The counting of absentee ballots left the Fresno Unified School District's
bond referendum with 63.8 percent of the vote, shy of the two - thirds majority required.
Let's go to the people of this state, let's be bold, let's go to them in November with
a bond referendum with a smart schools initiative lets invest $ 2 billion in providing the technology of tomorrow today to bring our classrooms up to speed.
Not exact matches
The Park Board voted last week to hold a
referendum asking voters to approve a $ 6 million
bond issue to pay the district's share of a building to be constructed in partnership
with Joliet - based Provena St. Joseph Medical Center.
«We have an opportunity, if voters in town agree
with the
referendum, to have new debt in place
with a minimal impact to residents,» said Wilson, adding that
with currently low interest rates, residents likely would see no tax increase during the first five years of the 15 - year
bond sale and a minimal increase for the following 10 years.
In December of 1972 the vote went against the Park District's
referendum to issue $ 2,550,000 in general obligation
bonds for park improvement and development including the construction of a fieldhouse at Dryden Park, land acquisition, the construction of a north side maintenance garage, and the construction of an indoor ice rink complex along
with increasing the corporate tax rate by.025 %.
The
referendum will seek $ 115 Million in funding for three school construction projects, major renovations and repairs, continuation of CCSD's National award - winning technology program, replacement of aging school buses, land acquisition
with a focus on a solution for Cherokee High School overcrowding and, «the No. 1 priority»: continued retirement of
bond debt from the last 15 years of construction projects.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo this year is backing a $ 2 billion clean water act,
with the money likely be raised through
bonding, which would require a voting
referendum.
Public authorities, run by his appointees, can borrow
with state taxpayers» backing without requiring voter approval, as when the state holds a
referendum for a major
bond act for transportation or environmental projects.
If enough valid signatures were collected for a
referendum, one of the town attorney's recommendations was to rescind it and adopt another
bond with a five - year payback that is not subject to a
referendum.
For this reason, School Districts and their private sector partners spend a lot of time engaging
with the local community within a District in the run - up to the
Bond Programme
referendum.
This helps you connect
with members of the community who do not have children in your school and are otherwise not engaged, but may be asked to support your school (for example, by voting for a
bond referendum).
District 191 voters approved a building
bond referendum in February 2015 to finance the project, along
with a $ 2.5 million per year levy for instructional technology.