On April 14, the Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency (SBFCA) Board of Directors authorized the balloting process. Property owners will receive their ballots by mail on or about May 13.

• Property owners will have until June 30 to return ballots by mail. Ballots must be received by the close of the public hearing on June 30 to be counted.
• Property owners can also submit their ballots at a public hearing at 6 p.m., Wednesday, June 30 at the Veteran’s Hall, 1425 Veteran’s Memorial Circle, Yuba City.
• Votes are weighted by the amount of the proposed assessment (one vote for every dollar of the proposed assessment).
• To pass, the assessment must receive more than 50 percent of the weighted vote for all ballots returned. 
• Ballots will be counted the week of July 5, and results announced at SBFCA’s Special Board Meeting at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 14, at the Superintendent of Schools Training Center, 1699 Sierra Avenue, Yuba City.
• If approved by property owners, and then imposed by the SBFCA Board, the assessments would appear on property tax bills in October 2010.