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Home My WebLink About1983 April 07, 1983 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 THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1983 IN LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 504, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT THE PROPOSITION TO PROVIDE $295,000.00 FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS-. Office of the Auditor of Whatcom County Bellingham, Washington April 11, 1983 Pursuant to a notice given by Joan Ogden, County Auditor of Whatcom County, Washington, the undersigned, Craig Cole, Chairperson of the County Council and David S. Mc Eachran, Prosecuting Attorney of said County, now meet with Joan Ogden, County Auditor of said County at the seat of said County on the llth day of April, 1983 for the purpose of canvassing the votes cast in the Lynden School District No. 504 Election held within the voting precincts comprising said District in the County of Whatcom, State of Washington, on the 7th day of April, 1983. Joan Ogden, County Auditor as aforesaid, now makes oath as follows: OATH OF AUDITOR STATE OF WASHINGTON) f 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 the Lynden School District No. 504 Election in Whatcom County, Washing- ton, 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 unty Aud for Subscribed and sworn, to before tie this 11th day. of STATE OF WASHINGTON ss. COUNTY OF WHATCOM April,�4.983. The, 'qndeaasdgned{, b-e.i�ng-,-tl e officers designated by, the law- and con-7 stituting the canvassing board in and for the County of Whatcom, State of Washington, hereby certify that the following is a true and correct canvass of the votes polled in Whatcom County,.State of Washington, Lynden School District No. 504, which was held in certain voting precincts in Whatcom County on Thursday, April 7, 1983, as taken from the official returns. That said statement and returns contain the total number of votes cast. That the total number of votes cast in the voting precincts of Lynden School District No, 504, Whatcom.Countyf lf4shi ngtonr held on the. 7th day of April, 1983 is, as, follows LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 504 SPECIAL ELECTION PROPOSITION NO. 1 SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL LEVY Shall Lynden School District No. 504, levy an additional tax of approximately $ .98 per $1,000.00 of assessed value in the District, for collection in 1984 to provide $295,000.00 for maintenance and operations, as set forth in Resolution No. 1--83 of the District Directors? YES NO Proposition No. 1 Number Persons Voting Last General Election --------3,576 40 0--------------------- _----_.-------_-__--_----1, 431 60% YES ----------------------------------------------- 859 1112 23.9% BALLOTS PROCESSED/TURNOUT LYNDEN S. D. 504 LEVY $295,000 POSN COUNT o RK 004 969 87.5 0.1 YES 006 139 12.5 02 NO Levy Passed Witness our hand and official seal this llth day of April, 1963 '. S i fy r.• r ;1VIS it C—h�ap son tcom KCoany Cca- Li auaitor o� wnatcom county ;:� U-�-j �� -y/1 4 N Prosecuting Attorneq, dLf Whatcom County CUMULATIVE REPORT — 2 PRECINCTS PROCESSED PAGE 1 SPECIAL ELECTION WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON APRIL 79 1983 r f 1112 23.9 BALLOTS PROCESSED/TURNOUT 4653 REGISTRATION LYNDEN S. D. 504 LEVY $2959000 POSH COUNT 0/ RK 004 969 87.5 01 YES 006 139 12.5 02 NO d -'z �t �2 YL PRECINCT REPORT FOR 129 PRE ALL IN SD #t504 PAGE 1 SPECIAL ELECTION WHATCOM COUNTYf WASHINGTON APRIL 7. 1983 12 BALLOTS PROCESSED LYNDEN S. D. �04 LEVY $2959000 POSN COUNT % RK 004 12 100. 01 YES 006 0 .0 NO s %Q, PRECINCT siFPORT FOR 20C PAGE 1 SPECIAL cLECTION *iHATCOM CUUNTY 9 WASHINGTON APPIL 79 1983 1100 23.E EALLOTS PROCESSED/TURNOUT 4b53 REGISTRATION LYNDEN S. D0 504 LEVY $29S9000 PC S;N COUNT RK 904 957 87.3 01 YF'S 00 6 13P 12.7 02 N,c n +a Y 'i O b 0 U 6 N. m 1 Y� i E � i �J CUMULATIVE REPORT - 2 PRECINCTS PROCESSED PAGE 1 SPECIAL ELECTION WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON APRIL 7, 1983 1112 23.9 BALLOTS PROCESSED/TURNOUT 4653 REGISTRATION LYNDEN S. D. 504 LEVY $2959000 PO SN COU•NT % RK 064 969 87.5 01 YES 90'6 139 12.5 02 NO I RESOLUTION NO. 1-83 A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of the Lynden School District No.504, Whatcoin County, Washington, providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the district at a special election to be held therein on __Apr,t 7 ,1.983 of a proposition authorizing the levy of all excess tax of approximately $ .98 per $1,000 of assessed value (100% of true and fair value unless specifically otherwise provided by law) to .raise the sum of $295,000 for the district General Fund. WHEREAS, the money to be paid into the General Fund of the district will be insufficient during the fiscal year 1983-64 to enable the district to operate properly and to take care of all financial obligations, it is deemed necessary that the district levy a tax of $295,000 or approximately $ .98 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 1983 for collection in 1984 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 purposes 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 the Lynden School District #504, 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 hereafter provided. Section 2: That for the purpose of providing part of funds required to have extra- curricular activities, to make necessary repairs and replacements to school district facilities, to provide transportation for students, to prevent the impairment of the obligations of the district's contracts and to properly carry on the functions of the schools within the district the district authorizes the County Council of Whatcom County to levy a tax of approximately $ .98 per $1,000 of assessed value (100% of true and fair value unless specifically provided by law) upon all taxable property within the district in 1983 for collection in 1964 in excess of the annual tax levy permitted the district without a vote of the people for the purpose of providing $295,0 00 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 proposition of whether or not there should be levied such excess tax for the purposes described herein at a special election to be held within the district on April 7 ,1983. 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 election to be held within the district on that date and to submit to the qualified voters of the district at said special election and proposition hereafter set forth. The Secretary of the Board of Directors is hereby authorized and directed to certify said proposition to the Whatcom County Auditor in the following form: PROPOSITION NO. 1 SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL LEVY Shall Lynden School District No. 504, levy an additional tax of approximately $ .98 per $1,000.00 of assessed value in the District, for collection in 1984, to provide $295,000.00 for maintenance and operations, as set forth in Resolution No. 1-83 of the District Directors? YES NO Page II Resolution 1=83 The polls for such special election shall be open from 7:00 am. to 8:00 pm. 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 Lynden School District No.504, Whatcom County, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof held this 14th day of February, 1983. BOARD OF DIRECTORS CERTIFICATION I, Howard Heppner, Secretary of the Board of Directors of Lynden School District No. 504, Whatcom County, Washington, do hereby certify that the foregoing constitutes a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 1-83 such Board of Directors duly adopted at a regular meeting thereof held the 14th day of February, 1983. Secretary, Howard pner