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Home My WebLink About1998 - Lynden School District No. 504 School Operations Levy FAILED Special Election February 03, 1998ROUTER I. y1-; bciv -'�f#006, AY s! DSOV Z,Ir-vy DATE FUNCTION DEC 1 9 1997 RECEIVED DEC 2 1 1997 TO PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE FROM POROFIECCE TOR'S .q� a ELECTION SUPERVISOR BALLOT LAYOUT PROOF LAYOUT aS 9 g PUBLISHED NOTICE CERTIFICATION l DISTRICT SECRETARY o' 1 TREASURER'S OFFICE % �g ASSESSOR'S OFFICE FORMAT #S/D 504 SPECIAL ELECTION WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON FEBRUARY 3, 1998 ABSENTEE BALLOT GUIDE The ballot which you have received is actually a data processing card prepared for recording your vote. Do not mark, fold or punch the ballot punchcard except as outlined in the instructions. Your Mail -In Ballot Packet consists of: • This Ballot guide listing the ballot measures and/or candidates. • A pre -scored Ballot Punchcard. • A Ballot security envelope for the Ballot Punchcard. • A pre -addressed Return Envelope to return your voted Ballot Punchcard, which should first be enclosed in the Ballot security envelope. Now that you have received your Absentee ballot, please use it instead of going to your poll site on election day. Absentee Voting Instructions are on the next page. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE VOTING MMMMMMMANINO- OPEN THIS BALLOT GUIDE HOW TO VOTE Special Election Page 4 February 3, 1998 Whatcom County, Washington Ballot Punchcard Punch chip completely out of Ballot Punchcard with a paper clip or similar device. o�No �a.ltn Remember to SIGN YOUR NAME on the outside of the MAILING envelope on the line under the Voter Affidavit. Your signature is compared to your signature on file with the County. 2. In the Ballot Guide, to the right of each measure is a number which is assigned to a position on your Ballot Card. 3. Use a paper clip, tooth pick or sharp pencil to punch out the pre -scored square located just above the number assigned to the measure. 4. After you have finished voting, place your Ballot Card in the Ballot Security Envelope. 5. Place the Ballot Security Envelope containing your voted ballot Punchcard-INSIDE THE PRE -ADDRESSED MAILING ENVELOPE. 6. Put a first-class stamp on the envelope and mail it so it is postmarked no later than the day of the election. The ballot will be counted if it is postmarked not later than election day and if it is received by the county auditor not later than the tenth day following any special election. 7. If you spoil your ballot or wish to change your vote, use the BALLOT GUIDE and with a pen make your selections. Return it in the Ballot Security Envelope instead of the ballot card. 8, If you have any questions about these instructions, please call the Auditor's Office at: 360/676-6742 or 360/398-1310. ABG-Whatcom LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.504 Special Election — Proposition No.1 Submitted by Lynded School District No. 504 SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES Shall the following excess taxes for operation purposes be levied for Lynden School District's Levy General Fund upon all taxable property within the YES - 90 —3� District: approximately $2.83 per $1 ,000.00 assessed value (based on 100% true and fair Levy value) to provide $2,300,000.00 for 1999 NO - 92 collection and approximately $2.74 per $1,000.00 assessed value (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $2,450,000.00 for the 2000 collection as specified in District Resolution No. 15-97? BUDGET AND SCHOOL BUSINESS SERVICES ELECTION DATE Old Capitol Building. PO BOX 47200 OLYMPIA WA g8504.7200 2 / 3 / 9 8 oF_.ft, (360) 753-1718 TDD (360) 664.3637 COUNTY AUDITOR }° SHiKSCHOOL DISTRICT FINANCING ELECTIONS ha� REPORTING FORM COUNTY NAME SCHOOL DISTRICT NAME Whatcom Lynden School District #504 A. For excess levies: 5,155 Total votes cast at last November General Election B. For bond issues voted upon during the year immediately following a State General Election (odd or even number year): 5,155 Total votes cast at last qualifying State General Election Proposition Number Type of Election Codes 1 BO Bond M & O Maintenance and Operation CP Capital Project TVF Transportation Vehicle Fund Type of Number Number Votes Election ' Votes For Against Passed Failed M & 0 1,649 1,118 X_ The above vote count includes votes cast in our joint county(ies). Yes N o [X Name of county(ies): Attach a copy of official ballot(s). FORM SPI M-466 (Rev. 2/97) Dated this 17th day of February 1998 UNTY ATJDITOR SIGNATURE Return completed report with ballot attached to: Michael L_ Bigelow Budget and School Business Services Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Old Capitol Building PO BOX 47200 OLYMPIA WA 98504-7200 WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE OFFICIAL CANVASS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1998 IN LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 504, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT THE PROPOSITION TO ISSUE SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,300,000.00 FOR 1999 AND $2,450,000.00 FOR THE 2000 COLLECTION. 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 Dioft Vqk, 504, Whatcom County, Washington held on the 3rd day of February, 1998, have in no ro 6buerraftd-by additions or erasures, and that they are the same as when they were deposited • ¢W ! r � �G A Whatcom Co7Auditor Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of February, 1998. C4bA _ 04,j County Legislative Authority :TATC I ��Nl�itte .• CERTIFICATION OF CANVASSING BOARD 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 Lynden - 1 within the boundaries of Lynden School District No. 504, Whatcom County, Washington on the 3rd day of February, 1998 and the results were as follows: Number Persons Voting Last General Election 5,155 40% Turnout 2,062 60% Yes Vote 1,237 LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 504 Special Election — Proposition No.1 Submitted by Lynden School District No. 504 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 $2.83 per $1,000.00 assessed value (based on 100% true and fair value) to provide $2,300,000.00 for 1999 collection and approximately $2.74 per $1,000.00 assessed value (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $2,450,000.00 for the 2000 collection as specified in District Resolution No. 15-97? Levy YES - 90 LEVY, YES 1,649 59. 