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Coon Rapids-Bayard Election Results Tuesday, Sept. 14

Coon Rapids-Bayard Community School District:

Proposition A

SHALL THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC MEASURE BE ADOPTED?
Shall the Board of Directors of the Coon Rapids-Bayard Community School District, in the Counties of Audubon, Carroll,
Greene and Guthrie, State of Iowa, for the purpose of purchasing and improving grounds: constructing schoolhouses or
buildings and opening roads to schoolhouses or buildings; purchasing of buildings; purchase, lease or lease-purchase of
technology and equipment; paying debts contracted for the erection or construction of schoolhouses or buildings, not including
interest on bonds; procuring or acquisition of libraries; repairing, remodeling, reconstructing, improving, or expanding the
schoolhouses or buildings and additions to existing schoolhouses; expenditures for energy conservation; renting facilities under
Iowa Code Chapter 28E; purchasing transportation equipment for transporting students; lease purchase option agreements for
school buildings or equipment; purchasing equipment authorized by law; or for any purpose or purposes now or hereafter
authorized by law, be authorized for a period of ten (10) years, to levy annually, a voter-approved physical plant and equipment
property tax not to exceed One Dollar Thirty-Four Cents ($1.34) per One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) of the assessed valuation
of the taxable property within the school district commencing with the levy for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023,
or each year thereafter?

 

Proposition B

SHALL THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC MEASURE BE ADOPTED?
Summary: To adopt a Revenue Purpose Statement specifying the use of revenues the Coon Rapids-Bayard Community
School District will receive from the State of Iowa Secure an Advanced Vision for Education Fund.
In the Coon Rapids-Bayard Community School District, the following Revenue Purpose Statement which specifies the use of
revenues the Coon Rapids-Bayard Community School District will receive from the State of Iowa Secure an Advanced Vision
for Education Fund shall be adopted.
To provide funds to acquire or install information technology infrastructure (including improving buildings or sites for the
purpose of accessing broadband digital telecommunications) and school safety and security infrastructure.
To provide funds to build and furnish a new school building or buildings; to build and furnish addition(s) to school buildings in
the District; to remodel, reconstruct, repair, expand, and improve the school buildings in the District; to purchase and improve
grounds; for demolition work; to furnish and equip district facilities.
To provide funds for the purchase, lease or lease-purchase of buildings, equipment (including transportation and recreation
equipment), or technology and to repair transportation equipment for transporting students as authorized by law, to implement
energy conservation measures, sharing or rental of facilities including a joint infrastructure project for the purposes of offering
classes under district-to-community college programs as authorized in Iowa Code Section 423F.3(3)(c), procuring or acquisition
of libraries, or opening roads to schoolhouses or buildings.
To provide funds to purchase land as part of start-up costs for new student construction program or if the sale of the previous

student construction was insufficient to purchase land, and to purchase construction materials and supplies for a student-
constructed building or shed intended to be retained by and used by the District.

To provide funds to make payments to a municipality or other entity as required under Iowa Code Section 403.19(2).
To provide funds for demolition, cleanup, and other costs if such costs are necessitated by, and incurred within two years of, a
disaster.
To provide funds to establish and maintain public recreation places and playgrounds; provide for supervision and instruction for
recreational activities; or for community education purposes.
To provide funds for the payment of principal and interest or retirement of general obligation bonds issued for school
infrastructure purposes, energy improvement loans, loan agreements authorized by Iowa Code Section 297.36, sales, service
and use tax revenue bonds issued under Iowa Code Section 423E.5 or Iowa Code Section 423F.4.
To provide funds for property tax relief; and
To provide funds for other authorized expenditures and purposes as now or hereafter permitted by law and designated by the
Coon Rapids-Bayard Community School District.
It being understood that if this proposition should fail to be approved by the voters, such failure shall not be construed to
terminate or restrict authority previously granted by the voters to expend receipts from the Secure an Advanced Vision for
Education Fund.
If approved, this Revenue Purpose Statement shall remain in effect until replaced or amended by the Coon Rapids-Bayard
Community School District.