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Home My WebLink About2022 - Ferndale School District No. 502 Prop 2022-1 School Programs and Operations Replacement - Special Election February 08, 2022Statement of Votes Cast by Geography Page: 1 of 1 Whatcom County, Washington, 2022 February 8 Special Election 2022-02-18 All Precincts, All Districts, All ScanStations 08:20:41 FSD 502 Prop 2022-1 School Programs & Operations Repl. Levy, All Boxes Total Ballots Cast: 10146. Registered Voters: 24642, Overall Turnout: 41.17% Choice Votes Vote % All Precincts FSD 502 Prop 2022-1 School Programs & Operations Repl. Levy (Vote for 1) 10146 ballots (1 over voted ballots, 1 overvotes, 13 undervotes), 24642 registered voters, turnout 41.17% Yes 6067 59.88% No 4065 40.12% Total 10132 100.00% Overvotes 1 Undervotes 13 Whatcom County Auditor's Office Whatcom County Courthouse 311 Grand Avenue, Suite 103 Bellingham, WA 98225-4038 December 14, 2021 Ferndale School District 502 Attn: Mark Deebach 6041 Vista Drive Ferndale, WA 98248 Re: Proposed Ballot Measure Dear Mark: Diana Bradrick County Auditor Stacy Henthorn Chief Deputy Auditor The ballot measure submitted has been received and will appear on the February 8, 2022 Special Election ballot. The proposed ballot measure will appear as follows (highlighted items were edited by the Auditor): Ferndale School District 502 Proposition 2022-1 School Programs and Operations Replacement Levy The Board of Directors adopted Resolution No.14-2021 concerning educational funding. This proposition authorizes the District to levy the following excess taxes, to replace an expiring levy, on all taxable property within the District, to maintain and support the District's educational programs and operations, which are not funded or not fully funded by the State: Collection Years Approximate Levy Rate/$1,000 Assessed Value Levy Amount 2023 $1.50 $11,000,000 2024 $1.50 $12,000,000 all as provided in the Resolution. Should this proposition be approved? [ ] Yes No Administration Elections Licensing Recording We gladly accept Auditor@a co.whatcom.wa.us Electlons@comhatcornma.us Ucensing@co.whatcornma.us Recording@comhatcom.wa.us relay calls. 360-778-5100 360-778-5102 360-778-5100 360-778-5100 The proposed explanatory statement will appear as follows (highlighted items were edited by the Auditor): Explanatory Statement: Passage of Proposition 2022-1 allows the levy of $11,000,000 in property taxes within Ferndale School District 502 for collection in 2023 and $12,000,000 in 2024, to replace an expiring levy. In accordance with Resolution No. 14-2021, passage of this proposition would fund educational programs and operations, which are not funded or fully funded by the State. If authorized by the voters, and based on projected assessed valuation information, estimated levy rates per $1,000 of assessed value may be $1.50 (2023 collection) and $1.50 (2024 collection). The exact levy rate shall be determined at the time of the levy. This notice is being provided pursuant to RCW 29A.36.o80. Sincerely, Diana Bradrick County Auditor Page 2 Ballot Measure Cover She. A completed cover sheet must accompany each ballot measure submitted to the Whatcom County Auditor. It is the submitter's responsibility to ensure that requested documentation is presented no later than the resolution deadline date. This form is available in a fillable form on the Auditor's website: www.whatcomcounty.us/auditor. District Name: Ferndale School District No. 502 District Address: 6041 Vista Drive, Ferndale, WA 98248 Contact Person 1 Contact Person 2 Mark Deebach, Interim Superintendent Name & Title (360) 383-9203 mark.deebach@ferndalesd.org Phone & email Attorney Informati Cynthia M. Weed Name (206) 623-7580 Phone & email cynthia.weed@klgates.com Holly Graham, Director of Accounting & Food Services nidme o! I We (360) 383-9209 holly.graham@ferndalesd.org Phone & email Has your attorney prepared this ballot measure? x❑ Yes ❑ No Attached the Resolution with original signatures or a certified copy of ❑x Yes ❑ No the original Resolution? Attached the Explanatory Statement (not to exceed 100 words) for Yes ❑ ElNo the Local Voters' Pamphlet prepared by your attorney? Attached the "For" and "Against" Committee Appointment Forms? I] Yes ❑ No Completed this cover sheet? 0 Yes ❑ No VVhatcom County Elections Deputy Auditor's Signature Missing document(s): I understand that the submittal deadline date for the missing documents is and the Auditor's Office will not begin processing this ballot measure until all documents have been submitted. Presenter's Signature Received In Person DEC - 3 2021 Whatcom County Elections FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 502 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS REPLACEMENT LEVY RESOLUTION NO. 14-2021 A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of Ferndale School District No. 502, Whatcom County, Washington, providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the District at a special election to be held therein on February 8, 2022, of the proposition of whether excess taxes should be levied of $11,000,000 in 2022 for collection in 2023 and $12,000,000 in 2023 for collection in 2024, said excess taxes to pay part of the educational programs and operations support of the District. ADOPTED OCTOBER 26, 2021 I9:»l7_11Ra17:�•� K&L GATES LLP Seattle, Washington RESOLUTION NO. 14-2021 A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of