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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996 - Nooksack Valley School District No. 506 M&O Levies PASSED Special Election February 06, 1996STYLE # 6 SPECIAL ELECTION WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON FEBRUARY 6, 1996 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. Absentee Voting Instructions are on the next page. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE VOTING OPEN THIS BALLOT GUIDE HOW TO VOTE Special Election February 6, 1996 Page 601 Whatcom County, Washington Ballot Punchcard T t� :Al19 Kq Punch chip completely out of Ballot Punchcard with a paper clip or similar device. X- t1.a�m`pt 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 or candidate, 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 candidate or measure. 4. Write in candidates may be voted for by using the space provided on the flap attached to your ballot card. You must list both the Name and Office of the write-in candidate and the Political Party in Partisan races. Do not punch out a position number for any other candidate for that office. 5. After you have finished voting, place your Ballot Card in the Ballot Security Envelope. 6. Place the Ballot Security Envelope containing your voted ballot punchcard INSIDE THE PRE -ADDRESSED MAILING ENVELOPE. 7. Put a first-class stamp on the envelope and mail it so it is postmarked no later than the day of the election. 8. If you spoil your ballot or wish to change you vote, use the BALLOT GUIDE and with a pen make your selections. Return it in the Ballot Security Envelope instead of the ballot card. 9. If you have any questions about these instructions Tease call the Auditor's Office at: 360/676-6742 or 3601398-1310. STYLE k 6 ABG-Whatcom NOOKSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 506 Special Election — Proposition No.1 Submitted by Nooksack Valley School District No. 506 SCHOOL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION LEVIES In order to provide educational and support services, shall Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, as specified in Levy District Resolution No. 4, levy the following excess taxes to replace an expiring levy, said replacement levy being for YES - 141 4 General Fund maintenance and operation expenses on all taxable property within the school district: approximately $2.95 Levy per $1,000.00 assessed value to provide $1,350,000.00 for 1997 collection; and approximately $2.88 per $1 ,000.00 NO - 143 4 assessed value to provide $1,350,000.00 for 1998 collection? WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE OFFICIAL CANVASS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1996 IN NOOKSACK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 506, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT THE PROPOSITIONS TO ISSUE SCHOOL OPERATION LEVIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,350,000.00 FOR 1997 AND $1,350,000.00 in 1998 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 Nooksack School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington held on the 6th day of February, 1996, have in no wise been altered by additions or erasures, and that they are tt c L •as when they were deposited in my office. I. Whatcom ounty Auditor .,'�5ubsbribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of February, 1996. 1 unty Legislative Au hority CERTIFICATION OF CANVASSING BOARD STATE OF WASHINGTON 3 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 Nooksack School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington on the 6th day of February, 1996 and the results were as follows: NOOKSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 506 Special Election — Proposition No.1 Submitted by Nooksack Valley School District No. 506 SCHOOL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION LEVIES In order to provide educational and support services, shall Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, as specified in LeVy District Resolution No, 4, levy the following excess taxes to replace an expiring levy, said replacement levy being for YES - 141 4 General Fund maintenance and operation expenses on all taxable property within the school district: approximately $2.95 Levy per $1,000.00 assessed value to provide $1,350,000.00 for 1997 collection; and approximately $2.88 per $1 ,000.00 NO - 143 4 assessed value to provide $1 ,350,000.00 for 1998 collection? •• �c,anvass i•`'■ 4 �1 e_x- V+ r A h• C7 b r Oy .