HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982 September 14, 1982 Special Lynden School District 504WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE
P.O. Box 398 JOAN OGDEN, Auditor
Bellingham, WA 98225 Phone 676- 6740
OFFICIAL CANVASS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON THE 14TH DAY OF
SEPTEMBER, 1982 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS
IN THE LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT THE PROPOSITION TO ISSUE $250,000 OF
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING THE SITE OF
LYNDEN HIGH SCHOOL FROM THE STATE OF 'WASHINGTON.
Office of the Auditor of
Whatcom County
Bellingham, Washington
September 24, 1982.
Pursuant to a notice given by Joan Ogden, County Auditor of
Whatcom County, Washington, we the undersigned, Will Roehl, Chairman of
the County Council 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 24th day of September,
1982 for the purpose of canvassing the votes cast in the Lynden School
District No. 504, Whatcom County, Washington at the Special Election
held on Tuesday, September 14, 1982, as shown on the poll books. 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 election returns
of Lynden School District No. 504, Whatcom County, Washington have been in
no wise altered by additions or erasures, and that- he.y,are the same
as when I received them, except that the votes -'a£ the_ab.sentee voters have
been added, SO HELP ME GOD. l
t"i i r
Auditor of ��cpm CauzatyC.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th :day of'September, 1982.
Immediately after the oath by the County Auditor, the said Joan
Ogden, Will Roehl and David S. Mc Eachran proceeded as a Canvassinq Board
in and for said Lynden School District No. 504 to canvass the votes
cast in the voting precincts of said Lynden SChool District No. 504,
Whatcom County on Tuesday, the 14th day of September, 1982.
The result of said canvass as found and determined by us is set
forth herein and recorded in Volume 6 of Elections Records.
CERTIFICATE OF CANVASSING BOARD
STATE OF WASHINGTON }
ss.
COUNTY OF WHATCOM )
The undersigned, being the officers designated by the law and
constituting the Canvassing Board in and for Lynden School District
No. 504, Whatcom County, State of WAshington, having met for the purpose
of canvassing the votes concerning the following proposition:
LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 504
SPECIAL ELECTION - PROPOSITION NO. 1
Submitted by School District No. 504
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS - $250,000
For the purpose of purchasing the site of L_ynden High
School from the State of Washington, shall Lynden School
District No. 504 issue $250,000 of general obligation bonds
payable, both principal and interest out of annual tax
levies in excess of regular property tax levies and maturing
within 5 years from date of issue, all as provided in Reso-
lution No. 6-82 of the district?
BONDS,
YES
f %
BONDS,
NO
/ f
The result of said canvass as found and determined by us is
set forth herein as follows and as recorded in Election Records, Volume 6.
Number Persons Voting Last General Election 2,278
40o Needed to Validate: 912
Proposition No. 1
Total Votes Cast: 1,715
TOTAL YES 1,188
TOTAL NO 527
Passed
69.3%
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, and that the absentee votes have been
added thereto; said election held on the 14th day of September, 1982.
Chairman, WY'
atcom County Counc
Prosecuting.Attorpey`Qfcom County
Auditor of Whatcom_,Caur
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RE"WED
BY
" , 1982
RESOLUTION NO. 6-82 JOAN 0GT)F4
N.
WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR
A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of Lynden
School District No. 504, Whatcom County, Washing-
ton, providing for the submission to the qualified
electors of the district at a special election to
be held therein on September 14, 1982, of a
proposition for the issuance of its general
obligation bonds in the aggregate principal amount
of $250,000, 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, improvements to school facilities are needed in
Lynden School District No. 504, Whatcom County, Washington (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 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
$250,000; and
WHEREAS, the Constitution and laws of the State of Washing-
ton 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
Lynden School District No. 504, Whatcom 'County, Washington, as
follows:
Section 1. Findings. This Board of Directors (the "Board")
hereby finds and declares that the best interest of the students
and other inhabitants of the District requires 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. Capital Improvements. The District shall
purchase from the State of Washington, Department of Natural
Resources, the real property on which Lynden High School is
located, consisting of approximately 40 acres.
Section 3. Authorization of Bonds. For the purpose of
providing funds necessary to pay the cost of the acquisition
described in Section 2, hereof, the District shall issue and sell
its unlimited tax levy general obligation bonds in the principal
amount of not to exceed $250,000. The balance of the cost of
said acquisition, if any, 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. None of said bond proceeds shall be
used for the replacement of equipment or for any other than a
capital purpose. Such bonds shall be issued in an amount not
exceeding the amount approved by the qualified electors of the
District as required by the Constitution and laws of the State of
Washington.
Section 4. Details of Bonds. 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 five years from date of issue as authorized by this Board
and as provided by law. Said bonds shall be general obligations
of the District and, 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
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date, form, terms and maturities of said bonds shall be as
hereafter fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 5. Bond Election. 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 September,
1982.
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 said
county auditor in the following form:
PROPOSITION NO. 1
LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 504
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS - $250,000
For the purpose of purchasing the site of
Lynden High School from the State of Washington,
shall Lynden School District #504 issue $250,000
of general obligation bonds payable, both prin-
cipal and interest, out of annual tax levies in
excess of regular property tax levies and maturing
within 5 years from date of issue, all as provided
in Resolution #6-82 of the district?
BONDS, YES. . . . . . . . . . . .
BONDS, 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
to deliver certified copies of this resolution to the Whatcom
County Auditor.
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PASSED by the Board of Directors of Lynden School District
No. 504, Whatcom County, Washington, at a special meeting thereof
held the 27th day of July, 1982.
ATTEST:
Secretary, Board of Directors
LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 504
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Y
Chairman, Boar of Directors
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CERTIFICATE
I, the undersigned, Secretary of the Board of Directors of
Lynden School District No. 504, Whatcom County, Washington, (the
"District") and keeper of the records of the Board of Directors
(herein called the "Board"), DO HEREBY CERTIFY:
1. That the attached Resolution No. - 2 (herein
called the "Resolution") is a true and correct copy of a
resolution of the Board, duly passed at a special meeting thereof
held on the 27th day of July, 1982.
2. That said meeting was duly convened and held in all
respects in accordance with law, and to the extent required by
law, due and proper notice of such meeting was given; that a
legal quorum was present throughout the meeting and a legally
sufficient number of members of the Board voted in the proper
manner for the passage of said Resolution; that all other
requirements and proceedings incident to the proper passage of
said Resolution have been duly fulfilled, carried out and other-
wise observed; and that I am authorized to execute this
certificate.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the official seal of the District this ?-7f"`day of ,
1982.
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