Ball Chatham CUSD 5 board approves resolution to seek $110 million facilities referendum

The Ball Chatham CUSD 5 school board approved a resolution on Dec. 17 to place a $110,000,000 facilities measure on a referendum, Dr. Becca Laymon said.

Laymon, who provided a recap of the meeting, called the referendum the biggest item on the agenda and said the resolution is intended to address needs within district buildings and improve facilities. "The biggest item on our agenda last night was that the board approved a resolution for us to move to a referendum for a $110,000,000 to address needs within our buildings to improve our facilities," she said.

Laymon said the district will provide more details in the coming weeks and months as it moves toward a March referendum date. The district did not provide a project list, a spending breakdown, or a funding plan in the meeting recap; those details were described as forthcoming.

The action was recorded as an approved resolution to move the question to voters; minute-level vote tallies, the specific motion text, and the names of a mover and seconder were not specified in the summary provided by Laymon. The board's next public steps, according to the recap, will include outreach and additional information for the community ahead of the referendum.

The meeting video is available on the district's YouTube channel, Laymon said, and the district indicated it will share further project and timeline details publicly before the referendum.