• [y �, (,UUPTV STA Ii GF Of Number Persons Voting Last General Election 2,141 400-. Turnout 600-. Yes Vote LEVY, YES LEVY, NO Passed 856 513 811 72.61% 306 27.39% 72.61% having been completed this 16th day of February, WHATCOM COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD County Au for CoInty Legislative A rarity • r�� County Deputy Prosec ing Attorney NOOKSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 506 RESOLUTION NO. 4 A resolution of the Board of Directors of Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the District at a special election to be held therein on February 6, 1996 of the proposition of whether or not there should be levied an excess tax of approximately 2.95 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,350,000.00 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 1996 for collection in 1997 and whether there should be levied a further excess tax of approximately 2.88 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,350,000.00 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 1997 for collection in 1998. WHEREAS, the money in and to be paid into the General Fund of Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, during the 1996-1997 and 1997-1998 and 1998-1999 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 2.95 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,350,000.00 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 1996 for collection in 1997 and that a tax of approximately 2.88 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,350,000.00 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 1997 for collection in 1998; 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 Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, as follows: Section 1. It is hereby found and decl. ed that the welfare of the students and other residents of the District,41 es -the District to carry out the plans hereinafter provided. • IyygT SH�,p °+l ��,,A cOM ORS 11.99� ° oR J Section 2. In order to provide $1,350,000.00 for the General Fund of the District, a tax of approximately 2.95 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) should be levied in 1996 for collection in 1997 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 a $1,350,000.00 for the General Fund of the District, a tax of approximately 2.88 per thousand of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) should be levied in 1997 for collection in 1998 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 1996- 1997, 1997-1998, and 1998-1999 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 1996 and 1997 for their ratification or rejection at a special election to be held herein on February 6, 1996. 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 NOOKSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 506 SCHOOL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION LEVIES In order to provide educational and support services, shall Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, as specified in District Resolution No. 4, 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 2.95 per $1,000.00 assessed value to provide $1,350,000.00 for 1997 collection; and approximately 2.88 per $1,000.00 assessed value to provide $1,350,000.00 for 1998 collection? LEVY YES LEVY NO / I 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 Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, at a regular open public meeting thereof, held December 19, 1995, the following Directors being present and voting therefore. NOOKSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 506 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON BY o- BY BY CERTIFICATION I, Mark Johnson, Secretary of the board of Directors of Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, do hereby certify that the foregoing constitutes a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 4 of such Board of Directors duly adopted at a regular meeting thereof held the 19th day of December, 1995. c ` k'ygt�o 4y�o ip, co�H ,C i AUp?ORS SECR DEC 20 '95 HI:e2PN NOOKSACK VIA -LEY SCHOCL DIST.+506 P.1 NOOKSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT #506 3326 EAST RADGER ROAD P.O. BOX 4307 PHONE: (360) 988-4754 NOOKSACX WA 98276 FAX (360) 988-8983 FACSIMILE L. ILE TRANSMITTAL l We are sending a total of `-1lIpage(s) (which includes this cover sheet). Please let us know if you do not receive the correct number of pages. DATE f TO. G094Te,!5,,4 Cb a n1 uDf7' ATTN: FROM:_ RE �EU �LLk�! P� MESSAGE: DEC 20 195 01:02PM NOOKSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DIST.*506 P.2 1g00XSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 506 IMSOL17TION NO. 4 A, resolution of the Board of Directors of Nooksack Valley School District. No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the District at a special election to be held therein on February 6, 1996 of the proposition of whether or not there should be levied an excess tax of approximately 2.95 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,350,000.00 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 1996 for collection in 1997 and whether there should be levied a further excess tax of approximately 2.88 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 1.00!t of true and fair value) to provide $1,350,000.00 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 1997 for collection in 1998. WHEREAS, the money in and to be paid into the General Fund of Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, during the 1996-1997 and 1997-1998 and 1998-1999 