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LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 504
Proposition No.1
SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES
Shall the following excess taxes for operation
purposes be levied for Lynden School
District's General Fund upon all taxable
property within the District: approximately
$3.12 per $1,000.00 assessed value (based on
100% of true and fair value) to provide
$1,607,000.00 for 1995 collection; and
approximately $3.08 per $1,000.00 assessed
value (based on 100% of true and fair value) to
provide $1,655,000.00 for the 1996 collection
as specified in District resolution No. 13-93?
Proposition No. 2
SCHOOL CAPITAI. PROJECTS LEVIES
Shall the following excess taxes for capital
projects purposes including but not limited to
building portable classrooms be levied for the
Lynden School District's Capital Projects Fund
upon all taxable property within the District:
approximately $.18 per $1000.00 assessed
value to provide $90,000.00 for 1995
collection; and approximately $.17 per
$1,000.00 assessed value to provide
$90,000.00 for 1996 collection; as specified in
District Resolution No. 14-93?
LEVY, YES 63 -->
LEVY, NO 65 -+
LEVY, YES 72 —*
LEVY, NO 74 -+
WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE
OFFICIAL CANVASS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 8, 1994 IN LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 504, WHATCOM COUNTY,
WASHINGTON FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS
OF THE DISTRICT THE PROPOSITIONS FOR SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES TO
PROVIDE $1,607,000.00 FOR 1995 COLLECTION AND $1,655,000.00 FOR
1996 COLLECTION; AND SCHOOL CAPITAL PROJECTS LEVIES TO PROVIDE
$90,000.00 FOR CAPITAL PROJECT PURPOSES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO BUILDING PORTABLE CLASSROOMS.
OATH OF AUDITOR
STATE OF WASHINGTON
ss.
COUNTY OF WHATCOM
I do solemnly swear that the returns purporting to be the
election returns of Lynden School District No. 504 Whatcom County,
Washington held on the 8th day of February, 1994, have in no wise
been altered by additions or erasures, and that they are the same
as when they were deposited in my office.
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and sworn to before me this 18th day of February,-
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County Legislative Auti#prTat
CERTIFICATION OF CANVASSING BOARD J
STATE OF WASHINGTON
ss.
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 various precincts within the
boundaries of Lynden School District No. 504, Whatcom County,
Washington on the 8th day of February, 1994 and the results were as
follows:
LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 504
Proposition No.1
SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES
Shall the following excess taxes for operation
purposes be levied for Lynden School
District's General Fund upon all taxable
property within the District: approximately
$3.12 per $1,000.00 assessed value (based on
100% of true and fair value) to provide
$1,607,000.00 for 1995 collection; and
approximately $3.08 per $1,000.00 assessed
value (based on 100% of true and fair value) to
provide $1,655,000.00 for the 1996 collection
as specified in District resolution No. 13-93?
Proposition No. 2
SCHOOL CAPITAL. PROJECTS LEVIES
Shall the following excess taxes for capital
projects purposes including but not limited to
building poi cable classrooms be levied for the
Lynden School District's Capital Projects Fund
upon all taxable property within the District:
approximately $.18 per $1000.00 assessed
value to provide $90,000.00 for 1995
collection; and approximately $.17 per
$1,000.00 assessed value to provide
$90,000.00 for 1996 collection; as specified in
District Resolution No. 14-93?
1994.
LEVY, YES 63 4
LEVY, NO 65 4
LEVY, YES 72
LEVY, NO 74 73'
Number Persons Voting Last
General Election 4,390
40% Turnout 1,756
60% Yes Vote 1,054
LEVY, YES 1,219 59.3%
LEVY, NO 837 40.7%
FAILED: DID NOT RECEIVE 60%
YES VOTE
LEVY, YES 1,219 60.2%
LEVY, NO 805 39.8%
PASSED: 60.2%
The canvass having been completed this 18th day of February,
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WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR
RESOLUTION 13-93 6
A resolution of the Board of Directors of Lynden School District # 504, 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, 1994, of the
proposition of whether or not there should be levied an excess tax of
approximately $ 3.12 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100 %
of true and fair value) to provide $ 1,607,000.00 for the District's General Fund
to pay part of the general expenses of maintenance and operation of the District,
such levy should be made in 1994 for collection in 1995 and whether there
should be levied a further excess tax of approximately $ 3.08 per thousand
dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100 % of true and fair value) to provide
$ 1,655,000.00 for the District's General Fund to pay part of the general
expenses of maintenance and operation of the District, such levy to be made in
1995 for collection in 1996.
