HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_0916Blumenstein advised that the board of elections had met and canvassed the
October 11, 2005 bond referendum votes. She said it was now time for the board of
commissioners to adopt a resolution certifying the bond results.
OTIO by Commissioner Norman to approve the Resolution Certifying and
Declaring the Results of the Special Bond Referendum Held in the County of Iredell on
October 11, 2005 Upon the Questions of Approving $44,630,000 in School Bonds and
$6,000,000 in Community College Bonds.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
RESOLUTION CERTIFYING AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF
THE SPECIAL BOND REFERNDUM HELD IN THE COUNTY OF IREDELL ON
OCTOBER 11, 2005 UPON THE QUESTIONS OF APPROVING $44,630,000
SCHOOL BONDS AND $6, 000, 000 COMMUNITY COLLEGE BONDS
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners for the County of Iredell:
Section 1. The Board of Commissioners for the County of Iredell, having
received from the Iredell County Board of Elections certified extracts of the canvass by
said Board of Elections, on October 18, 2005, of the returns of the special bond
referendum held in the County of Iredell on October 11, 2005 upon the questions of
approving $44,630,000 School Bonds and $7,000,000 Community College Bonds of
said County, does hereby declare and certify the results of said referendum to be the
results which are set forth in the following statement of the results of said referendum,
which statement has been prepared by said Board of Commissioners:
STATEMENT OF THE RESULTS
of the
SPECIAL BOND REFERENDUM
held in the
COUNTY OF IREDELL, NORTH CAROLINA
on October 11, 2005
UPON THE QUESTIONS OF APPROVING
$44,630,000 SCHOOL BONDS
AND
$6, 000, 000 COMMUNITY COLLEGE BONDS
At a special bond referendum held in the County of Iredell, North Carolina on
October 11, 2005, 82,736 voters were registered and qualified to vote.
At said referendum 10,499 votes were cast for the order adopted on August 2,
2005 authorizing not exceeding $44,630,000 School Bonds of the County of Iredell,
North Carolina, for the purpose of providing finds, together with any other available
funds, for (i) constructing an elementary school in the Mi. Mourne area, renovating and
expanding N.B. Mills/Monticello Elementary School, Sharon Elementary School,
Troutman Elementary School, Troutman Middle School, Brawley Middle School, North
Iredell Middle School, Statesville Middle School, West Iredell Middle School, Lake
Norman High School, Statesville High School, North Iredell High School and West
Iredell High School for the Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education, including the
acquisition of necessary land and equipment ($36,400,000), and (ii) erecting additional
school buildings, remodeling, enlarging and reconstructing existing school buildings,
providing necessary utilities and acquiring necessary land and equipment in order to
provide additional school facilities for the Mooresville Graded School District
($8,230,000), and authorizing the levy of taxes in an amount sufficient to pay the
principal of and the interest on said bonds, and 5,150 votes were cast against said
order, and, a majority of the qualified voters of said County who voted thereon at said
referendum having voted in favor of said order, said order was thereby approved.
At said referendum 10, 068 votes were cast for the order adopted on August 2,
2005 authorizing not exceeding $6,000,000 Community College Bonds of the County of
Iredell, North Carolina, for the purpose of providing funds, together with any other
available finds, for expanding and improving the facilities of Mitchell Community