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 DisStrict for the next two successive school years, it is deemed necessary that a tax of approximately 2.95 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 1.00% of true and fair value) to provide $1,350,000.00 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 1996 for collection in 1997 and that a tax of approximately 2.88 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) to provide $1,350,000.00 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 1997 for collection in 1998; 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, THERESORM, RE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, as follows: section 1, it io 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. RECEIVED Al SHIRLEY FORSLOF WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR Dr-,_- 2 0 1995 DEC 20 195 01:03PM NOOKSACK WLLU SCHOOL DIST.4506 P.3' Section 2. In order to provide $1,350,000.00 for the General Fund of the District, a tax of approximately 2.95 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) should be levied in 1996 for collection in 1997 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 a $1,350,000.00 for the General Fund of the District, a tax of approximately 2.88 per thousand of assessed valuation (based on 100% of true and fair value) should be levied in 1997 for collection in 1998 upon all the taxable property within the District in excess of the maxitmzm 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 1996- 1997, 1997-1998, and 1998-1999 school years by incurring an indebtedness by the issuance of warrants against the Genera. 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 1996 and 1997 for their ratification or rejection at a special election to be held herein on February 6, 1996. 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 an 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 NOOASACK VALLEY SCHOOL ]DISTRICT NO. 506 SCHOOL ffiAINTENANCE AND OPERATION LEVIES in order to provide educational and support services, shall Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, as specified in District Resolution, No. 4, levy the following excess taxes to replace an expiring levy, said replacement levy being for General Fund maintenance and operation expenOSO on all taxable property within the school district: approximately 2.95 per $1,000.00 assessed value to provide $1,350,000.00 for 1997 collection; and Approximately 2.88 per $1,000.00 assessed value to provide $1,350,000.00 for 1998 collection? L -rr YES I I LEVY Xo / / DEC 20 '95 01:03PM NOOKSOCK VnLLEY SCHOOL DIST.#506 P. 4 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. ADOPT= by the Board of Directors of Nooksack Valley School District No. 506, Whatcom County, Washington, at a regular open public meeting thereof, held December 19, 1995, the following Directors being present and voting therefore. NOOKSACK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 506 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON I, Mark Johnson, Secretary of the board of Directors of Nooksack Valley School District Na_ 506, Whatcom County, Washington, do hereby certify that the foregoing constitutes a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 4 of such Board of Directors duly adopted at a regular meeting thereof held the 19th day of December, 1995. SECRET Whatcom County Auditor's Office 1996 School Election V-7-� r 01 February 6, 1996 Vote Count Absentees Election Night 2/12/96 Count 2/16/96 Total Percent 501 Levy, YES 7,852 1,300 82 9,234 76.11% 501 Levy, NO 2,240 609 49 2,898 23.89% 501 Bonds, YES 7,799 1,276 89 9,164 75.82% 501 Bonds, NO 2,260 621 42 2,923 24.18% 502 Levy, YES 2,072 289 18 2,379 70.78% 502 Levy, NO 790 183 9 982 29.22% 502 CapLevy, YES 1,918 269 19 2,206 66.11% 502 CapLevy, NO 928 195 8 1,131 33.89% 503 Levy, YES 544 76 4 624 60.12% 503 Levy, NO 340 72 2 414 39.88% 504 Levy, YES 1,316 168 31 1,515 65.93% 504 Levy, NO 666 110 7 783 34.07% 504 Bonds, YES 1,212 154 24 1,390 61.81% 504 Bonds, NO 733 118 8 859 38.19% 505 Levy, YES 534 106 18 658 67.84% 505 Levy, NO 218 59 35 312 32.16% 505 Bonds, YES 490 86 21 597 61.74% 505 Bonds, NO 254 82 34 370 38.26% 506 Levy, YES 715 75 21 811 72.61 % 506 Levy, NO 257 48 1 306 27.39% 507 Levy, YES 507 Levy, NO 925 621 103 127 9 6 Voter Turnout Election Day - Includes Absentees and Absentees District Poll Votes 2/12/96 Count 2/16/96 501 - Bellingham 10,187 1,937 142 502 - Ferndale 2,873 476 28 503 - Blaine 891 149 7 504- Lynden 2,009 280 38 505 - Meridian 761 169 56 506 - Nooksack 978 123 23 507 - Mt. Baker 1,553 230 18 19,252 3,364 312 Absentee Turnout Election Day Absentees 6,406 Absentees 2/12/96 3,364 Absentees 2/16/96 312 Total Absentees 10,082 Percentage of Total Turnout 43.97% 1,037 57.90% 754 42.10% Number of Registered Percent Total Voters Turnout. 12,266 49,995 24.53% 3,377 13,016 25.94% 1,047 4,950 21.15% 2,327 7,815 29.78% 986 3,942 25.01% 1,124 4,265 26.35% 1,801 6,121 29.42% 22,928 90,104 25.45% EL021296.XLS 2/16/96 1:42 PM