Exhibit3 STATEOF. ALABAMA DALE COUNTY RESOLUTION OF THE DALE COUNTY COMMISSION BE IT RESOLVED, ORDERED and DECREED by the Dale County Commission (herein called Section 1.1 Findings. (a) The Commission hereby finds, determines, and declares that there has been filed with the Commission the following written request from the Daleville City Board of "the Commission") in the State of Alabama as follows: Education (herein called' "the Board"): TOTHEI DALE COUNTY COMMISSION: Members ofthe Commission Wel hereby transmit to and file with you the attached copy ofar resolution which was duly adopted by the Daleville City Board of Education at a meeting thereof duly convened and held on October 20, 2021. You are hereby requested to call and cause tol be held on January 11", 2022, in the Daleville City School District in Dale County, Alabama, a special election as set forth in the said resolution. The boundaries oft the Daleville City School District encompass all the area lying within the corporate limits oft the City ofDaleville, Alabama. Yours very truly, By: 1s/Lisa Stamps It's Secretary DALEVILLE CITY BOARDOF EDUCATION There was attached to thes said request a certified copy oft the following resolution: Exhibit3 RESOLUTION OF THE DALEVILLE CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION BE ITI RESOLVED by the Daleville City Board of Education (herein called "the Board"), Section 1. Findings. Preliminary to the adoption of this resolution, the Board has caused an investigation to be made oft the facts set out in the following statements and, on the basis thereof, (a) Dale County (herein called "the County") is currently levying a special district tax for public school purposes at the rate of3 mills on each dollar (thirty cents on each one hundred dollars) of the assessed value of taxable property in the special school district in the County known as the Daleville City School District (herein called "the District") and consisting of all the area lying within the corporate limits of the City of Daleville, Alabama, which special district tax has been authorized by the electors oft the District to be levied annually until and including the levy for the tax year that will begin October 1, 2021 (for which tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2022), being the tax that was originally authorized and provided for in Section 20 of (b). All of the area lying within the Daleville City School District is subject to thej jurisdiction and (c) The Board has further determined that it is necessary and desirable that the said special 3-mill Section 2. Petition to County Commission. The Board does hereby respectfully petition and request the County Commission to call an election to: be held on January 11", 2022, in the District to determine whether or not a special district tax of thirty cents on each one hundred dollars (three mills on each dollar) of the assessed value oft the property subject to taxation in the District shall be levied annually for public school purposes within the District, which District includes all of the area lying within the corporate limits oft the City of Daleville, Alabama, fora period of twenty nine (29) consecutive years commencing with the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2022 (for which first tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2023 ); the said levy, ifauthorized, not to operate to increase the presently existing 4 mill district school tax inj the District but to be in continuation oft the 3-mill district school tax now levied in Section 3. Delivery of Request. The Secretary of the Board shall be and hereby is directed and instructed to prepare and deliver a certified copy oft this resolution to the County Commission, accompanied by a written request that the said County Commission call the aforesaid election in the State of Alabama, as follows: the Board has found and does hereby declare as follows: Amendment No. 3 to the Constitution of Alabama ofl 1901. control of the Board. district tax now being levied in the District be renewed and continued. the District. pursuant to the provisions of this resolution." (HERE ENDS THE RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION) 2 Exhibit3 (b). The Commission hereby further finds, determines and declares that said petition complies in all respects with the applicable provisions of Article 9 of Chapter 13 ofTitle 16of the Code ofAlabama (1975), and that the findings set out in Section 1 oft the resolution adopted Section 2. Call of Election. An election shall be and hereby is called to be held in the Daleville City School District in the County (herein called "the District") on January 11, 2022, between the legal hours for holding elections and at the regular voting places in the District, for the purpose of submitting to the electors of the District the question of whether the County shall be authorized to renew and continue the annual levy, for a period of twenty-nine (29) consecutive years beginning with the levy for the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2022 (for which first tax year taxes will become due and payable on October 1, 2023), ofa special ad valorem tax for public school purposes in the District at the rate of3 mills on each dollar oft the assessed value of the taxable property in said District, being the tax that was originally authorized and provided for in Section 2 of Amendment No. 3 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901; it being intended that the said special tax to be voted on at the said election shall constitute a continuance and renewal oft the said tax and shall not constitute an increase in the rate oft taxation presently authorized in Section 3. Voting Plaçes. The said election. herein called shall be held and conducted at the regularly established voting places in the Daleville City School District except as to the casting Section 4. Notice of Election. The sheriff oft the County is hereby directed to give notice of said election in the manner prescribed by law, by publication in The Southern Star, a newspaper published in the County and having general circulation in the Daleville City School District, once a week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date fixed for said election, the first publication of such notice to be at least thirty days before the date oft the said election, and also by posting a written notice ofs said election at three public areas within the Daleville City School District, each of which shall be posted not less than thirty days prior to the date fixed for said election. The said notice to be sO published and posted shall be in substantially the following NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION FOR RENEWAL AND CONTINUATION OF THE Notice is hereby given that the County Commission has called and ordered a special election to be held in the Daleville City School District on January 11th 2022, at which there will be submitted to the qualified electors of said district, for their determination by ballot, the question ofwhether a special district tax of thirty cents on each one hundred dollars (equal to 3 mills on each dollar) oft the assessed value oftaxable property located within the said school