HomeMy WebLinkAbout74-07 - Res. Establishing Hospital District No. 2RESOLUTION No. 7 4 - 0 7
A RESOLUTION SL 1 1 ING A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PETITION TO ESTABLISH A MASON
COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 2
WHEREAS, RCW 70.44 establishes a process for forming a hospital district; and
WHEREAS, a petition has been received from the Citizen's Committee for the formation of Mason County
Public Hospital District No. 2;
WHEREAS, a Certificate of Sufficiency has been received from the Mason County Auditor stating the total
number of qualified electors signing the petition is more than ten percent of the voters of the proposed
district who voted at the last general election as required under RCW 70.44.030;
WHEREAS, the petition proposes the boundaries for Mason County Public Hospital District No. 2 include
all lands Tying within the currently existing boundaries of the voting precincts of Belfair # 1, #2, #3, #4,
#5 and #6, Tahuya and Dewatto. The boundaries of the proposed District follow existing precinct
boundaries and do not divide any voting precinct as required by RCW 70.44.030;
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 57.28.040 the Mason County Board of Commissioners adopted Resolution
No. 61-07 on June 12, 2007 withdrawing the proposed area from Mason County Public Hospital District
No. 1.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the 24th of July 2007 at the hour of 6:30 p.m. in the Mason
County Commissioners Chambers, 411 North Fifth Street, Shelton, Washington, is hereby fixed as the
time and date to consider the petition received and consider establishing and defining the boundaries of
Mason County Public Hospital District No. 2 and submitting the question of whether or not to form the
District to the voters within the territory of the proposed District at the next available general or special
election;
NOW THEREFORE IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED to provide for the election of the Mason County Public
Hospital District No. 2 Commissioners contemporaneously with the question of whether or not to form the
district pursuant to RCW 70.44.
DATED this 10th day of July, 2007.
ATTEST:
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Clerk o the
Rebecca S. Rogers,
R Board
Chief Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
C: Auditor
Treasurer
Assessor
Citizen's Committee
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Li nda Ring Erickson, C
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Tim Sheldon. Commissioner
Gailagher,
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