On the horizon are two school
construction bond referenda.
Their platform also calls for a statewide $ 1.9 billion school
construction bond referendum placed on the ballot.
Not exact matches
The outcome was the successful 1975 «Save The Parks»
referendum which authorized the Park District to increase the corporate tax rate from.125 % to.175 %, increase the recreation tax rate from.075 % to.12 %, and issue $ 537,000 in
bonds for deferred maintenance projects and
construction of a maintenance garage at Frontier Park.
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 %.
FRANKFORT — Summit Hill School District 161 board members approved the sale of $ 16.4 million in
construction and renovation
bonds this week, a move made possible by passage of a $ 23.9
referendum proposal in April for school
construction and renovation.
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.
Warren led a petition drive in March that was going to force a public vote on borrowing for the
construction of the new building, but the board withdrew the
bond resolution and is borrowing a lesser amount that does not require a public
referendum.
Historically, the state has passed a
bond referendum every 10 years for school capital
construction.
HISTORY In 2002, voters in Washoe County passed a
referendum to fund the
construction of a new Regional Animal Service facility through a 30 year
bond, levied by a 3 % property tax increase.