Phoenix Elementary board approves two overrides and voter authorization to sell or lease two sites for November ballot

The Phoenix Elementary District governing board voted May 8 to place three election measures on the Nov. 4 ballot: a district additional assistance (DAA) capital override, a 15% maintenance and operations (M&O) override and voter authorization to sell, lease or exchange two district parcels, Dunbar and Heard.

Election counsel James Gill of Gust Rosenfeld told the board the DAA ballot language must use the word “increase” because state statute requires that wording, but that the voter information pamphlet will explain the measure is a continuation of the existing capital override. “You’ll have the opportunity to provide a pro statement,” Gill said, referring to the August 8 deadline for pro/con statements that he described to the board. Chief Financial Officer Aaron Whittle described the stakes: if voters do not approve the M&O override, the district could lose…