(Harlan, Iowa) – Shelby County Auditor Mark Maxwell has released the final abstract of March 7th Special Election combined votes from Shelby, Audubon, Crawford and Carroll Counties, with regard to the issuance of bond for the IKM-Manning School District. The final tally canvassed on Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors confirms the measure passed, with 1,146 yes votes and 463 No votes. A total of 1,609 votes were cast. The $7.9-million in school infrastructure sales service and use tax revenue bonds will be used toward a series of construction and renovation projects at the Manning campus. District officials had said passage of the bond issue would have no impact on property tax or sales tax rates.

Maxwell broke-down the votes numbers as follows:

Shelby AND Audubon County: Yes – 173 votes; No – 209 votes

Crawford County: Yes – 197 votes; No – 209 votes

Carroll County: Yes – 776; No – 45

The public measure was adopted as presented.