district shall be levied for public school purposes for a period of twenty-nine (29) consecutive years commencing with the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2022 (for which first tax year will by the Board are true and correct. the District. ofballots ofabsent voters as hereinafter provided. form: LEVY OF 3-MILL DISTRICT SCHOOLTAXINTHE DALEVILLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 3 Exhibit3 become due and payable on October I, 2023), which levy shall be in continuation oft the 3-mill The boundaries oft the Daleville City School District are coterminous with the corporate school district tax now being levied in the District. limits of the City of Daleville. The said election will be held at the voting places regularly established for Dale County elections in the Daleville City School District between the legal hours for the holding of elections. Sheriff Dale County, Alabama Section 5. Form of Ballot. The form oft the official ballot to be used at said election shall be substantially the following form, except that there shall appear on the envelope accompanying each ballot for absent voters an affidavit substantially equivalent to the applicable form of affidavit prescribed for absent voters by law: 4 E3 OFFICIAL BALLOT DALEVILLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT DALE COUNTY,ALABAMA SPECIAL ELECTION FOR RENEWAL AND CONTINUATION OF LEVY OF 3-MILL Shall the governing body ofDale County, Alabama, be authorized to levy a special district tax of thirty cents on each one hundred dollars (equal to 3 mills on each dollar) oft the assessed value of taxable property located within the Daleville City School District in said County, the area comprising said School District being all ofthe area lying within the corporate limits oft the City of Daleville, Alabama, for public school purposes for a period of twenty-nine (29) consecutive years commencing with the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2022 (for which tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2023), which levy shall be in continuation of the DALEVILLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTTAX, 3-mill school district tax now being levied in the said School District? ) ) FOR proposed taxation AGAINST proposed taxation The voter shall make a cross mark (X) before the proposition that expresses his or her choice. Section 6. Ballots for Absent Voters. The form oft the ballots for absent voters to be cast at the election shall be the same as that provided above except as follows: (a) In lieu ofthe words "Official Ballot" at the heading of the ballot there shall be substituted the words "Official Absentee Ballot"; 5 Exhibiti3 (b) In lieu oft the instructions to voters appearing at the end oft the Official Ballot there shall be substituted the following: Instructions to Voters The voter shall record his or her choice, whether for or against the said special tax, by placing a cross mark before or after the words expressing his or her choice. (c) Each absentee ballot shall be accompanied by an envelope on which there shall be printed an affidavit in the form prescribed by law for absent voters for elections held in this state. Section 7. Conduct of Election. The special election to be held in the District on January 11, 2022, shall be held and the results ofs such election shall be declared in the same manner and by the same officers as the results of regular elections for county officers, under the general election laws ofthe state. Commissioner was seconded by following vote was recorded: Commissioners: fhat said resolution and order be adopted, which motion and, upon said motion being put to vote, the Be ZT YEAS: NAYS: NONL AE 3 The Chairman thereupon declared that said resolution and order together with the preambles thereto, had been adopted. 6 Exhibit3 RESOLUTION OF THE DALEVILLE CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION BE ITI RESOLVED by the Daleville City Board of Education (herein called "the Board"), Section 1. Findings. Preliminary to the adoption of this resolution, the Board has caused an investigation to be made oft the facts set out in the following statements and, on the basis thereof, (a) Dale County (herein called "the County") is currently levying a special district tax for public school purposes at the rate of3 mills on each dollar (thirty cents on each one hundred dollars) of the assessed value of taxable property in the special school district in the County known as the Daleville City School District (herein called "the District") and consisting of all the area lying within the corporate limits of the City of] Daleville, Alabama, which special district tax has been authorized by the electors of the District to be levied annually until and including the levy for the tax year that will begin October 1, 2021 (for which tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2022), being the tax that was originally authorized and provided for in Section 2 of (b) All of the area lying within the Daleville City School District is subject to the jurisdiction and (c) The Board has further determined that it is necessary and desirable that the said special 3-mill Section 2. Petition to County Commission. The Board does hereby respectfully petition and request the County Commission to call an election to be held on January 11", 2022, in the District to determine whether or not a special district tax of thirty cents. on each one hundred dollars (three mills on each dollar) oft the assessed value oft the property subject to taxation in the District shall be levied annually for public school purposes within the District, which District includes all of the area lying within the corporate limits of the City of Daleville, Alabama, for a period of twenty nine (29) consecutive years commencing with the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2022 (for which first tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2023 ); the said levy, ifa authorized, not to operate to increase the presently existing 4 mill district school tax in the District but to be in continuation of the 3-mill district school tax now levied in Section 3. Delivery of Request. The Secretary of the Board shall be and hereby is directed and instructed to prepare and deliver a certified copy of this resolution to the County Commission, accompanied by a written request that the said County Commission call the aforesaid election in the State of Alabama, as follows: the Board has found and does hereby declare as follows: Amendment No. 3 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. control of the Board. district tax now being levied in the District be renewed and continued. the District. pursuant to the provisions ofthis resolution." Exhibit3. Ihereby certify that the foregoing Resolution is a true and correct copy of the Resolution adopted. by the Daleville City Board of Education at its meeting on the 20th day of October, 2021. By: Lisa Stamps Secretary oft the Daleville City Board ofl Education Bhyp Exhibit3. PROCEEDINGS PERTAINING TO THE REQUEST FOR AND CALL OF A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR RENEWAL AND CONTINUATION OF THE LEVY OF THE 4MILL SCHOOL TAXI IN THEI