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Clark mayor urges residents to vote yes on Sept. 16 school bond referendum, says measure is tax‑neutral
Summary
Mayor Albanese urged Clark residents at the Aug. 18 council meeting to vote in a Sept. 16 special election on a Board of Education bond referendum that the mayor said is structured to be 'tax neutral' and would fund capital improvements at local schools, with an expected 40% state aid on qualifying expenditures.
Mayor Albanese urged Clark residents to support a school bond referendum scheduled for Sept. 16, 2025, saying the Board of Education and its financial advisers structured the debt so there would be no net tax impact to property owners.
Speaking at the Aug. 18 council meeting, Mayor Albanese said the referendum will fund capital improvements for the township’s two grammar schools, the middle school and the high school. “The Board of Education and their financial advisers have structured the bonds so that there'll be no tax impact budgeted school funding. So in other words, the debt payments will be equal to the previous bond debt payments,” the mayor said, and added that passing the bond would allow the district to obtain state aid for roughly 40% of certain qualifying expenses.
The mayor outlined planned purchases and projects that the referendum is intended to cover, including new phone systems, playground equipment and other capital repairs and upgrades necessary to maintain school facilities. He encouraged residents to visit the Clark School District website for a video and project breakdowns and to vote in the special election on Sept. 16.
The mayor also gave a monthly police update at the meeting and said he would have additional comments later in the agenda. The council did not take a formal municipal vote on the bond; the item is a school district referendum that will be decided by district voters on the special election date.
