ORDER AND NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION FOR AN
ADDITIONAL LEVY TO THE VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF
FAYETTEVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA
That at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the town of Fayetteville, State of West Virginia, held on the 6th day of April, 2023, as provided by law, the following Order was made and entered of record, to-wit:
The Town Council of the Town of Fayetteville, West Virginia, being of the opinion that the maximum levies for current expenses authorized by Article 8, Chapter 11, of the Code of West Virginia, as amended, will not provide sufficient funds for the payment of current expenses of the Town of Fayetteville, including expenditures for the purpose or purposes hereinafter set forth, and that an election should be held to increase such levies under the provisions of Section 16, Article 8, Chapter 11 of the Code, as amended, it is hereby Ordered:
1. That the purpose or purposes for which additional funds are needed is:
To fund the construction, repair and maintenance of the streets and sidewalks
within the Town of Fayetteville.
2. That the approximate annual amount for such purposes, after a seven percent (7%)
allowance for tax discounts, delinquencies, exonerations and uncollectible taxes is
$278,726.00.
3. That the total approximate amount for said purpose or purposes during the “term”
of the levy is $1,393,630.
4. That the separate and aggregate assessed valuation of each class of taxable property
is:
Class I $ 0.00
Class II $ 67,842,818
Class IV $ 85,831,851
5. That the proposed additional rate of levy in cents per one hundred dollars of
assessed valuation on each Class of property is:
Class I 6.25 cents
Class II 12.5 cents
Class IV 25.00 cents
6. The proposed years to which the additional levy shall apply are the fiscal years
beginning July 1, 2024, through and including the physical year beginning July 1,
2028.
7. That the Town of Fayetteville will not issue bonds upon approval of the proposed
levy.
8. That the question of such additional levy shall be submitted to a vote at the General
Municipal Election to be held on the 13th day of June, 2023.
9. That notice calling such election shall be given by publication as a Class II-0 legal
advertisement and shall be posted at, or near, the front door of the Fayette County
Courthouse, at the bulletin board located in Town Hall and at the bulletin board at
the United States Post Office in the Town of Fayetteville.
10. That the ballot to be used for such election shall be in the following form:
TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF FAYETTEVILLE, WESTVlRGINIA
BY: Sharon Cruikshank
MAYOR
ATTEST: ZENDA L. VANCE
RECORDER