DOTHAN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN DALE COUNTY (Amendment No. 3. Section 2. Constitution of Alabama of1901) The following resolution and order was introduced in writing by Commissioner mbisee! BE IT RESOLVED, ORDERED AND DECREED by the Dale County Commission (herein called "the Commission") as follows: Section 1. Findings. (a) The Commission hereby finds, determines and declares that there has been filed with the Commission the following written request from the Dothan City Board of] Education: TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION: OFDALECOUNTY, ALABAMA: We hereby transmit to and file with you the attached copy of a resolution which was duly adopted. by the Dothan City Board of Education at ai meeting thereofduly convened and held on October 18, 2021. You are hereby requested to call and cause to be held on. January 11, 2022, in the Dothan City School District in Dale County, Alabama, a special election as. set) forth in the said resolution. The boundaries of the Dothan City School District in Dale County encompass all area lying within the corporate limits of the City of Dothan, Alabama, in Dale County. Yours very truly, DOTHANCITY BOARDO OF EDUCATION By /s/ Dennis Coe Its Secretary There was attached to the said request a certified copy of the following resolution: Exhibit3 BE. IT RESOLVED by the Dothan City Board of Education (herein called "the Board", in the State of Alabama, as follows: Section 1. Findings. Preliminary to the adoption ofthis resolution, the Board has caused an investigation to be made ofthe facts set out in the following statements and, on the basis thereof, the. Board. has found and does hereby declare as follows: (a) Dale County (herein called "the County"2 is currently levying a special district tax for public school purposes at the rate of forty cents on each one hundred dollars (or 4 mills on each dollar) oft the assessed value oftaxable property in the special school district in the County known as the Dothan City School District (herein called "Dothan District" and sometimes referred to as District No. 60) and consisting ofo all the area lying within the corporate limits of the City of Dothan in the County, which special district tax has been authorized by the electors ofthe Dothan District to be levied annually until and including the levyfor the tax year that will begin October 1, 2021 (for which tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2022), being the tax that was originally authorized and provided, for in Section 2 of Amendment No. 3 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 and the rate of which was heretofore increased pursuant to proceedings taken under the said Constitution, and that is being levied pursuant to an election held on. January 14, 1992. (b) All the area lying within the Dothan District is subject to the jurisdiction and control ofthe Board. (c) The Board has determined that it is necessary and desirable that the special district tax now being levied in the Dothan District be continued afier the expiration of the period, for which the said tax is currently authorized to be levied. Section 2. Petition to County Commission The Board does hereby respectfully, petition and request the Dale County Commission to call an election to be held on January 11, 2022, in the Dothan District to determine whether or not a special district tax of forty cents on each one hundred dollars (4 mills on each dollar) of the assessed value of the property subject to taxation in the Dothan District shall be levied annually, for public school purposes within the Dothan District for a period of twenty-nine (29) consecutive years commencing with the tax. year that will begin on October 1 2022 (forw which) first tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2023); the said levy, ifauthorized, not to operate to increase the presently existing 4 mill district school tax in the Dothan District but to be in renewal and continuation of the 4 mill district school tax now being levied in the Dothan District. 2 Exhibit3 Section 3. Delivery of Reques!. The Secretary of the Board shall be and hereby is directed and instructed to prepare and deliver a certified copy of this resolution to the Dale County Commission, accompanied by a written request that the said County Commission call the aforesaid election pursuant to the provisions ofthis resolution. (HERE ENDS THE RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION) (b) The Commission hereby further finds, determines and declares that said petition complies in all respects with the applicable provisions of Article 9 of Chapter 13 of'Title 16 of the Code of Alabama 1975, and that the findings set out in Section 1 of the resolution adopted by the Board are true and correct. Section 2. Call of Election. An election shall be and hereby is called to be held in the Dothan School District in the County (herein called "the District") on January 11, 2022, between the legal hours for holding elections and at the regular voting places in the District, for the purpose of submitting to the electors of the District the question of whether the County shall be authorized to renew and continue the annual levy, for a period of twenty-nine (29) consecutive years beginning with the levy for the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2022 (for which first tax year taxes will become due and payable on October 1, 2023), of a special ad valorem tax for public school purposes in the District at the rate of 4 mills on each dollar of the assessed value of the taxable property in said District, being the tax that was originally authorized and provided for in Section 2 of Amendment No. 3 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and the rate of which was heretofore increased pursuant to proceedings taken under the said Constitution; it being intended that the said special tax to be voted on at the said election shall constitute a continuance and renewal of the said tax and shall not constitute an increase in the rate oft taxation presently authorized in the District. Section 3. Voting Places. The said election called shall be held and conducted at the regularly established voting places in the District except as to the casting of ballots of absent voters as hereinafter provided. Section 4. Notice of Election. The sheriff of the County is hereby directed to give notice of said election in the manner prescribed by law, by publication in The Southern Star, ar newspaper published in the County and having general circulation in the District, once a week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date fixed for said election, the first publication of such notice to be at least thirty days before the date of the said election, and also by posting a written notice of said election at three public places within the District, each of which shall be posted not less than thirty days prior to the date fixed for said election. The said notice to be SO published and posted shall be in substantially the following form: 3 Exhibit3 NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION FOR RENEWAL AND CONTINUATION OF THE LEVY OF THE 4MILL DISTRICT SCHOOL TAX IN THE DOTHAN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT INDALE COUNTY (Amendment No. 3, Section 2, Constitution of Alabama of1901) Notice is hereby given that the Dale County Commission has called and ordered a special election to be held in the Dothan City School District on January 11, 2022, at which there will be submitted to the qualified electors of said district, for their determination by ballot, the question of whether a special district tax of forty cents on each one hundred dollars (equal to 4 mills on each dollar) of the assessed value of the taxable property located within the said school district shall be levied for public school purposes for a period of twenty-nine (29) consecutive years commencing with the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2022 (for which first tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2023), which levy shall be in renewal and continuation of the 4 mill school district tax now being levied in the district. The boundaries of the Dothan City School District in Dale County are coterminous with the corporate limits ofthe City of Dothan in Dale County. The said election will be held at the voting places regularly established for County elections in the Dothan City School District between the legal hours for the holding ofelections. Sheriff of Dale County, Alabama Section 5. Form of Ballot. The form of official ballot to be used at said election shall be in substantially the following form, except that there shall appear on the envelope accompanying each ballot for absent voters an affidavit substantially equivalent to the applicable form ofaffidavit prescribed for absent voters by law: 4 Exhibits OFFICIAL BALLOT DOTHAN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT DALE COUNTY, ALABAMA SPECIAL ELECTION FORI RENEWAL AND CONTINUATION OF THE LEVY OF THE 41 MILL SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX (Amendment No. 3, Section 2, Constitution of Alabama of 1901) January 11, 2022 Shall the governing body of Dale County, Alabama, be authorized to levy as special district tax of forty cents on each one hundred dollars (equal to 4 mills on each dollar) of the assessed value of the taxable property located within the Dothan City School District in said county, the area comprising the said district being all the area lying within the corporate limits of the City of Dothan in Dale County, for public school purposes for a period of twenty-nine (29) consecutive years commencing with the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2022 (for which tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2023), which levy shall be in renewal and continuation of the 4 mill school district tax now being levied in the said school district? ) ) FOR proposed taxation AGAINST proposed taxation The voter shall make a cross mark (X) before the proposition that expresses his or her choice. Section 6. Ballots for Absent Voters. The form of the ballots for absent voters to be cast at the election shall be the same as that provided above except as follows: (a) In lieu of the words "Official Ballot" at the heading of the ballot there shall be substituted the words "Official Absentee Ballot"; 5 Exhibit3 (b) In lieu of the instructions to. voters appearing at the end of the Official Ballot there shall be substituted the following: Instructions to Voters The voter shall record his or her choice, whether for or against the said special tax, by placing a cross mark before or after the words expressing his or her choice. (c) Each absentee ballot shall be accompanied by an envelope on. which there shall be printed an affidavit in the form prescribed by law for absent voters for elections held in this state. Section 7. Conduct of] Election. The special election to be held in the District on January 11, 2022, shall be held and the results of such election shall be declared in the same manner and by the same officers as the results of regular elections for county officers, under the general election laws oft the state. Commissioner Grefhan moved that said resolution and order be adopted, which motion was seconded by Commissioner Carll and, upon said motion being put to vote, the following vote was recorded: YEAS: NAYS: NONE Canl Gmsfin & Cnnipiber Comissawer Cemmissioer Coomisisuer The chairman thereupon declared that the said motion for the adoption of said resolution and order had been unanimously adopted. 6 Exhibit3 BE IT RESOLVED by the Dothan City Board of Education (herein called "the Board"), in the State of Alabama, as follows: Section 1. Findings. Preliminary to the adoption of this resolution, the Board has caused an investigation to be made oft the facts set out in the following statements and, on the basis thereof, the Board has found and does hereby declare as follows: (a) Dale County (herein called "the County") is currently levying a special district tax for public school purposes at the rate of forty cents on each one hundred dollars (or 4 mills on each dollar) ofthe assessed value oftaxable property int the special school district int the County known as the Dothan City School District (herein called "Dothan District" and sometimes referred to as District No. 60) and consisting of all the area lying within the corporate limits oft the City ofl Dothan in the County, which special district tax has been authorized by the electors of the Dothan District to be levied annually until and including the levy for the tax year that will begin October 1, 2021 (for which tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2022), being the tax that was originally authorized and provided for in Section 2 of Amendment No. 3 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 and the rate of which was heretofore increased pursuant to proceedings taken under the said Constitution, and that is being levied pursuant to an election held on January 14, 1992. (b) All the area lying within the Dothan District is subject to the jurisdiction and control ofthe Board. (c) The Board has determined that it is necessary and desirable that the special district tax now being levied in the Dothan District be continued after the expiration ofthe period for which the said tax is currently authorized to be levied. Section 2. Petition to County Commission. The Board does hereby respectfully petition and request the Dale County Commission to call an election to be held on January 11, 2022, in the Dothan District to determine whether or not a special district tax of forty cents on each one hundred dollars (4 mills on each dollar) of the assessed value of the property subject to taxation in the Dothan District shall be levied annually for public school purposes within the Dothan District for a period of twenty-nine (29) consecutive years commencing with the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2022 (for which first tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2023); the said levy, ifauthorized, not to operate to increase the presently existing 4 mill district school tax in the Dothan District but to be in renewal and continuation of the 4 mill district school tax now being levied in the Dothan District. Exhibit3 Section 3. DeliveryofRequest The Secretary ofthe Board shall be and hereby is directed and instructed to prepare