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03/25/201919-119
03/25/2019
19-119
City Clerk
Order
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Title, Order
Directing the City Clerk to Prepare Notice of Election and Ballots - School Budget Validation Election - June 11,
2019
This order will set the date of the school budget election for June 11, 2019, and the form of the
validation question. State School Consolidation Law requires the City to hold a school budget
validation election following the approval of the School Budget by the School Committee and the City
Council. In accordance with State law, this election must be held within 30 days of the final Council
approval and prior to the beginning of the next fiscal year on July 1st. This order will also set the
form of the question as to whether or not the voters wish to continue validating the school budget
for the next three years. This question is required by State law.
Recommend for passage
Consent
03/25/201919-119
CITY OF BANGOR ORDER
03/25/2019
19-119
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Directing the City Clerk to Prepare Notice of Election and Ballots - School Budget Validation Election - June 11,
2019
Be it Ordered by the City Council of the City of Bangor that,
THAT the City Clerk is hereby directed to prepare the necessary notice of election and ballots for a Municipal
Election to be held on June 11, 2019 for the purpose of validating the Fiscal Year 2020 school budget and
determine the process for validating the school budget for the next three years; and
BE IT FURTHER ORDERED THAT
The questions to be submitted to the voters shall be in the following form:
Question 1: “Do you favor approving the Bangor School Department budget for the upcoming school year that
was adopted at the latest Bangor City Council meeting and that includes locally raised funds that exceed the
required local contribution as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act?
Yes No
A YES vote allows additional funds to be raised for K-12 public education.
A NO vote means additional funds cannot be raised for K-12 public education.
Question 2: "Do you wish to continue the budget referendum process for the Bangor School Department for
an additional three years?"
Yes No
A YES vote will require the City of Bangor to continue a referendum to validate its annual school budget for
the next three years.
A NO vote will discontinue the budget validation referendum for the annual school budget for at least three
years and provided instead that the annual school budget shall be finally adopted at a meeting of the Bangor
City Council.
IN CITY COUNCIL
MARCH 25, 2019
CO 19-119
PASSED
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