WHEREAS, the money in and to be paid into the General Fund of Lynden School District #504,
Whatcom County, Washington, during the 1994-95 and 1995-96 and 1996-97 school years will
be insufficient to enable the District to take care of all of its necessary financial obligations and
to properly meet the educational needs of students attending the District's schools; and
WHEREAS, in order to properly provide for said financial obligations and educational needs of
the District for the next two successive school years, it is deemed necessary that a tax of
approximately $ 3.12 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100 % of true and fair
value) to provide $ 1,607,000.00 for the District's General Fund to 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 for the District without a vote of the electors, such levy to be made in 1994 for
collection in 1995 and that a tax of approximately $ 3.08 per thousand dollars of assessed
valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $ 1,655,000.00 for the District's
General fund 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 for the District without a vote of the
electors, such levy to be made in 1995 for collection in 1996 and
WHEREAS, the Constitution and laws of the State of Washington require that the question of
whether or not such excess tax 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 Lynden School District
# 504, Whatcom County, Washington, as follows:
Section 1. It is hereby found and declared that the welfare of the students and other residents
of the District requires the District to carry out the plans hereinafter provided.
Section 2 . In order to provide $ 1, 607, 000.00 for the General Fund of the District, a tax
of approximately $ 3.12 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100 % of true and
fair value) should be levied in 1994 for collection in 1995 upon all taxable property within the
District in excess of the maximum annual tax levy permitted by law to be levied for the District
without a vote of the electors and that in order to provide $ 1,655,000.00 for the General Fund
of the District, a tax of approximately $ 3.08 per thousand of assessed valuation (based on 100 %
of true and fair value) should be levied in 1995 for collection in 1996 upon all the taxable
property within the District in excess of the maximum annual tax levy permitted by law to be
levied for the District without a vote of the electors.
Upon approval by the voters of Proposition No. 1 hereinafter set forth, the District may use the
proceeds of such levies during the 1994-95, 1995-96, and 1996-97 school years by incurring an
indebtedness by the issuance of warrants against the General Fund of the District, and may
expend the proceeds of said levies to pay such part of the general expenses of maintenance and
operations of the District as may be authorized or allowed by law for the use of excess levy
funds.
Section 3. 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 such excess taxes
should be levied in 1992-93 for their ratification or rejection at a special election to be held
herein on February 8, 1994.
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 special
election to be held within the 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 in the following form:
PROPOSITION NO. 1
SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES
Shall the following excess taxes for operation purposes be levied for Lynden School District's
General Fund upon all taxable property within the District: approximately $ 3.12 per $1000.00
assessed value (based on 100 % of true and fair value) to provide $ 1, 607, 000.00 for 1995
collection; and approximately $ 3.08 per $1000.00 assessed value (based on 100 % of true and
fair value) to provide $ 1, 655, 000.00
for the 1996 collection as specified in District Resolution No. 13-93.
LEVY ------YES / /
LEVY ------YES /
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.
ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of Lynden School District # 504, Whatcom County,
Washington, at a regular open public meeting thereof, held December 16, 1993, the following
directors being present and voting therefor.