and deliver a certified copy of this resolution to the Dale County Commission, accompanied by a written request that the said County Commission call the aforesaid election pursuant to the provisions oft this resolution. Approved by the Dothan City Board of Education on October 18, 2021. D: DeknisR. Coe, Ed.D. Superintendent Exhibit3 PROCEEDINGS PERTAINING TOTHE REQUEST FOR AND CALL OF A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR RENEWAL AND CONTINUATION OF THE LEVY OF THE 4MILL SCHOOL TAX IN THE ENTERPRISE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT! INI DALE COUNTY (Amendment No. 3. Section 2. Constitution of Alabama of 1901) The following resolution and order was introduced in writing by Commissioner Meliswal BE IT RESOLVED, ORDERED AND DECREED by the Dale County Commission (herein called "the Commission"): as follows: Section 1. Findings. (a) The Commission hereby finds, determines and declares that there has been filed with the Commission the following written request from the Enterprise City Board of Education: TOTHE COUNTY COMMISSION OF DALE COUNTY, ALABAMA: We hereby transmit to and. file with you the attached copy ofa resolution which was duly adopted by the Enterprise City Board of Education at a meeting thereof duly convened and held on dckber19, 2021. You are hereby requested to call and cause to be held on January 11, 2022, in the Enterprise City School District in Dale County, Alabama, a special election as setforth in the said resolution. The boundaries of the Enterprise City School District in Dale Counly encompass all area lying within the corporate limits of the City of Enterprise, Alabama, in Dale County. Yours very truly, ENTERPRISE CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION By /s/ Zel Thomas Its Secretary There was attached to the said request a certified copy oft the following resolution: Exhibit3 BE IT RESOLVED by the Enterprise Cily Board of Education (herein called "the Board"), in the State ofAlabama, as follows: Section 1. Findings. Preliminary to the adoption oft this resolution, the Board has caused an investigation to be made ofthe facts set out in the following statements and, on the basis thereof, the Board. has found and does hereby declare as follows: (a) Dale County (herein called "the County"? is currently levying a special district tax for public school purposes at the rate offorty cents on each one hundred dollars (or 4 mills on each dollar) of the assessed value of taxable property in the special school district in the County known as the Enterprise City School District (herein called "Enterprise District" and sometimes referred to as District No. 48) and consisting ofall the area lying within the corporate limits of the City of Enterprise in the County, which special district tax has been authorized by the electors of the Enterprise District to be levied annually until and including the levy. for the tax year that will begin October 1, 2021 (for which tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2022), being the tax that was originally authorized. and provided for in Section 2 ofAmendment No. 3 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 and the rate of which was heretofore increased pursuant to proceedings taken under the said Constitution, and that is being levied pursuant to an election held on. January 14, 1992. (b) AII the area lying within the Enterprise District is subject to the jurisdiction and control of the Board. (c) The Board has determined that it is necessary and desirable that the special district tax now being levied in the Enterprise District be continued after the expiration of the period for which the said tax is currently authorized. to be levied. Section 2. Petition to County Commission The Board does hereby respectfully petition and request the Dale County Commission to call an election to be held on January 11, 2022, in the Enterprise District to determine whether or not a special district tax of forty cents on each one hundred dollars (4 mills on each dollar) of the assessed value of the property subject to taxation in the Enterprise District shall be levied annually. for public school purposes within the Enterprise District for a period of twenty-nine (29) consecutive years commencing with the tax year that will begin on October 1 2022 (for which first tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1 2023); the said levy, ifauthorized, not to operate to increase the presently existing 4 mill district school tax in the Enterprise District but to be in renewal and continuation of the 4 mill district school tax now being levied in the Enterprise District. 2 Exhibit3 Section 3. Delivery of Request. The Secretary of the Board shall be and hereby is directed and instructed toj prepare and deliver a certified copy ofthis resolution to the Dale County Commission, accompanied by a written request that the said County Commission call the aforesaid election pursuant to the provisions ofthis resolution. (HERE. ENDS THE RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION) (b) The Commission hereby further finds, determines and declares that said petition complies in all respects with the applicable provisions of Article 9 ofChapter 13 ofTitle 16 of the Code of Alabama 1975, and that the findings set out in Section 1 of the resolution adopted by the Board are true and correct. Section 2. Call of Election. An election shall be and hereby is called to be held in the Enterprise School District in the County (herein called "the District") on January 11, 2022, between the legal hours for holding elections and at the regular voting places in the District, for the purpose of submitting to the electors of the District the question of whether the County shall be authorized to renew and continue the annual levy, for a period of twenty-nine (29) consecutive years beginning with the levy for the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2022 (for which first tax year taxes will become due and payable on October 1, 2023), of a special ad valorem tax for public school purposes in the District at the rate of 4 mills on each dollar of the assessed value of the taxable property in said District, being the tax that was originally authorized and provided for in Section 2 of Amendment No. 3 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and the rate of which was heretofore increased pursuant to proceedings taken under the said Constitution; it being intended that the said special tax to be voted on at the said election shall constitute a continuance and renewal of the said tax and shall not constitute an increase inj the rate oftaxation presently authorized in the District. Section 3. Voting Places. The said election called shall be held and conducted at the regularly established voting places in the District except as to the casting of ballots of absent voters as hereinafter provided. Section 4. Notice of Election. The sheriff of the County is hereby directed to give notice ofs said election in the manner prescribed by law, by publication in The Southern Star, al newspaper published in the County and having general circulation in the District, once. a week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date fixed for said election, the first publication of such notice to be at least thirty days before the date of the said election, and also by posting a written notice of said election at three public places within the District, each of which shall be posted not less than thirty days prior to the date fixed for said election. The said notice to be sO published and posted shall be in substantially the following form: 3 Exhibit. 