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MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
Mayor & City Council
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
October 8, 2003
SUB J:
Visitor Presentation, Superintendent Bev Stofferahn, School
District 112 Referendum
Bev Stofferahn, School District 112 Superintendent, has requested time during
Visitor Presentations to give an overview of the upcoming school referendum.
Attached is a sample ballot with the questions that will be presented to the
public for their consideration on November 4. No specific action is required on
this item.
ATTACHMENT
1. School District 112 Referendum Ballot
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SCHOOL DISTRICT QUESTION BALLOT
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 112
SPECIAL ELECTION
NOVEMBER 4, 2003
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS
To vote, completely fill in the oval(s) next to your choice(s) like this:
To vote for a question, fill in the oval next to the word "YES" for that question.
To vote against a question, fill in the oval next to the word "NO" for that question.
SCHOOL DISTRICT BALLOT QUESTION 1
REVOCATION OF EXISTING
REFERENDUM REVENUE AUTHORIZATION;
APPROVAL OF NEW AUTHORIZATION
The school board of Independent School District No. 112 has proposed to revoke its
existing referendum revenue authorization of $496.08 per resident marginal cost pupil
unit and to replace that authorization with a new authorization that would increase its
general education revenue by $619.79 per resident marginal cost pupil unit. The
additional revenue will be used to finance school operations. The property tax portion
of the additional revenue will require an estimated referendum tax rate of
approximately .121364% of the referendum market value of the school district for
taxes payable in 2004, the first year the new authorization would be levied. The
proposed new referendum revenue authorization would be applicable for ten years
unless otherwise revoked or reduced as provided by law.
~) YES
(~) NO
Shall the school district's existing referendum revenue authorization be
revoked and the increase in the revenue proposed by the board of
Independent School District No. 112 be approved?
BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU
ARE VOTING FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.
SCHOOL DISTRICT BALLOT QUESTION 2
APPROVAL OF SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND ISSUE
YES
so
If Ballot Question 3 below is approved, shall the school board of
Independent School District No. 112 be authorized to issue its general
obligation school building bonds in an amount not to exceed $54,750,000
to provide funds for the acquisition and betterment of school sites and
facilities, including the construction and equipping of a new elementary
school facility to be located in Victoria; the construction and equipping of
an addition to the Chaska High School facility; the construction of water
quality and air quality improvements to the Chaska Middle School West
facility; the purchase of land for a future secondary school site; the repair
and construction of improvements to various school district facilities; and
the acquisition and installation of improved technology and technology
systems and infrastructure in various school district facilities?
BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU
ARE VOTING FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.
SCHOOL DISTRICT BALLOT QUESTION 3
APPROVAL OF NEW REFERENDUM REVENUE
AUTHORIZATION TO OPERATE NEW SCHOOLS
The school board of Independent School District No. 112 has proposed to increase its
general education revenue by $148.45 per resident marginal cost pupil unit. The
additional revenue will be used to finance school operations and the property tax portion
thereof will require an estimated referendum tax rate of approximately .041017% of the
referendum market value of the school district for taxes payable in 2004, the first year it
is to be levied. The proposed referendum revenue authorization would be applicable for
ten years unless otherwise revoked or reduced as provided by law. This question must be
approved by the voters for Ballot Question 2 above to pass.
YES
No
Shall the increase in the revenue proposed by the board of
Independent School District No. 112 be approved?
BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU
ARE VOTING FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.