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Home My WebLink About1987 November 03 1987 Special Fire District 6WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE P.O. Box 398 JOAN OGDEN, Auditor Bellingham, WA 98225 Phone 676 - 6740 OFFICIAL CANVASS OF THE GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON ON THE 3RD DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1987 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS IN FIRE PROTECITON DISTRICT NO. 6, THE PROPOSITION TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000.00 OATH OF AUDITOR STATE'OF WASHINGTON) ) ss. COUNTY OF WHATCOM ) I do solemnly swear that the returns purporting to be the election returns of Fire Protection District No. 6, Whatcom County, Washington held on the 3rd day of November, 1987, have in no wise been altered by additions or erasures, and that they are the same as when they were deposited in my office, SO HELP ME GOD. ,A., . Whatcom County Auditor Subscribed and sworn to before me tW18t�hf;Novem r.., 1987. County L islative Authorl:t.y E� CERTIFICATION OF CANVASSING BOARD STATE OF WASHINGTON) ) ss. COUNTY OF WHATCOM ) THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT we, as the Whatcom County Canvassing Board have completed our canvass of votes as it pertains to the General and.Special Election held within the boundaries of Fire Protection District No. 6, Whatcom County, Washington on the 3rd day of November, 1987 and the results were as follows: FIRE PROTECTION 'DISTRICT NO. 6 COMMISSIONER HAROLD T. AHLSTEDT, Jr. N.P. 1581� 2 year unex term Vote for One Special Election — Proposition No. 1 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS — $50,000 Shall Fire Protection District No. 6 borrow $50,000 to Bonds d pay the cost of acquiring and equipping a minipurnper YES - 161 type truck and additional equipment for the District by selling general obligation bonds therefor maturing within five years and levy annual excess property taxes NO . 62 necessary to redeem the bonds, as provided in Reso- lution No. 157 Bonds VOTES: Number persons voting Last General Election: 277 40% BONDS, YES 165 BONDS, NO 40 PASSED: 80.57, The canvass having been completed this 18th day of November,- 1987`. WHATCOM COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD ill County Prosec ting _fttorne3i`, Cj p J P O Box 398, Bellingham, Washington 98227 NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 6 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON November 3, 1987 JOAN OGDEN, AUDITOR Phone 676.6740 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, November 3, 1987, a special election will be held in the above -named fire protection district for the submission to the qualified electors of said fire protection district of the following proposition: PROPOSITION NO. 1 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS - $50,000 Shall Fire Protection District No. 6 borrow $50,000 to pay the cost of acquiring and equipping a minipumper type truck and additional equipment for the District by selling general obligation bonds therefor maturing within five years and levy annual excess property taxes necessary to redeem the bonds, as provided in Resolution No. 15? BONDS, YES . . . . . BONDS, NO . . . . . The polling place for all precincts wholly or partially within the district shall be as follows: PRECINCT POLLING PLACE Crescent 2 Chuckanut Fire Hall, 688 Chuckanut Drive Said polling place shall be open from 7:00 o'clock A. M. to 8:00 o'clock P. M. h'tcom Co ty A ditor and Ex-offici Supervisor of Elections Publish: October 28, 1987 FTS SEP I I 9 of AN 187 FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 6 VOL WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON ReauaforTM' MiA I .' RESOLUTION NO. �`�'� `A" � A RESOLUTION of the Board of Fire Commmissioners of Fire Protection District No. 6, Whatcom County, Washington, providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the District at a special election to be held therein on November 3, 1987, in conjunction with the State general election to be held on the same date, of a proposition authorizing the incurring of general indebtedness in the amount of not to exceed $50,000 for capital purposes only, other than the replacement of equipment, and author- izing the issuance of general obligation bonds evi- dencing such indebtedness, the principal of and interest thereon to be payable from annual property tax levies to be made in excess of regular property tax levies. WHEREAS, in the judgment of the Board of Fire Commissioners of Fire Protection District No. 6, Whatcom County, Washington (the "District"), it is essential and necessary for the protec- tion of the public health, life and property that the District acquire and equip a minipumper type truck and additional equip- ment for the District, the cost of which is estimated, as nearly as may be, to be $50,000; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 6, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON, as fol- lows: Section 1. The District shall acquire and equip a mini - pumper type truck and additional equipment for the District conditioned upon the ratification by the qualified electors of the District of the proposition described in Section 3 of this resolution. Section 2. For the purpose of providing the funds for the purposes specified in Section 1 hereof, and conditioned as provided in Section 1, the District shall incur a general indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $50,000 and in no event to exceed an amount, together with any outstanding general obligation indebtedness, equal to three -fourths of one percent of the value of the taxable property within the District. Costs of engineering, planning, financial, legal and other services lawfully incurred incident to the purposes specified in Section 1 of this resolution shall be appropriate capital costs to be paid from the proceeds of the bonds provided for by this resolu- tion. The bonds authorized shall be issued as a single issue, as a part of a combined issue with other authorized bonds, or in more than one series. The bonds shall be fully registered bonds; shall mature within five years from the date of issue (the life of the improvements to be acquired by the issuance of bonds being at least five years); shall be paid by annual prop- erty tax levies sufficient in amount to pay both principal and interest when due, which annual property tax levies shall be made in excess of regular property tax levies without limitation as to rate or amount but only in amounts sufficient to meet those payments of principal and interest when due; and shall be issued and sold in such manner and at such time as shall be required for the purpose for which such bonds are to be issued. - 2 - The exact date, form, terms, option of prior redemption, price, interest rate or rates and maturities of the bonds shall be fixed hereafter by resolution of the Board of Fire Commis- sioners. Pending the issuance of the bonds, the District may issue short-term obligations pursuant to Chapter 39.50 RCW. Section 3. There shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the District for their ratification or rejection at a special election to be held therein on November 3, 1987, in conjunction with the State general election to be held on the same date, the question of whether or not such indebtedness shall be incurred and such general obligation bonds issued and such excess property taxes levied. The Board of Fire Commis- sioners declares that an emergency exists and the Auditor of Whatcom County, Washington, as ex officio Supervisor of Elec- tions, is requested to find and declare the existence of an emergency and further is requested to call and conduct a special election and to submit such proposition to the qualified elec- tors of the District at such special election, as aforesaid, in the form of a ballot title substantially as follows: PROPOSITION GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS - $50,000 Shall Fire Protection District No. 6 borrow $50,000 to pay the cost of acquiring and equipping a minipumper type truck and additional equipment for the District by selling general obligation bonds therefor maturing within five years and levy annual excess property taxes necessary to redeem the bonds, as provided in Resolution No. _ 5 ? BONDS . . . YES / / BONDS . . . NO o� - 3 - Section 4. The Secretary of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the District is directed (a) to certify to the Whatcom County Auditor a copy of this resolution showing its adoption by the Board of Fire Commissioners at least 45 days prior to the date of such special election, and (b) to perform such other duties as are necessary or required by law to the end that the question of whether or not bonds shall be issued and excess taxes neces- sary to redeem the bonds shall be levied shall be submitted to the voters of the District at that special election. ADOPTED by the Board of Fire Commissioners of Fire Protection District No. 6, Whatcom County, Washington, at a regular open public meeting thereof this 9th day of September, 1987, the following Commissioners being present and voting: ATTEST: r Secretary of the Board of Fire Commissioners 2 2 8 4 w .�1 "..' Cha4'� n and Commissioner Commissioner —Cct - Commissioner - 4 - I, s�cLr0-),,- SaJ Secretary of the Board of Fire Commissioners of Fire Protection District No. 6, Whatcom County, Washington, certify that the attached copy of Resolution No. 1,5' is a true and correct copy of the original resolution adopted by the Board of Fire Commissioners on the 9th day of September, 1987, as that resolution appears on the Minute Book of the District. DATED this ?--II day of September, 1987. -- Secretary of the Board of Fire Commissioners 2 2 8 4 w/ 5