(Atlantic, IA) – The Cass County Auditor’s Office reports during a Special Election held Tuesday, March 3, 2026, voters in the CAM Community School District have overwhelmingly voted in favor of passing Public Measure DH – a ballot measure authorizing a 10-year PPEL (Physical Plant & Equipment tax Levy), which asks for  $1.34 per $1,000 of assessed property value, beginning in June, 2026. The vote was 222 YES (86.05%) to 36 NO (13.95%). A little more than 13-percent (13.44%) of the eligible number of registered voters (1,920) cast their ballots.

You can read the full Public Measure that was on the ballot for the Special Election, below:

CAM Community School District Physical Plant and Equipment Property Tax – Public Measure DH
Shall the Board of Directors of the CAM Community School District, in the Counties of Adair, Adams, Audubon, and Cass, 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, 2026, or each year thereafter?