July 22 Deadline
The Lummi Island fire district commissioners’ board immediately seeks persons to help prepare Pro and Con voter pamphlet statements about two proposed property tax levies—one for fire property and one for emergency medical services—adopted for the elections ballot Nov. 2 this year.
With a tight deadline of noon on Thursday, July 22 for receiving email statements or calls of interest, the board will select volunteers at a special meeting Friday, July 23, 10am at the Lummi Island Fire Hall (3809 Legoe Bay Rd.).
A Pro & Con committee for each levy must be on record at Whatcom County Elections Division by Aug. 3.
Formally, the board is known as The Board of Commissioners of Whatcom County Fire Protection District # 11, consisting of two elected members—Bill Lee (’14) and Wendell Terry (’07), plus Stephen Kopanos who was appointed in 2020 year to finish a term vacated by a retirement.
That group will select voter pamphlet statement committees of 2 or 3 volunteers each.
Anyone interested in serving either the Pro or the Con committee for both Proposition 1 (fire property levy) and Proposition 2 (EMS levy) must submit an email by noon on July 22. Send the email to grp.commissioners@wcfd11.org or call 360-758-2411 and specify which levy (fire property or emergency medical services) and which statement (pro or con) you would have an interest in working on.
The levy proposals stem from the board’s adoption at their regular monthly meeting July 13:
• Resolution No. 2021-263 that would authorize the District to restore a fire property tax levy to $1.49 per $1,000 of assessed valuation—with collection starting in 2022.
• Resolution No. 2021-264 calling for a 6-year EMS property tax levy of $0.28 per $1,000 of assessed valuation—with collection starting in 2022.
The formal call for committees appears on the home page of the Fire District 11 website https://lummiislandfire.com
More detailed information about the voter pamphlet committees and duties: https://www.whatcomcounty.us/DocumentCenter/View/50909/Committee-Statement-Deadlines-and-Requirements-for-2021