60% Levy LEVY, NO 1,118 40. 40% NO-92 Failed: Lack of 607o Yes Vote Ae canvass having been completed this 13th day of February, 1998. ....... Sf WHATCOM COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD County Auditor County L gislative Authority %ki trp tioar14 rr fill * County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney STATE f Lynden - 2 RESOLUTION 15-97 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 3, 1998, of the proposition of whether or not there should be levied an excess tax of approximately $2.83 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100%) of true and fair value) to provide $2,300,000.00 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 1998 for collection in 1999 and whether there should be levied a further excess tax approximately $2.74 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $2,450,000.00 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 1999 for collection in 2000. WHEREAS, the money in and to be paid into the General fund of Lynden School District #504, Whatcom County, Washington, during the 1998-99 and 1999-00 and 2000-01 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 $2.83 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% true and fair value) to provide $2,300,000.00 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 1998 for collection in 1999 and that a tax of approximately $2.74 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $2,450,000.00 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 1999 for collection in 2000; 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 the 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 $2,300,000.00 for the General Fund of the District, a tax of approximately $2.83 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) should be levied in 1998 for collection in 1999 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 $2,450,000.00 for the General Fund of the District, a tax of approximately $2.74 per thousand of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) should be levied in 1999 for collection in 2000 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 1998-99, 1999-00 and 2000-01 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 1998-99 for their ratification or rejection at a special election to be held herein on February 3, 1998. 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 $2.83 per $1,000.00 assessed value (based on 100% true and fair value) to provide $2,300,000.00 for 1999 collection: and approximately $2.74 per $1,000.00 assessed value (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $2,450,000.00 for the 2000 collection as specified in District Resolution No, 15-97. LEVY YES/ / LEVY NO/ / 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 18, 1997, the following directors being present and voting therefor. LYNDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT #504 BY _ Presi nt :' I: 1 : BY DIRECTORS CERTIFICATION 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 15-97 of such Board of Directors duly adopted at a regular meeting thereof held the 18th day of December, 1997. pe Secretary (Howard He p er) ASV X • A �'� 90�� STATE OF WASHINGTON, ss Affidavit of Publication COUNTY OF WHATCOM, NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION Lynden School District District NO.504 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON Februaty3,1998 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, February 3 1998, a special election will be held v` the above -named school dis- trict for the submission to the qualified electors of said school district of the follok ingg pprapp0s"!on: PRO ]?OSIT 814 NO. 1 SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES Shall the following excess taxes for. operation pur- poses be levied for ynden School DistAct's General Find upon all taxable property %thin the District: ap- pproximately $2-83 per 51,000.00 assessed value (based on 1o0,n true and fair value) to provide $2,300,000.00 for 1999 col- lection: and ap- roximately $2.74 per 1,000.00 assessed value (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $2 450A00A0 for the 2000 caf lection as specified in District Resolution No. 15- 97? LEVY ..... YES LEVY NO The polls for such special election shall be open from 7:00 am to 8.00 pm. Shirley Fouslof, Whatcom i County Auditor and Ex- ,M,io Super isor of Elec- tions (L9284) • A. ..0 PUQL ; .�%29 �• �, e 82ASH0 N'd�^�� Kathy Kincaid being first duly sworn on oath says: That (s)he is the Public Notices Clerk of The Bellingham Herald, a daily newspaper of general circulation in said county and state and of Federated Publications, Inc., a Dela- ware Corporation (publisher of said newspaper), and authorized to make this affidavit; that the legal notice entitled in the cause and court named on the attached copy which is a true and correct copy of the original (and hereinafter referred to as "Notice") was pub- lished in the regular and entire issue, and not in supplement, of each number of said newspaper published and circulated on the following dates, to wit: January 28, 1998 that for more than six months prior to the date of the first publica- tion of said Notice, at all times since, and now, the said "The Bell- ingham Herald" has been established, published and circulated in the English language continuously and continually as a daily newspaper in the city of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washing- ton, the same being at all times printed either in whole or in part in an office maintained at said place of publication; that such news- paper has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior Court of Whatcom County, Washington; that the full amount of the fee charged for such publication is $ 40.80 0• tql Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of . January 19 98 NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the State of Washington, residing at Bellingham