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Item No. .12
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Date: May 2, 2012
Item/Subject: Order, Directing the City Clerk to Prepare Warrants and Ballots —School Budget
Validation Election — June 12, 2012.
Responsible Department: City Manager
Commentary:
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 always schedules this election to coincide with the June primary and state
election date, in the event that one was scheduled.
If approved, the attached order will set the election date for June 12, 2012, and the form of the
validation question, which is set by state statute.
Department Head
Manager's Comments:
Associated Information: Order
Budget Approval:
Legal Approval:
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May 14,2012
Assigned to Councilor Sprague
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(TITLE.) ORDER, Directing the City Clerk to Prepare Warrants and Ballots —School Budget
Validation Election — June 12, 2012
By the City Council of the City of Bangor.
ORDERED,
THAT the City Clerk is hereby directed to prepare the necessary warrants and ballots for a
Municipal Election to be held on June 12, 2012 for the purpose of validating the Fiscal Year
2013 school budget. Said warrant shall be issued by Council Chair Weston, acting on behalf of
the City Council; 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 14, 2012
Passed
CITY LERK (TITLE,)
Assigned to Councilor