IN THE MATTER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF
THE COUNTY OF WOOD, STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
$41,140,000 PUBLIC SCHOOL BONDS, SERIES 2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S APPROVAL
At a regular meeting held on August 23, 2016, the Board of Education of the County of Wood, State of West Virginia (the âBoard of Educationã), made and entered of record a Bond Election Order (the âOriginal Orderã), and at a regular meeting held on September 13, 2016, the Board of Education made and entered of record an Order Amending Bond Election Order (the âAmendatory Orderã and together with the Original Order, the âOrderã). The Order authorized a vote to be taken by the legal voters of the County of Wood at an election to be held on the 8th day of November, 2016, upon all questions connected with the incurrence of debt and issuance of bonds in the aggregate principal amount of Forty One Million One Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($41,140,000), and levying taxes to pay the interest on and the principal of said bonds, the proceeds from the sale of such bonds to be used for the purpose of:
PROJECT LOCATION BOND PROCEEDS ($)
NEW WILLIAMSTOWN WAVERLY In the vicinity 17,941,600
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL of Williamstown
Construction, equipping and furnishing a new
elementary school to house approximately 611
students in grades PK-5
WILLIAMSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL ADDITIONS Existing 5,452,000
TO CREATE A MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL Williamstown
High School
Construction, equipping and furnishing addition
of four (4) middle school classrooms, auditorium,
and HVAC improvements
WOOD COUNTY TECHNICAL CENTER Existing Technical Center 1,591,400
ADDITIONS*
Building renovations and additions, consisting of
covered/enclosed walkway
BLENNERHASSETT ELEMENTARY & At Each Existing School or 16,000,000
MIDDLE SCHOOL Facility
CRISS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EDISON MIDDLE SCHOOL
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FAIRPLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GREENMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HAMILTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KANAWHA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MAPLEWOOD SCHOOL
MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MINERAL WELLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NEALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PARKERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL
PARKERSBURG SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
VAN DEVENDER MIDDLE SCHOOL
VIENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WORTHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
EDGELAWN MAINTENANCE FACILITY
LINCOLN WAREHOUSE FACILITY
TRANSPORTATION GARAGE
Repair or Replacement of Roofs
TOTAL PROJECT COST: $40,985,600
TOTAL PROPOSED BOND CALL:
Bond Call: $41,140,000
Approximate Total Costs of Projects: $40,985,600
Approximate Costs of Issuance to be paid from Bond Proceeds: $ 154.400
Total Proposed Approximate Costs including Costs of Issuance $41,140,000
The Board of Education of the County of Wood, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 13, Article 1, Section 25, of the West Virginia Code of 1931, as amended, has caused to be transmitted to me duly certified copies of all the orders, ordinances, proclamations, notices, advertisements, affidavits, resolutions and records of the proceedings connected with or pertaining to such Bond Issue, and I have examined the same.
It appears from the records so transmitted to me that the proposition of incurring debt and issuing bonds, as provided in said Order, twenty thousand three hundred ten (20,310) votes were cast for and fourteen thousand two hundred ninety five (14,295) votes were cast against the issuance of said bonds, so that fifty-eight and sixty-nine hundredths percent (58.69%) of the voters in said election voted in favor of incurring debt and issuing bonds as provided in the Order.
In my opinion, there has been substantial compliance with the law relating to the issuance of said bonds and I, therefore, approve the validity of such Bond Issue pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 13, Article 1, Section 25, of the West Virginia Code, 1931, as amended.
Dated: March 3, 2016.
/s/ Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
Attorney General of West Virginia
State Capitol Building 1, Room E-26
Charleston, West Virginia 25305
Telephone: (304) 558-2021
Mar 9, 16