Ballot Language 2026

Question #1: No-Tax-Increase Bond. 
Shall Hickman Mills C-1 School District of Jackson County, Missouri board of education issue its general obligation bonds in the amount of $20,000,000 for the purpose of paying off certificates of participation and leasehold obligations of the District issued by the Hickman Mills C-1 School District Building Corporation and constructing, improving, renovating or demolishing, repairing, furnishing and equipping school facilities, throughout the District? If this proposition is approved, the adjusted debt service levy of the school district is estimated to decrease by $.30 from $1.10 (amount of current school district levy) to $.80 (estimated adjusted debt service levy) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation of real and personal property.

Question #2: Tax Levy Transfer. 
Shall the school board of Hickman Mills C-1 School District of Jackson County, Missouri be authorized to increase the maximum operating tax levy for salaries, building improvements and other operating expenses of the District by $.30 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation. If this proposition is approved, the adjusted operating levy of the school district is estimated to be 5.3517 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation. 
If this proposition is approved, it is expected to result in no increase to the overall tax levy of the District as the operating tax levy is estimated to increase by $.30 per $100 of assessed valuation and the debt service tax levy is estimated to decrease by the same amount.

 

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