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Election day brings numerous issues

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Bond issues for a number of area school districts are among the ballot items in today’s elections in Greene and Christian counties, in addition to mayoral races and tax levy proposals.

Polls in both counties are open until 7 p.m.

Major ballot issues are:

Billings

• a $3.5 million bond issue for the R-IV School District to add classroom space and a technology room, expand cafeteria and library, renovate classrooms and science lab, and design offices and other site facilities to improve security

Clever

• a $3.5 million bond issue for the school district to build a new high school

• a proposal to increase the school tax levy ceiling 65 cents to $3.5446 per $100 of assessed valuation to fund district’s operating costs

• a proposal to maintain the city’s tax levy at 0.6218 cents

Fair Grove

• a $6.8 million bond issue for Fair Grove R-10 School District to build new classrooms and other school additions, repairing existing school facilities

• a 1/4-cent sales tax for local parks

• a proposal to increase the Fair Grove Fire Protection District board to five members

Greene County

• an 1/8-cent sales tax for the Emergency 911 program

Highlandville

• mayoral race with candidate Paul Weeks

Marion C. Early PCR-5 School District

• $2.85 million bond issue to build new classrooms, new cafeteria, renovate existing facilities

Marionville

• a $4.1 million bond issue for the R-9 School District to acquire, construct, equip and furnish new school facilities

Nixa

• municipal judges race

Ozark

• a $9.5 million bond issue for Christian County School District R-VI to construct classrooms at East Elementary School, acquire land, construct outdoor multipurpose facility, renovate existing facilities including an early childhood facility

• Fire Protection District board members

• a proposal for a 17-cent tax levy to support the Ozark Fire Protection District

• mayoral race with incumbent Donna McQuay against challenge Don Watts

Pleasant Hope

• the continuation of the Pleasant Hope PCR-6 School District operating tax levy ceiling of 3.1793 cents per $100 of assessed valuation through 2026

Republic

• a $19 million bond issue for the R-III School District to build a new high school

• an increase of the school district’s tax levy ceiling of 10 cents to $3.24 per $100 assessed valuation in 2007, to $3.34 in 2008 and to $3.44 in 2009, to fund the district’s operating costs

• approval of the city’s home rule charter

Sparta

• proposal to levy an additional tax of no more than 25 cents per $100 assessed valuation to support the Sparta Fire Protection District

• mayoral race with candidate Andrew Jenkins

Springfield

• mayoral race, with incumbent Tom Carlson running unopposed

four City Council seats

Strafford

• mayoral race, with candidates Myrl (Sandy) Bowler, Tom Vicat and Jessica Miller[[In-content Ad]]

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