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Home My WebLink About1998 - Meridian School District No. 505 M&O Levy PASSED Special Election February 03, 1998ROUTER DATE FUNCTION RECEIVED DEC 12 ' TO PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE �sl FROM PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE •a,a-� ELECTION SUPERVISOR BALLOT LAYOUT PROOF LAYOUT PUBLISHED NOTICE CERTIFICATION �- \1 DISTRICT SECRETARY TREASURER'S OFFICE �� qg ASSESSOR'S OFFICE WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE OFFICIAL CANVASS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1998 IN MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 505, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT THE PROPOSITION TO ISSUE SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES TO PROVIDE $1,200,000.00 FOR 1999 AND $1,250,000.00 FOR 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 Meridian School District -No. ,505, Whatcom County, Washington held on the 3rd day of February, 1998, have in no r wisp' e'qt; ljppd by additions or erasures, and that they are the same as when they were deposited ip•tny ace'.... ► 40 Whatcom County ditor Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of February, 1998. ti'•� Y ' 0 �� f. t�lr�k ��• r� cOu!r rr r- G IYL� County Legislative Authority S TATC e r ,� CERTIFICATION OF CANVASSING BOARD •, .r — ,. - TATHOF 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 Meridian School District No. 505, Whatcom County, Washington on the 3rd day of February, 1998 and the results were as follows: Meridian - 1 I MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 505 Special Election — Proposition No.1 Submitted by Meridian School District No. 505 SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES In order to provide educational and support services, shall Meridian School District No. 505, as specified in District Resolution No. 12-97, levy the following excess taxes to replace an expiring levy, said replacement levy being for General Fund maintenance and operation expenses on all taxable property within the school district: approximately $3.18 per $1,000.00 assessed value to provide $1,200,000.00 for 1999 collection; and approximately $3.15 per $1 ,000.00 assessed value to provide $1,250,000.00 for 2000 collection? Levy YES - 116 4 Levy NO - 118 Number Persons Voting Last General Election 2,277 40% Turnout 911 60% Yes Vote 547 LEVY, YES 838 63.77% LEVY, NO 476 36. 23% Passed: 63.777o - t10Q'S ••'"1`h�F Vass having been completed this 13th day of February, 1998. ?rn WHATCOM COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD �. v+ *C t A d't mully u i or /-yj aidF n County Le slative Authority ?�'- ', County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Meridian - 2 BUDGET AND SCHOOL BUSINESS SERVICES ELECTION DATE Old CCap �}ol Building. PO BOX 47200 / / OLYMPIA WA 98504.7200 2 3 9 8 OF (360) 753-1718 TOO (360) 664-3631 COUNTY AUDITOR SCHOOL DISTRICT FINANCING ELECTIONS REPORTING FORM COUNTY NAME SCHOOL DISTRICT NAME Whatcom Meridian School District #505 A. For excess levies: 2 . 277 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): 2,277 Total votes cast at last qualifying State General Election Type of Election Codes * BO Bond M & O Maintenance and Operation CP Capital Project TVF Transportation Vehicle Fund Proposition Number 1 Type of Election' ifa:49C The above vote count includes votes cast in our joint county(ies) Name of county(ies): Number Number Votes Votes For Against 838 Z176 Yes No'x Passed I Failed G3.77;t1 _ Attach a copy of official ballot(s). Dated thisl7th day of February 1998 0._ COU ALIZOA 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 FORM SPI M-466 (Rev. 2/97) OLYMPIA WA 98504-7200 FORMAT #S/D 505 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 OPEN THIS BALLOT GUIDE HOW TO VOTE Special Election Page 5 February 3, 1998 Whatcom County, Washington Ballot P` chcard Punch chip completely out of Ballot Punchcard with a paper clip or similar device. 1. 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 MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 505 Special Election — Proposition No.1 Submitted by Meridian School District No. 505 SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES In order to provide educational and support services, shall Meridian School District No. 505, Levy as specified in District Resolution No. 12-97, levy YES -116 the following excess taxes to replace an expiring levy, said replacement levy being for General Fund maintenance and operation expenses on all Levy taxable property within the school district: NO -118 approximately $3.18 per $1,000.00 assessed value to provide $1 ,200,000.00 for 1999 collection; and approximately $3.15 per $1,000.00 assessed value to provide $1,250,000.00 for 2000 collection? WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE OFFICIAL CANVASS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1998 IN MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 505, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT THE PROPOSITION TO ISSUE SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES TO PROVIDE $1,200,000.00 FOR 1999 AND $1,250,000.00 FOR 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 Meridian School District No. 505, Whatcom County, Washington held on the 3rd day of February, 1998, have in no wise been altered by additions or erasures, and that they are the same as when they were deposited in my office. J ------- Whatcom County ditor Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of February, 1998. County Legislative Authority 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 within the boundaries of Meridian School District No. 505, Whatcom County, Washington on the 3rd day of February, 1998 and the results were as follows: Meridian - 1 Number Persons Voting Last General Election 2,277 40% Turnout MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 505 60% Yes Vote Special Election — Proposition No.1 Submitted by Meridian School District No. 505 SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES In order to provide educational and support services, shall Meridian School District No. 505, Levy as specified in District Resolution No. 12-97, levy the following excess taxes to replace an expiring YES - 116 levy, said replacement levy being for General Fund maintenance and operation expenses on all Levy taxable property within the school district: NO - 118 4 approximately $3.18 per $1,000.00 assessed value to provide $1,200,000.00 for 1999 collection; and approximately $3.15 per $1,000.00 assessed value to provide $1,250,000.00 for 2000 collection? 