Ballots due Tuesday for elections in Everett, Marysville districts

  • By Chris Winters Herald Writer
  • Sunday, April 24, 2016 8:37pm
  • Local News

EVERETT — The Everett and Marysville school districts are running bond measures in the special election, and Everett Public Schools also has a capital projects and technology levy on the ballot.

Ballots were mailed out earlier this month and must be postmarked or placed in a drop box by 8 p.m. Tuesday in order to be counted.

Initial results are expected at 8 p.m. Tuesday, said Garth Fell, the elections and recording manager for the Snohomish County Assessor’s Office. The results will be updated on the following days as ballots dropped off on the last days are counted.

The expected turnout for this election is about 30 percent of registered voters, Fell said.

Everett Public Schools

In the Everett school district, Proposition 1 is asking voters to approve a $89.6 million levy.

The six-year levy would replace an expiring technology levy and pay for security and technology upgrades at many schools, including computer technology for students and teachers, Wi-Fi equipment and infrastructure for school buildings and upgraded science and technology labs.

The levy would also pay for 10 portable classrooms to relieve overcrowding.

The levy requires a simple majority vote in favor in order to pass.

Proposition 2 in the Everett district asks voters to approve a $149.7 million general obligation bond measure.

The bond measure would raise money to build a new elementary school in the district’s crowded south end, buy land for another south end school, renovate North Middle School and Woodside Elementary, replace the fields at Everett High School and the roof at Gateway Middle, update the heating and air conditioning at eight schools, upgrade technology and telephone systems throughout the district, and buy 14 portable classrooms to accommodate growth at Cascade and Henry M. Jackson high schools.

The bond measure needs a 60 percent supermajority to pass. It also requires a minimum turnout of 9,989 votes — 40 percent of last year’s general election turnout in November — in order to be validated.

If both measures were to pass, property taxes levied by the district would rise an estimated 68 cents to a total of $5.86 per $1,000 of assessed valuations. The owners of an average $295,000 home in the district would see their taxes rise $200.60 to $1,728.70 per year.

Marysville School District

In the Marysville School District, Proposition 1 asks voters to approve a $230 million general obligation measure.

If approved, the measure would fund the replacement of Cascade and Liberty Elementary schools and Marysville Middle School, relocate Totem Middle School, build another middle school in the north end of the district, and renovate and modernize much of Marysville Pilchuck High School.

It does not fund the replacement of Marysville Pilchuck’s cafeteria, which is being paid for through a special legislative appropriation.

The bond measure requires a 60 supermajority voting in favor in order to pass, and also needs a minimum turnout of 5,168 votes.

If it passes, property taxes in the district would increase by $1.25 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. For an average $225,000 home, that comes to an additional $281.25 per year.

Chris Winters: 425-374-4165; cwinters@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @Chris_At_Herald.

Get your ballot in

Ballots in the April special election must be postmarked or placed in a special election drop-box by 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 26 in order to be counted.

Drop-boxes in Everett are located on the county courthouse campus at the intersection of Rockefeller Avenue and Wall Street, and at McCollum Park, 600 128th Street SE.

The drop-box in Marysville is located behind city hall, 1049 State Avenue. None of the other drop-boxes in Snohomish County will be open.

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