3 NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION FOR RENEWAL AND CONTINUATION OF THE: LEVY OF THE 4 MILL DISTRICT SCHOOL TAXI IN THE ENTERPRISE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN DALE COUNTY (Amendment No. 3, Section 2, Constitution of Alabama of 1901) Notice is hereby given that the Dale County Commission has called and ordered a special election to be held in the Enterprise City School District on January 11, 2022, at which there will be submitted to the qualified electors of said district, for their determination by ballot, the question of whether a special district tax of forty cents on each one hundred dollars (equal to 4 mills on each dollar) of the assessed value of the taxable property located within the said school district shall be levied for public school purposes for a period of twenty-nine (29) consecutive years commencing with the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2022 (for which first tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2023), which levy shall be in renewal and continuation of the 4 mill school district tax now being levied in the district. The boundaries of the Enterprise City School District in Dale County are coterminous with the corporate limits of the City of Enterprise in Dale County. The said election will be held at the voting places regularly established for County elections in the Enterprise City School District between the legal hours for the holding of elections. Sheriff of Dale County, Alabama Section 5. Form of Ballot. The form of official ballot to be used at said election shall be in substantially the following form, except that there shall appear on the envelope accompanying each ballot for absent voters an affidavit substantially equivalent to the applicable form ofaffidavit prescribed for absent voters by law: 4 Exhibit. 3 OFFICIAL BALLOT ENTERPRISE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT DALE COUNTY, ALABAMA SPECIAL ELECTION FOR RENEWAL AND CONTINUATION OF THE LEVY OF THE 4MILL SCHOOL DISTRICTTAX (Amendment No. 3, Section 2, Constitution of Alabama of 1901) January 11, 2 2022 Shall the governing body of Dale County, Alabama, be authorized to levy as special district tax of forty cents on each one hundred dollars (equal to 4 mills on each dollar) of the assessed value of the taxable property located within the Enterprise City School District in said county, the area. comprising the said district being all the area lying within the corporate limits of the City of Enterprise in Dale County, for public school purposes for aj period oftwenty-nine (29) consecutive years commencing with the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2022 (for which tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2023), which levy shall be in renewal and continuation of the 4 mill school district tax now being levied in the said school district? ) ) FOR proposed taxation AGAINST proposed taxation The voter shall make a cross mark (X) before the proposition that expresses his or her choice. Section 6. Ballots for Absent Voters. The form of the ballots for absent voters to be cast at the election shall be the same as that provided above except as follows: (a) In lieu of the words "Official Ballot" at the heading of the ballot there shall be substituted the words "Official Absentee Ballot"; 5 Exhibit3 (b) In lieu of the instructions to voters appearing at the end of the Official Ballot there shall be substituted the following: Instructions to Voters The voter shall record his or her choice, whether for or against the said special tax, by placing a cross mark before or after the words expressing his or her choice. (c) Each absentee ballot shall be accompanied by an envelope on which there shall be printed an affidavit in the form prescribed by law for absent voters for elections held in this state. Section 7. Conduct of] Election. The special election to be held in the District on January 11, 2022, shall be held and the results of such election shall be declared in the same manner and by the same officers as the results of regular elections for county officers, under the general election laws of the state. Commissioner (sky moved that said resolution and order be adopted, which motion was seconded by Commisioeocnatho and, upon said motion being put to vote, the following vote was recorded: YEAS: NAYS: NONE Camll Gmsthian Sh Cimmbsier Commissiner Commssibwer Comaissiver The chairman thereupon declared that the said motion for the adoption of said resolution and order had been unanimously adopted. 6 Exhibit3 3 BEI IT RESOLVED by the Enterprise City Board of Education (herein called "the Board"), in the State of Alabama, as follows: Section 1. Findings. Preliminary to the adoption oft this resolution, the Board has caused an investigation to be made of the facts set out in the following statements and, on the basis thereof, the Board has found and does hereby declare as follows: (a) Dale County (herein called "the County") is currently levying a special district tax for public school purposes at the rate of forty cents on each one hundred dollars (or 4 mills on each dollar) ofthe assessed value oftaxable propertyi in the special school district in the County known as the Enterprise City School District (herein called "Enterprise District" and sometimes referred to as District No. 48) and consisting of all the area lying within the corporate limits ofthe City of Enterprise in the County, which special district tax has been authorized by the electors ofthe Enterprise District to bel levied annually until and including the levy for the tax year that will begin October 1, 2021 (for which tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2022), being the tax that was originally authorized and provided fori in Section 2 of Amendment No. 3 to the Constitution of Alabama of1901 and the rate of which was heretofore increased pursuant to proceedings taken under the said Constitution, and that is being levied pursuant to an election held on January 14, 1992. (b). All the area lying within the Enterprise District is subject to the jurisdiction and control ofthe Board. (c) The Board has determined that it is necessary and desirable that the special district tax now being levied in the Enterprise District be continued after the expiration of the period for which the said tax is currently authorized tol be levied. Section 2. Petition to County Commission. The Board does hereby respectfully petition and request the Dale County Commission to call an election to be held on January 11, 2022, in the Enterprise District to determine whether or not a special district tax of forty cents on each one hundred dollars (4 mills on each dollar) of the assessed value oft the property subject to taxation in the Enterprise District shall be levied annually