Alanson School District Bond Measure (May 2010)
There was a Alanson School District Bond Measure on the May 4 ballot in Emmet County for voters in the Alanson school district.
This measure was approved
- YES 152 (64.68%)
- NO 83 (35.32%)[1]
This measure sought to create a bond in the amount of $960,000 in order to help with furnishing, remodeling and upgrading technology at the various school buildings in the district.[2] The bond will add a $.35 tax, per $100 of assessed property value, to local property taxes which will amount to an average of $17.50 a year in additional taxes for local residents. The school superintendent noted that fixing the leaking roofs at one school and technology upgrades are important to the student's education.[3]
Text of Measure
The text of the measure reads as follows:
ALANSON SCHOOL DISTRICT
BONDING PROPOSAL
Shall Alanson Public Schools, Emmet County, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Nine Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($960,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefore, for the purpose of: partially remodeling, furnishing and refurnishing, equipping and re-equipping the Alanson Public School building; acquiring, installing and equipping technology; purchasing school buses; and developing andimproving the site?[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ Emmet County Election Information, Unofficial May Election Results
- ↑ Michigan State Treasure Qualified School Bond Elections
- ↑ Petoskey News-Review, "Alanson voters to decide school bond proposal, renewal and board members," May 2, 2010 (dead link)
- ↑ Emmet County Elections, May Sample Ballot, pg. 11
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