911 547 LEVY, YES 838 LEVY, NO 476 Passed.: 63. 77% The canvass having been completed this 13th day of February, 1998. 63.777, 36.23% WHATCOM COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD County Auditor County Le 'slative Authority County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Meridian - 2 STATE OF WASHINGTON, ss Affidavit of Publication COUNTY OF WHATCOM, NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION Meridian School District District NO.505 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON February 3, 1998 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday. February 3 19fl8, x special election will be held to the above -named school dis- trict for the submission to the qualified electors of said school district of the Ioilo" ppropposition: PROPr TION NO. 1 SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES In order to provide educa- tional and suppport ser- vices, shall Meridian School District No. 505, as specified in District Reso- lution 12-97, levy the to] - lowing excess taxes to re= place an expiringg levy, said rep€acement levy being for General Fund maintenance and apera- tion expenses on all tax- able property within the school district: ap- pproximately $3.18 per 51,000.00 assessed value to provide $1,280,000.00 for is99 collection; and ap• proximately $3:15 per $1,000.00 assessed value to pprnvide $1,250,000.00 for 20{10 eo€lection? LEVY ..... YES LEVY ..... NO The polls for such special election shall be open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. Shirley Forslof, Whatcom County Auditor and lx- 'fr"io Supervisor of Mee- tions (L9285] 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 $ 41.65 �h Subsc ed and sworn to before me this °°rA.0 30th da of January ly 98 Y , No PUBLIC �? NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the State of Washington, �9'QL'y P9A ,�� residing at Bellingham WHATCOM COUNTY POLLING PLACES BY PRECINCT MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT 505 RURAL WHATCOM COUNTY Ferndale Twp 1, 6, 7 Meridian High School, 194 W Laurel Road Ten Mile 2, 5 New Life Fellowship, 810 E Pole Road Ten Mile 3, 6 Irene Reither Primary School, 954 E Hemmi Rd. Marietta 3 Fourth Corner Community Church, 4071 Home Road Van Wyck 2,3 East Bakerview Fire Station, 1295 E Bakerview Rd. RESOLUTION NO. 12-97 A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of Meridian School District No. 505, 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 $3.18 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value unless specifically otherwise provided by law) to provide $1,200,000.00 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 1998 for collection in 1999 and whether there should be levied a further excess tax of approximately $3.15 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,250,000.00 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 Meridian School District No. 505, Whatcom County, Washington, during the 1998-99, 1999-00, and 2000-01 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, it is deemed necessary that a tax of approximately $3.18 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,200,000.00 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 1998 for collection in 1999 and that a tax of approximately $3.15 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,250,000.00 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 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 Meridian School District No. 505, 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 $1,200,000.00 for the General Fund of the District, a tax of approximately $3.18 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 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 $3.15 for the General Fund of the district, a tax of approximately $1,250,000.00 per thousand dollars 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 and 1999 for their ratification or rejection at a special election to be held 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 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. I SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES In order to provide educational and support services, shall Meridian School District No. 505, as specified in District Resolution No. 12-97, levy the following excess taxes to replace an expiring levy, said replacement levy being for General Fund maintenance and operation expenses on all taxable property within the school district: approximately $3.18 per $1,000.00 assessed value to provide $1,200,000.00 for 1999 collection; and approximately $3.15 per $1,000.00 assessed value to provide $1,250,000.00 for 2000 collection? 5- YES 0 NO 0 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 Meridian School District No. 505, Whatcom County, Washington, at a regular open public meeting thereof, held December 11, 1997, the following directors being present and voting. ATTEST: Secretary -Clerk o the Board BALLOT TITLE APPROVED BY: MERIDIAN S OOL DIS 0.505 BO �0 1~ IRECT Chairperson Member Member Dated: Member I, DONALD BAUTHUES, Secretary of the Board of Directors of Meridian School District No. 505, Whatcom County, Washington, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 12-97 of the Board of Directors, duly adopted at a regular meeting thereof held on the 1 lth day of December, 1997. Secretary -Clerk of tfWBoard of Directors NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 505 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON February 3, 1998 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, February 3, 1998, a Special Election will be held in the above -named school district for the submission to the qualified electors of said school district of the following proposition: PROPOSITION NO. 1 SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES In order to provide educational and support services, shall Meridian School District No. 505, as specified in District Resolution 12-97, levy the following excess taxes to replace an expiring levy, said replacement levy being for General Fund maintenance and operation expenses on all taxable property within the school district: approximately $3.18 per $1,000.00 assessed value to provide $1,200,000.00 for 1999 collection; and approximately $3.15 per $1,000.00 assessed value to provide $1,250,000.00 for 2000 collection? YES ......... ❑ The polls for such special election shall be open from 7:00 am to 8:00 p.m. Shirley Forslof Whatcom County auditor and Ex-officio Supervisor of Elections