Eligible voters in an area school district will be asked to consider approval of a bond issue in a few months.
According to minutes from the Sweet Springs R-7 School Board meeting on Thursday, January 16, the board approved ballot language:
“Shall the Board of Education of the Sweet Springs R-VII School District, without an increase in the current debt-service property-tax levy, borrow money in the amount of $2.5 million for the purpose of providing funds for the betterment of school facilities including, without limitation: heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) upgrades; parking-lot improvements; playground improvements; and to the extent funds are available, complete other repairs and improvements to the existing facilities of the district; and issue general-obligation bonds for the payment thereof ? If this proposition is approved, the adjusted debt-service levy of the school district is estimated to remain unchanged at $0.8769 per $100 of assessed valuation of real and personal property.”
The resolution also will include approving and underwriting an agreement with LJ Hart in the amount of $2,500 that would only be due if the bond issue passes.
It also was reported filing deadline for board positions is 5 p.m. on Tuesday, January 21. The district has three three-year term positions available. They are seats currently held by Robert Fuehring, Troy Schroeder and Brian Vogelsmeier. At the time of the meeting, it was reported that incumbent Fuehring and Thomas Trautman had filed.
The Municipal Election will be held on Tuesday, April 7.
In other business, the board voted to approve moving forward with phases two and three of the parking-lot project.