LYNDTriN SCHOOL MTRICT # 504
I, Howard Heppner, Secretary of the Board of Directors of Lynden School District # 504,
Whatcom County, Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing constitutes a true and correct
copy of Resolution No. 13-93 of such Board of Directors duly adopted at a regular meeting
thereof held the 16th day of December, 1993.
ecretary (How eppner)
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SHIRLEY FORSLOF
WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR
DEC 7 0 1493
RESOLUTION NO. 14-93
A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of Lynden School
District No. 504, 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, 1994, of the proposition of whether or not
there should be levied an excess tax of approximately
$.18 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on
100% of true and fair value unless specifically otherwise
provided by law) to provide $90,000.00 for the District's
Capital Projects Fund to pay cost of building portable
classrooms, such levy to be made in 1994 for collection
in 1995 and whether there should be levied a further
excess tax of approximately $.17 per thousand dollars of
assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value)
to provide $90,000.00 for the District's Capital Projects
Fund to pay the costs of building portable classrooms,
such levy to be made in 1995 for collection in 1996.
WHEREAS, the money in and to be paid into the Capital Projects
Fund of Lynden School District No. 504, Whatcom County, Washington,
during the 1994-95, 1995-96, and 1996-9.7 school years will be
insufficient to enable the District to take care of all its
necessary financial obligations and to properly meet the
educational needs of students attending the District's schools; and
WHEREAS, in order to properly provide for said financial
obligations and educational needs of the District for the next two
successive school years, including paying for the costs of building
portable classrooms, it is deemed necessary that a tax of
approximately $.18 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation
(based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $90,000.00 for
the District's Capital Projects Fund 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 for the District
without a vote of the electors, such levy to be made in 1994 for
collection in 1995 and that a tax of approximately $.17 per
thousand collars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and
fair value) to provide $90,000.00 for the District's Capital
Projects Fund 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 for the District without a vote of the electors, such
levy to be made in 1995 for collection in 1996; and
WHEREAS, the Constitution and laws of the State of Washington
require that the question of whether or not such excess tax 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
Lynden School District No. 504, Whatcom County, Washington, as
follows:
Section 1: It is hereby found and declared that the
welfare of the students and other residents of the District
requires it to carry out the plans hereinafter provided.
Section 2: In order to provide $90,000.00 for the Capital
Projects Fund of the District, a tax of approximately $.18 per
thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and
fair value) should be levied in 1994 for collection in 1995 upon
all the taxable property within the District in excess of the
maximum annual tax levy permitted by law to be levied for the
District without a vote of the electors and that in order to
provide $90,000.00 for the Capital Projects fund of the District,
a tax of approximately $.17 per thousand dollars of assessed
valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) should be levied
in 1995 for collection in 1996 upon all the taxable property within
the District in excess of the maximum annual tax levy permitted by
law to be levied for the District without a vote of the electors.
Upon approval by the voters of Proposition No. 2 hereinafter
set forth, the District may use the proceeds of such levies during
the 1994-95, 1995-96 and 1996-97 school years by incurring an
indebtedness by the issuance of warrants against the Capital
Projects Fund of the District and may expend the proceeds of said
levies to pay the costs of building portable classrooms, all as may
be authorized or allowed by law for the use of excess levy funds.
Section 3: 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 such excess
taxes should be levied in 1994 and 1995 for their ratification or
rejection at a special election to be held on February 8, 1994.
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 special
election to be held within the District on said date 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 in the following form:
Proposition No. 2
SCHOOL CAPITAL PROJECTS LEVIES
Shall the following excess taxes for capital projects purposes
including but not limited to building portable classrooms be levied
for the Lynden School District's Capital Projects Fund upon all
taxable property within the District: approximately $.18 per
$1,000.00 assessed value to provide $90,000.00 for 1995 collection;
and approximately $.17 per $1,000.00 assessed value to provide
$90,000.00 for 1996 collection; as specified in District Resolution
No. 14-93.
YES .............../ /
No ..............—/ /
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.
ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of Lynden School District No.
504, Whatcom County, Washington, at a regular open public meeting
thereof, held December 16, 1993, the following directors being
present and voting.
ATTEST:
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Secretary -Clerk f the Board
BALLOT TITLE APPROVED BY:
Prosecuting Attorney
DATED:
LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 504
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Member
Member
I, HOWARD HEPPNER, Secretary of the Board of Directors of
Lynden School District No. 504, Whatcom County, Washington, DO
HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of
Resolution No. 14-93 of the Board of Directors, duly adopted at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of December, 1993.
Secretary-Cler f the Board of
Directors