for public school purposes within the Enterprise District for a period of twenty-nine (29) consecutive years commencing with the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2022 (for which first tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2023); the: said levy, ifauthorized, not to operate to increase the presently existing 4 mill district school tax in the Enterprise District but to bei ini renewal and continuation ofthe4 41 mill district school tax now being levied in the Enterprise District. Section 3. DeliveryofRequest The Secretaryofthel Board shall be and hereby is directed and instructed to prepare and deliver a certified copy of this resolution to the Dale County Commission, accompanied by a written request that the said County Commission call the aforesaid election pursuant to the provisions oft this resolution. Exhibit3 Ihereby certify that the foregoing Resolution isa true and correct copy oft the Resolution adopted by the Enterprise City Board of Education at its meeting on the 19th day of October, 2021. By: Dr. Zel7 Secretary oft the Enterprise Qty Board of Education aes Exhibit3 RESOLUTION OF THE DALE COUNTY COMMISSION BEITRESOLVED, ORDERED and DECREED by the Dale County Commission (herein called "the Commission"): in the State of Alabama as follows: Section 1. Findings. (a) The Commission hereby finds, determines, and declares that there has been filed with the Commission the following written request from the Ozark City Board of Education (herein TOCOUNTY COMMISSION: We hereby transmit to and file with you the attached copy ofa resolution which was duly adopted by the Ozark City Board of Education at a meeting thereof duly convened and held on September 16th, 2021. You are. hereby requested to call and cause to be held on January 11,2 2022, in the Ozark City School District in Dale County, Alabama, a special election as set forth in the said resolution. The boundaries oft the district in which it is proposed tol levy the tax referred to in the said resolution are coterminous with the boundaries of called "the Board"): the City of Ozark, Alabama, as set forth in the said resolution. Yours very truly, OZARK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION By Reeivice Girtman Board Secretary There was attached to the said request a certified copy of the: following resolution: "STATE OF ALABAMA DALE COUNTY CITY OF OZARK RESOLUTION OF THE OZARK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION BEITRESOLVED by the Ozark City Board of Education (herein called "the Board"), in the State of Alabama, as follows: Section 1. Findings. Preliminary to the adoption oft this resolution, the Board has caused an investigation to be made of the facts set out in the following statements and, on the basis thereof, (a) The County is currently levying a special district tax for public school purposes at the rate of 41 mills on each dollar (forty cents on each one hundred dollars) oft the assessed value oft taxable property in the special school district in the County known as the Ozark City School District the Board has found and does hereby declare as follows: Exhibit3 (herein called "the district") and consisting of all the area lying within the corporate limits oft the City of Ozark. The said tax was originally authorized to be levied at the rate of three mills on each dollar pursuant to an election held in the District on January 14th, 1992, under Amendment No. 3 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901; the rate oflevy has been increased by proceedings taken by the County Commission under. Amendment Nos. 325 and 373 to the Constitution of (b). All oft the area lying within the Ozark District is subject to thej jurisdiction and control ofthe (c) The Board has further determined that it is necessary and desirable that the said special 4-mill Section 2. Petition to County Commission. The Board does hereby respectfully petition and request the County Commission to call an election to be held on January 11th, 2022, in the District to determine whether or not a special district tax of forty cents on each one hundred dollars (four mills on each dollar) oft the assessed value oft the property subject to taxation ini the District shall be levied annually for public school purposes within the. District, which District includes all oft the areal lying within the corporate limits oft the City of Ozark, Alabama, for a period of29 consecutive years commencing with the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2022 (for which first tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2023); the said levy, ifauthorized, to be in continuation oft the 4-mill district school tax now levied in the District. Section 3. Delivery of Request. The Secretary oft the Board shall be and hereby is directed and instructed to prepare and deliver a certified copy ofthis resolution to the Dale County Commission accompanied by a written request that the said County Commission call the Alabama of1901. Board. district tax now being levied in the district be renewed and continued. aforesaid election pursuant to the provisions oft this resolution." (b) The Commission finds, determines, and declares that the said request complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of Article 9 of Chapter 13 ofTitle 16ofthe Code of Alabama of 1975, and that the findings set out in Section 1 ofthei resolution adopted by the Board are true and correct. Section 2. Call of Election. An election shall be and hereby is called to be held in the Ozark City School District on January 11th, 2022, between the legal hours for the holding of elections, and at the regular voting places ini the said district, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors oft the said district the question of whether a special district tax of forty cents on each one hundred dollars (equal to four mills on each dollar) of the assessed value oft taxable property located within the said school district shall be levied for public school purposes for aj period of29 consecutive years commencing with the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2022 (for which first tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2023), which levy shall bei in continuation of the 4- mill district tax now being levied in the School District. 