I, Joyce White, Returning Officer, declare that the results following the ballot on the proposed bid for a Business Improvement District for the Vale of Leven Industrial Estate are as follows:
1) Number of valid votes cast in the ballot: 54
2) The aggregate rateable value of each relevant property in respect of which a person voted in the ballot: £853,950
3) The total number of votes cast in favour of the question asked in the ballot: 47
4) The total number of votes cast against the question asked in the Ballot: 7
5) The aggregate rateable value of each relevant property in respect of which a person voting in the ballot has voted in favour of the question: £793550
6) The aggregate rateable value of each relevant property in respect of which a person voting in the ballot has voted against the question: £60,400
Out of a total 45 persons issued with a ballot, 27 persons voted, which equates to a 60% return rate.
The aggregate rateable value of all yes voters and no voters as expressed as a percentage of all personas entitled to vote: 69.71%
Number of rejected votes: 2 Total Rateable value: £7,600
Joyce White
Returning Officer
24 June 2014