Two Jefferson County special elections end today, with ballots due to decide items on a Chimacum School District bond and a Quilcene Fire District property tax levy.
Ballots must be hand-delivered to drop boxes by 8 p.m. today or postmarked by today to be counted.
The $29.1 million bond for Chimacum proposes a property tax levy rate of $1.21 per $1,000 assessed property value. It would be expected to be required for 20 years to finance the bond.
Approval of the bond measure would mean that the annual property tax for a $150,000 property would increase by $189, district officials have said.
The measure seeks to construct an addition to Chimacum Creek Primary School, making it into a full-fledged elementary school housing preschool through fifth grade, along with some needed capital improvements.
The district’s plans can be found at http://tinyurl.com/PDN-chimacumbond.
As a bond issue, the measure requires a supermajority of 60 percent.
Attempts to pass a bond measure with 60 percent approval have failed twice.
Quilcene
The proposed Quilcene Fire District six-year property tax levy would begin in 2017 and collect 50 cents per $1,000 assessed property value for an annual revenue of about $165,000, or $100 assessed for a property valued at $200,000.
The proposed levy would bring in enough for the district to keep its career personnel, Quilcene Fire Department Chief Larry Karp has said.
Ballots
As of Monday, the Jefferson County Auditor had received 4,831 votes from 8,981 ballots mailed to Chimacum voters, reflecting a voter turnout of 53.79 percent.
In Quilcene, 711 votes had been returned from the 1,431 ballots mailed for a voter turnout of 49.69 percent.
