Jamestown, (CSi)   On an 8-0 vote, the Jamestown Public School Board has approved a bond schedule delaying  a tax levy for one year should voters approve it by a 60 percent majority, at the  special election on September 25th.

At the Special Meeting, School Board member Melissa Gleason was not present.

Superintendent  Robert Lech, says that  means if the $34.44 million bond issue passes  the projects would continue on schedule but be delayed one year collecting taxes. The school district’s levy increase would not be requested until October 2019.  In the interim, the school district would use dollars in the building fund until the bond sale.

The bond issue passage would mean a 35.71-mill increase for the school district, or approximately $160.70  annually per $100,000 of residential home value.

A $100,000 commercial property would see an additional $178.56, and an average acre of agricultural land would have a tax impact of $1.31.

 

Meanwhile the Jamestown City Council’s preliminary budget for 2019 contains a 24-mill increase for taxpayers or approximately $108 annually per $100,000 of residential home value, in order to have the proper amount of dollars in the reserve fund.

Another city council budget committee will be held on August 15th, when the preliminary budget can be decreased, but not increased.

The school project includes heating, ventilation and air conditioning for the middle school and elementary schools except for Washington, which would close upon completion of an addition to Louis L’Amour Elementary. Capital projects include roofs, windows and boilers, renovations, learning spaces, safety and security upgrades.

A Transition House and an athletic complex with a turf football field and shared facilities with soccer would be built at the high school.

DLR Group in Minneapolis and Consolidated Construction Company were also involved in making recommendations.