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Home My WebLink About1994 - Mount Baker School District No. 507 School Operation Levies Special Election February 08 1994S ecial Election VOTER GUIDE February 8, 1994 Whatcom County, Washington - - Page 7 MT. BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 507 Proposition No.1 SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES Shall the following excess taxes for operation purposes be levied for the Mt. Baker School District's General Fund upon all taxable property within the District: approximately $3.21 per $1,000.00 assessed value (based on 100% true and fair value) to provide $1,500,000.00 for 1995 collection; and approximately $3.36 per,$1,000.00 assessed value (based on 100% true and fair value) to provide $1,650,000.00 for 1996 collection as specified in District Resolution No. 93/94:6? LEVY, YES 121 '+ LEVY, NO 123 4 WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE OFFICIAL CANVASS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1994, IN MT. BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 507, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT THE PROPOSITION FOR SCHOOL PROGRAM OPERATION LEVIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,500,000.00 FOR 1995 COLLECTION AND $1,650,000.00 FOR 1996 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 the Mt. Baker School District No. 507, Whatcom County, Washington have in no wise been altered by additions or erasuresi, and that they are the same as when they were deposited in my of *fir : '` F A�, Whatcom ounty Audit Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of Febr`ary, 1994. } o X � V ~ 6 s ! P County Legislative Authar,�ty....... 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 in the precincts within the boundaries of Mt. Baker School District No. 507, Whatcom County, Washington on the 8th day of February, 1994 and the results were as follows: y MT. BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 507 Proposition No.1 SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES li Shall the following excess taxes for operation Purposes be levied for the Mt. Baker School District's General Fund upon all taxable property within the District: approximately $3.21 per $1,000.00 assessed value (based on 100% true and fair value) to provide $1,500,000.00 for 1995 collection: and approximately $3.36 per $1,000.00 assessed value (based on 100% true and fair value) to provide $1,650,000.00 for 1996 collection as specified in District Resolution No. 93/94:6? LEVY, YES 121 -+ LEVY, NO 123 4 Number Persons Voting Last General Election 3,049 40% Turnout 1,220 60% Yes Vote 732 VOTES, LEVY YES 1.037 VOTES, LEVY NO 548 PASSED: 65.4% The canvass having been completed this 18th day of February, 1994. ► 4 +, , � ~f 't WHATCOM COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD 65.4jo 34.6% y E� County ditor w `� County Legislative Authori County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney RECEIVED 61C D-h SHIRLEY FORSLOF WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR ll J qm� DEC 1 6 1993 MOUNT BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT #507 DEMING, WASHINGTON BOARD OF DIRECTORS RESOLUTION NO. 93/94-6 A resolution of the Board of Directors of Mount Baker School District No. 507, 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 $3.21 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,500,000.00 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 1994 for collection in 1995. And whether there should be levied a further excess tax of approximately $3.36 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,650,000.00 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 to the General Fund of Mount Baker School District No. 507, Whatcom County, Washington, during the 1994-95, 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 the 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 three successive school years, it is deemed necessary that a tax of approximately $3.21 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,500,000.00 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 1994 for collection in 1995 and that a tax of approximately $3.36 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,650,000.00 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 Page 1 of 3 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, THEREFOR, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of Mount Baker School District No. 507, 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 $1,500,000.00 for the General Fund of the District, a tax of approximately $3.21 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 $1,650,000.00 for the General Fund of the District, a tax of approximately $3.36 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 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, 199.15-96 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 operation 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 1995 and 1996 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: Page 2 of 3 PROPOSITION NO. 1 SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES Shall the following excess taxes for operation purposes be levied for the Mount Baker School District's General Fund upon all taxable property within the District: approximately $3.21 per $1,000.00 assessed value (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,500,000.00 for 1995 collection; and approximately $3.36 per $1,000.00 assessed value (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,650,000.00 for 1996 collection as specified in. District Resolution No. 93/94:6. 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 Mount Baker School District No. 507, Whatcom County, Washington, at a regular open public meeting thereof, held December , 1993, the following Di I ors being present and voting the or. Daniel Mende Chairperson of ge! k en, Director Denny Millard, Director oXhn "Johnson', Director Attes j f� Betty Varg�d9,'Dir c�or Gerald Htnter, Secretary Page 3 of 3 Tiemc nary Pryw'Pni. f.Ilyn F:rickwn - Aeme-596-2173 Aileen 1>oRc11 - Dam inZ-5925174 Bruce Burpee - Harmony - 592-Ml Head Teacher Marjorie McCormack - Maple Falls - 5W2741 Jr! Sr High School Principals - 592.5151 Kenn Robinson - Principal Catherine Harris - J.H. Vice Principal Jeffery Pietila - H.S. Vise Principal Special Prggroms - 592-3303 Patricia Bieber Special Education Director Pamela Terhorat Curriculum Director Board o f Dinectori Rolf Beckhusen Denny Hillard JoAnn Johnson ,Mount Beaker School District #507 Betty Vargas Gerald L Hunter, Superintendent Dan Zender PO Box 95 Deming WA 98244 (206)592-5153 FAX [206J592-2775 CERTIFICATION I, Gerald Hunter, Secretary of the Board of Directors of Mount Baker School District No. 507, Whatcom County, Washington, do hereby certify that the foregoing constitutes a true and correct copy of Resolution #93/94:6 of such Board of Directors duly adopted at a regular meeting thereof held the 9th day of December 1993. 6er61cl-Hunter, secretary The Mount Baker School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer