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Bond referendum vote Tuesday for Audubon MS/HS Building Project

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September 11th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Audubon, Iowa) – Patrons of the Audubon Community School District are heading to the polls Tuesday, Sept. 14th, to cast their ballot on a Special Election for a Bond Referendum with regard to the district’s facilities.  Voters are being asked to approve a Revenue Purpose Statement (RPS), that would allow them to bond for up to $7.6 million in additional funds — with just under $2 million of that going to refinance a 2013 bond now at lower rates — against the district’s one cent sales tax revenue. Superintendent Eric Trager said the change in the district’s RPS was needed to make sure that there would be enough funding to complete the $10.8 million middle school/high school renovation project.

The only other real change to the RPS is the expiration date, currently at 2032. The legislature extended the SAVE program through Fiscal Year 2052 so districts must extend their RPS in order to utilize the SAVE funds over that longer time period. School District patrons will also vote for a Board Member at Large to fill a vacancy term ending 2023. The candidate on the ballot is Anne Bomstad Miller.

The election will be Sept. 14 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Audubon Agri-Hall, or absentee at the Audubon County Auditor’s office 8 a.m. — 4:30 p.m. through Sept. 13. (Additional information on the RPS follows, below)