HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989 November 07,1989 Special - Fire District 18WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE
OFFICIAL CANVASS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN WHATCOM COUNTY
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 18 ON THE 7TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1989 FOR THE
PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS IN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
NO. 18 THE PROPOSITION TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF
$200,000 TO ACQUIRE A TANKER TRUCK, A RESCUE VEHICLE,TO BUILD AN AUXILIARY
GARAGE AND ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE DISTRICT.
OATH OF AUDITOR
STATE OF WASHINGTON )
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COUNTY OF WHATCOM )
I do solemnly swear that the returns purporting to be the election
returns of Fire Protection District No. 18, Whatcom County, Washington,
held on the 7th day of November, 1989 have in no wise been altered by
additions or erasures, and that they are the same as when they were
deposited in my office.
Whatcom Cou y Auditor
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd ay of November, 1989.
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County L egisIative -Alt hority
CERTIFICATION OF CANVASSING BOARD
STATE OF T4WASHINGTON )
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COUNTY OF WHATCOM )
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT WE, as the Whatcom County Canvassing Committee
have completed our canvass of votes as it pertains to the Special Election
held within the precincts within the boundaries of Fire-Prot6etion District
No. 18, Whatcom County, Washington on the 7th day of November, 1989 and
--the results were as follows:
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT No. 18
Proposition No.1
General Obligation Bonds — $200,000
Shall Fire Protection District No. 18 borrow $200,000 to
acquire and equip a tanker truck, a rescue vehicle, to build
an auxiliary garage and acquire additional equipment for
the District by selling general obligation bonds therefore
maturing within ten years and levy annual excess property
taxes necessary to redeem the bonds, as provided in
Resolution No. 124?
BONDS, YES 188 '+
BONDS, NO 189 4
The canva-ss having been completed
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Number persons Voting Last
General Election: 263
40% 105
60% 63
VOTES BONDS, YES 135
VOTES BONDS, NO 24
PASSED 84.9%
this 22nd day•of November, 1989.
WHATCOM COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD
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County Legislative Authority
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County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 18
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHIN GTON
RESOLUTION NO. 124
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A RESOLUTION of the Board of Fire Commissioners
of Fire Protection District No. 18, Whatcom County,
Washington, providing for the submission to the
qualified electors of the District at a special
election to be held therein on November 7, 1989, 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 $200,000 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. 18, 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 tanker truck and a rescue vehicle, build an
auxiliary garage, and acquire additional equipment for the
District, the cost of which is estimated, as nearly as may be, to
be $200,000; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF FIRE
PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 18, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON, as fol-
lows:
Section 1. The District shall acquire and equip a tanker
type truck, a rescue type vehicle, build an auxiliary garage, and
acquire 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.
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Section 2. For the purpose of providing the funds for the
purposes specified in Section 1 hereof, and conditioned as pro-
vided in Section 1, the District shall incur a general indebted-
ness in an amount not to exceed $200,000 and in no event to
exceed an amount, together with any outstanding general obliga-
tion 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 law-
fully 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 resolution.
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 ten years from the date of issue (the life of the
improvements to be acquired by the issuance of bonds being at
least ten years); shall be paid by annual property 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. The exact date, form,
terms, option of prior redemption, price, interest rate or rates
and maturities of the bonds shall be fixed hereafter by resolu-
tion of the Board of Fire Commissioners. Pending the issuance of
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the bonds, the District may issue short-term obligations pursuant
to Chapter 39.50 RCW.
Section 3. There shall be submitted to the qualified elec-
tors of the District for their ratification or rejection at a
special election to be held therein on November 7, 1989, 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 Commissioners
declares that an emergency exists and the Auditor of Whatcom
County, Washington, as ex officio Supervisor of Elections, 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 electors of the
District at such special election, as aforesaid, in the form of a
ballot title substantially as follows:
PROPOSITION
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS - $200,000
Shall Fire Protection District No. 18 borrow
$200,000 to pay the cost of acquiring and equipping
a tanker type truck, a rescue type vehicle, building
an auxiliary garage and acquiring additional equipment
for the District by selling general obligation bonds
therefore maturing within ten years and levy annual
excess property taxes necessary to redeem the bonds,
as provided in Resolution No. 124 ?
BON DS . . . YES BONDS . . . NO
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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 necessary
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 Protec-
tion District No. 18, Whatcom County, Washington, at a regular
open public meeting thereof this 8th day of September, 1989, the
following Commissioners being present and voting:
ATTEST:
Sec,fetary of the Board o£
Fire Commissioners
Ch=irman and missioner
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I, Jackie L. Kehoe, Secretary of the Board of Fire Commissioners
of Fire Protection District No. 18, Whatcom County, Washington,
certify that the attached copy of Resolution No. 124 is a true and
correct copy of the original resolution adopted by the Board of Fire
Commissioners on the 8th day of September, 1989, as that resolution
appears on the Minute Book of the District.
DATED this (7f4 day of September, 1989.
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Se retary of the Board of
Fire Commissioners