Happy New Year! I
hope that 2013 brings many great things for you and your families. The
purpose of this article is to notify the residents of the Prairie Farm School
District that we have to accelerate our referendum planning and proposal to be
ready to bring a question to voters for this April’s election. This is a result of the fact that there are
no elections planned for the fall of 2013 when we had initially planned on
conducting a referendum to replace the two that are set to expire at the end of
the 2013-2014 school year. The rationale
behind this decision is that the district will still have the opportunity to
bring the question to voters a second time in the event the first attempt fails
this spring; in addition, we will not have to conduct a special election which
would cause district taxpayers to incur the additional cost of paying for
polling workers, ballots, and all of the other costs associated with conducting
a special election. The board and administration
is currently working out some of the details of the proposed referendum
question and I intend to provide information to the community as it becomes
available through the news media and by conducting public meetings in the near
future. At this time, I do know that the
board intends to propose one referendum question which would replace the two we
currently have out totaling $450,000.00 (one for $200,000.00 and the most
recent one for $250,000.00); however, I do not know specifically the quantity
we will seek or the duration. It is safe
to assume that the new referendum would at a minimum replace the $450,000.00 we
currently have; in addition, the board will NOT seek a recurring referendum
rather a non-recurring and would decide on a reasonable time frame of 3 to 5
years. Taxpayers should also note that
the final building bond the district is currently paying will have been paid in
full by April of 2014 which means that the district will have no debt payments
when the new referendum (if passed) is in place beginning the 2014-2015 school
year.
The district will provide all of the relevant figures to
residents in the coming weeks and months.
There will also be further correspondence regarding the dates, times,
and places of informational meetings regarding the referendum and its potential
impact to taxpayers.
As always, please feel free to contact me anytime.
Sincerely,
Craig G. Broeren
District Administrator
715-455-1683 ext. 119
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