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Staff explains 1.5-mill school capital outlay notice and allowable uses
Summary
The proposed 1.5 mills for school capital outlay is projected to raise about $12.94 million and lists allowable uses (including participation in special facilities funding for a Crescent City Junior Senior High); staff warned that omitted uses cannot later be charged to capital outlay without re-advertising.
Jonathan explained the notice of tax for school capital outlay that will be advertised under TRIM guidance and said the district is proposing 1.5 mills for capital outlay purposes. He provided staff's projection that 1.5 mills would generate $12,943,607 compared with about $12,000,274 last year and emphasized that the ad must list allowable uses because "if we don't list it on the ad, then we can't spend it that way."
Board members asked how specific language might appear in the advertisement and whether wording could be softened to indicate permissive use; Jonathan replied that the wording is largely taken from the TRIM handbook and that the examples listed on the ad do not obligate purchases (for example, the ad can say "10 buses" but the district could buy zero). He noted the capital outlay money will be used mainly to meet participation requirements tied to a special facilities award for building a new Crescent City Junior Senior High School or to transfer funds to offset impacts from FES scholarships.