2 Exhibit3 Section 3. Voting Places. The: said election herein called shall bel held and conducted at the regularly established voting places in the Ozark City School District except as to the casting ofballots of absent voters as hereinafter provided. Section 4. Notice of Election. The sheriff oft the County is hereby directed to give notice ofs said election in the manner prescribed by law, by publication in The Southern Star, ai newspaper published in the County and having general circulation in the Ozark City School District, once a week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date fixed for said election, the first publication of such notice to be at least thirty days before the date oft the said election, and also by posting a written notice of said election at three public areas within the School District, each ofwhich shall be posted not less than thirty days prior to the date fixed for said election. The said notice to be SO published NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION FOR RENEWAL AND CONTINUATION OF THE and posted shall bei in substantially the following form: LEVY OF FOUR-MILL DISTRICT SCHOOL TAX Notice is hereby given that the Dale County Commission has called and ordered a special election to be held in the Ozark City School District on January 11"h, 2022, at which there will be submitted toi the qualified electors ofs said district, for their determination by ballot, the question ofv whether a special district tax of forty cents on each one hundred dollars (equal to four mills on each dollar) oft the assessed value oft taxable property located within the said school district shall be levied for public school purposes for aj period of29 consecutive years commencing with the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2022 (for which first tax year will become due and payable on October 1, 2023), which levy shall be in continuation of the 4-mill school district tax now being levied in the District. The boundaries ofthe said school district are as follows: All the area lying within the corporate limits oft the City of Ozark, Alabama The said election will be held at the voting places regularly established for County elections in the School District between the legal hours for the holding of elections. Sheriff ofl Dale County, Alabama Section 5. Form of Ballot. The form oft the official ballot to be used at said election shall be substantially the following form, except that there shall appear on the envelope accompanying each ballot for absent voters an affidavit substantially equivalent to the applicable form ofaffidavit prescribed for absent voters by law: 3 Exhibit3 OFFICIAL BALLOT OZARK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT DALE COUNTY,ALABAMA SPECIAL ELECTION FOR RENEWAL AND CONTINUATION OF LEVY OF Shall the governing body of County, Alabama, be authorized to levy a special district tax of forty cents on each one hundred dollars (equal to four mills on each dollar) of the assessed value oftaxable property located within the School District in said County, the area comprising said School District being the entire corporate limits oft the City of Ozark, Alabama, for public school purposes for aj period of29 consecutive years commencing with the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2022 (for which tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2023), which levy shall be in continuation oft the four-mill school district tax now being levied in FOUR-MILL SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX the said School District? FOR proposed taxation AGAINST proposed taxation The voter shall make aj mark (X) before the proposition that expresses his or her choice. Section 6. Ballots for Absent Voters. The form of the ballots for absent voters to be cast at the election shall be the same as that provided above except as follows: (a) In lieu of the words "Official Ballot" at the heading of the ballot there shall be substituted the words "Official Absentee Ballot"; (b) In lieu of the instructions to voters appearing at the end of the Official Ballot there shall be substituted the following: Instructions to Voters The voter shall record his or her choice, whether for or against the said special tax, by placing a cross mark before or after the words expressing his or her choice. 4 Exhibit3 (c) Each absentee ballot shall be accompanied by an envelope on which there shall be printed an affidavit in the form prescribed by law for absent voters for elections held int this state. Section 7. Election Officers. The special election to be held in the County on January 11,2022, shall bel held and the resultsofsuch election shall be declared int the same manner and by the same officers as the results of regular elections for county officers, under the general election laws of the state. Commissioner Carll moved that said resolution and order be adopted, which motion was seconded by Commissioner the following vote was recorded: and, upon said motion being put to vote, Garf YEAS: NAYS: NONE Commissioners: & The chairman thereupon declared that the said resolution and order, together with the preambles thereto, had been adopted. 5 Exhibit3 STATE OF ALABAMA DALE COUNTY CITY OF OZARK RESOLUTION OF THE OZARK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION BE ITI RESOLVED by the Ozark City Board of Education (herein called "the Board"), in Section 1.1 Findings. Preliminary to the adoption ofthis resolution, the Board has caused an investigation to be made oft the facts set out ini the following statements and, on the basis thereof, (a) The County is currently levying a special district tax for public school purposes at the rate of 4 mills on each dollar (forty cents on each one hundred dollars) oft the assessed value of taxable property in the special school district in the County known as the Ozark City School District (herein called "the district") and consisting of all the area lying within the corporate limits of the City ofOzark. The said tax was originally authorized to be levied at the rate oft three mills on each dollar pursuant to an election held in the District on January 14th, 1992, under Amendment No. 3 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901; the rate oflevy has been increased by proceedings taken by the County Commission under Amendment Nos. 325 and 373 to the Constitution of (b). All oft the area lying within the Ozark District is subject to the jurisdiction and control oft the (c) The Board has further determined that it is necessary and desirable that the said special 4-mill Section 2. Petition to County Commission. The Board does hereby respectfully petition and request the County Commission to call an election to be held on January 11"h, 2022, in the District to determine whether or not a special district tax of forty cents on each one hundred dollars (four mills on each dollar) of the assessed value of the property subject to taxation in the District shall be levied annually for public school purposes within the District, which District includes all oft the area lying within the corporate limits ofthe City of Ozark, Alabama, fora period of29 consecutive years commencing with the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2022 (for which first tax year the tax will become due and payable on October 1, 2023 ); the said levy, ifauthorized, to be in continuation of the 4-mill district school tax now levied in the District. Section 3. Delivery of Request. The Secretary oft the Board shall be and hereby is directed and instructed to prepare and deliver a certified copy oft this resolution to the Dale County Commission accompanied by a written request that the said County Commission call the the State of Alabama, as follows: the Board has found and does hereby declare as follows: Alabama of1901. Board. district tax now being levied in the district be renewed and continued. aforesaid election pursuant to the provisions oft this resolution. Exhibit3 The above Resolution was duly and unanimously adopted at a regular meeting oft the Ozark City School Board on September 16th, 2021. Chairman OCBE dhL Attest: Secretary SEAL 36a