Posted August 29, 2022 05:17am
(KMZA)--Voters in Valley Heights USD 498 will decide during a special election Tuesday whether to issue bonds for school improvements.
Two questions will be on the ballot. The first asks for the authority to issue up to $13.865 million in bonds to construct a new elementary school addition, an auxiliary gym/multi-purpose addition and other improvements at the Valley Heights campus midway between Waterville and Blue Rapids. It would require a net mill levy increase of 13.48 mills.
The second question requests the authority to issue up to $4.675 million in bonds to make other improvements to district buildings that includes upgrades to the existing Valley Heights High School mechanical equipment, the existing Vo-Ag building and improvements to the Blue Rapids gymnasium. It would require an additional 6.03 mills.
There will be one polling location—the Valley Heights Junior-Senior High School.
Voters can cast their ballots Tuesday from 7 in the morning until 7 in the evening