By Karen Gleason
The 830 Times
Registered voters in the Comstock Independent School District will decide on two proposed bond issues for school district improvements Saturday.
Members of the Comstock Independent School District Board of Trustees, led by president William “Bill” Zuberbueler, approved an order calling the bond election in February.
There are two propositions on the ballot for Comstock ISD voters. The first asks voters if they wish the school district to issue and sell bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $11,250,000. The second proposition asks voters if they wish the school district to issue and sell bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $250,000.
The first proposition, if approved by voters, will be used “for the purposes of designing, constructing, renovating, improving, upgrading, updating and acquiring and equipping, school district facilities (and any necessary or related removal of existing facilities), the purchase of necessary sites for school facilities, and the purchase of school buses, with priority given to safety and security improvements and a new Career and Technical Education building. . .,” according to the order.
The second proposition, if approved by voters, will be used “for the purposes of acquiring, improving and updating technology equipment, systems and infrastructure. . .,” according to the order.
Approval of each of the bonds will require a property tax increase by the school district.
In an exhibit accompanying the order, school district officials estimated “the maximum annual increase on a residence homestead with an appraised value of $125,000” will be $35 if Proposition A is approved, and “the maximum annual increase on a residence homestead with an appraised value of $125,000” will be $6.25 if Proposition B is approved.
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