Ferndale School District No. 502, Whatcom County, Washington, providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the District at a special election to be held therein on February 8, 2022, of the proposition of whether excess taxes should be levied of $11,000,000 in 2022 for collection in 2023 and $12,000,000 in 2023 for collection in 2024, said excess taxes to pay part of the educational programs and operations support of the District. WHEREAS, Ferndale School District No. 502, Whatcom County, Washington (the "District"), for the past two years has had in effect a maintenance and operations levy in order to enable the District to pay for its educational programs and services, including teaching, school supplies, technology, athletics, buildings and transportation; and WHEREAS, the current maintenance and operations levies expire this year; and WHEREAS, the money in and to be paid into the General Fund of the District during the 2022-2023, 2023-2024, and 2024-2025 school years will be insufficient to enable the District to pay for necessary educational programs and operations and to properly meet the educational needs of the students attending District schools; and WHEREAS, the existing authority for the imposition of local tax levies and use of local revenues (including the proceeds of tax levies) has been modified most recently by Chapter 410, Laws of 2019 (66th Legislature, Regular Session) and may be modified in the future by the State Legislature; and WHEREAS, in order to properly provide for such educational programs and operations needs, the Board of Directors of the District deems it necessary to levy the following taxes upon all of the taxable property within the District in excess of the maximum annual tax levy permitted by law to be levied within the District without a vote of the electors: A. A tax of approximately $1.50 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation to provide $11,000,000, said levy to be made in 2022 for collection in 2023; B. A tax of approximately $1.50 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation to provide $12,000,000, said levy to be made in 2023 for collection in 2024; and WHEREAS, in the event the State Legislature increases education funding to the District, the District would, therefore, intend to roll back the levies provided for herein; WHEREAS, prior to the time the ballot proposition authorized in this resolution is submitted to the voters, the District will have received approval of its educational programs and operations/enrichment tax levy expenditure plan from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction as required under RCW 84.52.053(4); and WHEREAS, the Constitution and laws of the State of Washington require that the question of whether or not such excess taxes may be levied 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 FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.502, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON, as follows: Section 1. The following taxes for the District's General Fund should be levied upon all of the taxable property within the District in excess of the maximum annual tax levy permitted by law to be levied within the District without a vote of the electors: A. $11,000,000, said levy to be made in 2022 for collection in 2023; and B. $12,000,000, said levy to be made in 2023 for collection in 2024. The estimated levy rate depends upon the final dollar amount of assessed value of the property within the District. At this time, based upon information provided by the Whatcom County Assessor's office, the estimated levy rate for the 2022 levy is $1.50 per thousand dollars of -2- 502827330 v1 assessed valuation and the estimated levy rate for the 2023 levy is $1.50 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation. The exact levy rate shall be adjusted based upon the actual assessed value of the property within the District at the time of the levy. Upon approval by the voters of the proposition substantially in the form set forth below, the District may use the proceeds of said levies during the 2022-2023, 2023-2024, and 2024-2025 school years by incurring an indebtedness by the issuance of short term obligations against the General Fund of the District, as authorized by Chapter 39.50 RCW, and may expend the proceeds of said levies to pay such part of the general expenses of educational programs and operations of the District during such school years as may be authorized or allowed by law for the use of excess levy funds. Section 2. It is hereby found and declared that the best interests of the District require submission to the qualified electors of the District of the proposition of whether or not the District shall levy such excess tax for their ratification or rejection at a special election to be held therein on February 8, 2022. The Whatcom County Auditor, as ex officio supervisor of elections in Whatcom County, Washington, is hereby requested to call and conduct said special election to be held within the District in Whatcom County on said date and to submit to the qualified electors of the District the proposition substantially in the form hereinafter set forth. -3- 502827330 v1 The Secretary of the Board of Directors is hereby authorized and directed to certify said proposition substantially in the following form: PROPOSITION NO. 1 FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 502 SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS REPLACEMENT LEVY The Board of Directors adopted Resolution No. 14-2021 concerning educational funding. This proposition authorizes the District to levy the following excess taxes, to replace an expiring levy, on all taxable property within the District, to maintain and support the District's educational programs and operations, which are not funded or not fully funded by the State: Approximate Collection Levy Rate/$1,000 Levy Years Assessed Value Amount 2023 $1.50 $11,000,000 2024 $1.50 $12,000,000 all as provided in the Resolution. Should this proposition be approved? YES...................................... 0 NO........................................ 0 The Secretary of the Board of Directors of the District is hereby directed to deliver a certified copy of this resolution to the Whatcom County Auditor. Section 3. For purposes of receiving notice of the exact language of the ballot title required by RCW 29A.36.080, the Board hereby designates (a) the District's Interim Superintendent (Mark Deebach), telephone: 360-383-9203; email: mark.deebach@ferndalesd.org; and (b) special counsel, K&L Gates LLP (Cynthia Weed) telephone: 206-370-7801; email: cynthia.weed@klgates.com, as the individuals to whom the Whatcom County Auditor shall provide such notice. The Interim Superintendent is authorized to approve changes to the ballot -4- 502827330 v1 title, if any, deemed necessary by Whatcom County Auditor or the Office of the Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney. Section 4. Pursuant to RCW 29A.32.220, the Board of Directors hereby confirms the District's participation in the local voters' pamphlet for the February 8, 2022 election, which shall be prepared and published by the Whatcom County Auditor, including, but not limited to, an explanatory statement reviewed and approved by the District's attorney, and, if available, a Statement For and a Statement Against. The District understands and agrees that it will be required to pay its proportionate share of the expenses of the voters' pamphlet. -5- 502827330 v1 ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of Ferndale School District No. 502, Whatcom County, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 26th day of October, 2021. FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 502, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON President and Director Director t—K— j . jQ—�� Director Director ATTEST: Secretary, Board of Directors -6- 502827330 v1 CERTIFICATE I, the undersigned, Secretary of the Board of Directors of Ferndale School District No. 502, Whatcom County, Washington, (the "District") and keeper of the records of the Board of Directors (the "Board"), DO HEREBY CERTIFY: 1. That the attached resolution is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 14-2021 of the Board (the "Resolution'), duly adopted at a regular meeting thereof held on the 26th day of October, 2021. 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 adoption of the Resolution; that all other requirements and proceedings incident to the proper passage of the Resolution have been duly fulfilled, carried out and otherwise observed; and that I am authorized to execute this certificate. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of October, 2021. Secretary, Board of Directors 502827330 v1 OFFICIAL BALLOT FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 502 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON February 8, 2022 INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: To vote in favor of the following proposition, place a cross (X) in the square opposite the word "YES"; to vote against the following proposition, place a cross (X) in the square opposite the word "NO." PROPOSITION NO. 1 FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 502 SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS REPLACEMENT LEVY The Board of Directors adopted Resolution No. 14-2021 concerning educational funding. This proposition authorizes the District to levy the following excess taxes, to replace an expiring levy, on all taxable property within the District, to maintain and support the District's educational programs and operations, which are not funded or not fully funded by the State: Approximate Collection Levy Rate/$1,000 Levy Years Assessed Value Amount 2023 $1.50 $11,000,000 2024 $1.50 $12,000,000 all as provided in the Resolution. Should this proposition be approved? YES...................................... 0 NO........................................ 0 502827330 v1 Election Date: February 8, 2022 Name of Jurisdiction Submitting Measure: Ferndale School District No. 502, Whatcom County, Washington Contact Name: Cynthia Weed Daytime Contact Phone Number: 206.370.7801 EXPLANATORY STATEMENT - PROPOSITION NO. 1 Passage of Proposition No. 1 allows the levy of $11,000,000 in property taxes within Ferndale School District No. 502 for collection in 2023 and $12,000,000 in 2024, to replace an expiring levy. In accordance with Resolution No. 14-2021, passage of this proposition would fund educational programs and operations, which are not funded or fully funded by the State. If authorized by the voters, and based on projected assessed valuation information, estimated levy rates per $1,000 of assessed value may be $1.50 (2023 collection) and $1.50 (2024 collection). The exact levy rate shall be determined at the time of the levy. 505227496.1