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Item No. 16-207
Date: May 23, 2016
Item/Subject: Order, Directing the City Clerk to Prepare Notice of Election and Ballots —School
Budget Validation Election — June 14, 2016
Responsible Department: City Clerk
Commentary: The attached order will set the school budget election date for June 14, 2016,
and the form of the validation question, which is set by state statute. As a result of the State
School Consolidation Law, the City must 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. For consistency purposes the City schedules
this election to coincide with the June primary and state election date, in the event that one was
scheduled.
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16-207
MAY 23, 2016
- i Assigned to Councilor Plourde
CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.) ORDER, Directing the City Clerk to Prepare Notice of Election and Ballots —School
Budget Validation Election — June 14, 2016
By the City Council of the City of Bangor.
ORDERED,
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 14, 2016 for the purpose of validating the Fiscal
Year 2017 school budget; and
BE IT FURTHER ORDERED THAT
The question to be submitted to the voters shall be in the following form:
"**Do you favor approving the Bangor School Department budget for the upcoming school year
that was adopted at the latest regional school unit budget 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.
IN CITY COUNCIL
MAY 23, 2016
PASSED
CITY CLERr