it to carry out the plans hereinafter provided. Section 2: That for the purpose of providing part of the funds required to secure proper textbooks, instructional supplies and teaching materials, to make necessary repairs and replacements to school district facilities, to pay adequate salaries, to prevent the impairment of the obligation of the district's contracts and to properly carry on the functions of the schools within the district, the district authorized the County Council of Whatcom County to levy a tax of approximately $1.25 per $1,000 of assessed value (100% of true and fair value unless specifically otherwise provided by law) upon all taxable property within the district in 1980 for collection in 1981 in excess of the annual tax levy per- mitted the district without a vote of the people for the purpose of providing $170 , 000 for the district General Fund. Section 3: It is hereby found and declared that an emergency exists requiring the submission to the qualified voters of the district of the pro- position of whether or not there should be levied such excess tax for the purpose described herein at a special election to be held within the district on Febru- ary 5, 1980. The Whatcom County Auditor as ex-officio supervisor of elections in Whatcom County is hereby requested to also find the existence of such emer- gency and to call and conduct said special election to be held within the district on that date and submit to the qualified voters of the district at said special election the proposition hereinafter set forth. The Secretary of the Board of Dir- ectors is hereby authorized and directed to certify said proposition to the What- com County Auditor in the following form: PROPOSITION NO. 1 School District Special Shall Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, collect $170,000 in excess property taxes (approximately $1.25 per $1,000 assessed valuation) in 1981 for maintenance and operation? YES ................I I NO ................/ / 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 and directed to deliver a certified copy of this Resolution to the Whatcom County Auditor. PASSED by the Board of Directors of the Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof held this 13th day of December, 1979 ATTEST: Sec etary of the Board of Directors NOOKSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 506 Whatcom County, Washington By: Board of Dire rs I, Leo Groves, Secretary of the Board of Directors of Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 6 of the Board of Directors, duly adopted at a regular meeting thereof held on the 13th day of December, 1979. 4-�-�-�1 S cretary of the Board of Directors OFFICE OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR of WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON WHEREAS, the undersigned, as the duly elected Auditor of Whatcom County, Washington, has jurisdiction of and is required by law to conduct all special elections for school districts within the county; and WHEREAS, Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, lies entirely within the boundaries of said county; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of said district by resolution adopted December 13, 1979, a certified copy of which has been delivered to the undersigned, has found that an emergency exists requiring the holding of a special election on February 5, 1980. WHEREAS, said district by said resolution has authorized and directed the undersigned to assume jurisdiction of and conduct said special election: NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby authorized and ordered as follows: The undersigned concurs in the finding of an emergency and does hereby assume jurisdiction of the above mentioned special election of Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, authorized and ordered by resolution of its Board of Directors adopted December 13, 1979, and will conduct said special election to be held February 5, 1980. DATED at Bellingham, Washington, this 13th day of December, 1979. Whatcom County Auditor