NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 547
(PARKERS PRAIRIE)
STATE OF MINNESOTA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election has been called and will be held in conjunction with the state general election in and for Independent School District No. 547 (Parkers Prairie), State of Minnesota, on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, for the purpose of voting on the following question:
SCHOOL DISTRICT BALLOT QUESTION 1
REVOKING EXISTING REFERENDUM REVENUE
AUTHORIZATION; APPROVING NEW AUTHORIZATION
The board of Independent School District No. 547 (Parkers Prairie) has proposed to revoke the school district's existing referendum revenue authorization of $402.15 per pupil and to replace that authorization with a new authorization of $1,200 per pupil. The proposed new referendum revenue authorization would be applicable for ten years unless otherwise revoked or reduced as provided by law.
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YES
NO |
Shall the school district's existing referendum revenue authorization be revoked and the increase in the revenue proposed by the board of Independent School District No. 547 be approved?
BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.
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Passage of this referendum will result in an increase in your property taxes.
School District Ballot Question 1 would revoke the school district's existing referendum revenue authorization and approve a new authorization.
The annual dollar increases for typical residential homesteads, apartments, commercial-industrial properties, and most other classes of property within the school district are as shown in the table below.
For agricultural property (both homestead and non-homestead), the taxes for the proposed referendum will be based on the value of the house, garage and surrounding one acre of land only. There will be no referendum taxes paid on the value of other agricultural lands and buildings. For seasonal residential recreational property (i.e. cabins), there will be no taxes paid for the proposed referendum.
Referendum Market Value |
Pay 2009 Revoked Referendum Authorization |
Pay 2009 Proposed New Referendum Authorization |
Net Change |
$50,000 $75,000 $100,000 $125,000 $150,000 $175,000 $200,000 $225,000 $250,000 $275,000 $300,000 $350,000 $400,000 $450,000 $500,000 $600,000 $800,000 $1,000,000
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-$39 -$59 -$78 -$98 -$117 -$137 -$156 -$176 -$196 -$215 -$235 -$274 -$313 -$352 -$391 -$469 -$626 -$782 |
$137 $206 $275 $343 $412 $481 $549 $618 $687 $755 $824 $961 $1,098 $1,236 $1,373 $1,648 $2,197 $2,746 |
$98 $147 $197 $245 $295 $344 $393 $442 $491 $540 $589 $687 $785 $884 $982 $1,179 $1,571 $1,964 |
The precincts and polling places and voting hours at those polling places for this special election shall be the same as those for the state general election.
Any eligible voter residing in the school district may vote at said election at the polling place designated for the precinct in which he or she resides.
A voter must be registered to vote to be eligible to vote in this election. An unregistered individual may register to vote at the polling place on election day.
Dated: August 19, 2008 BY ORDER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD
