Second vote planned in RCS this spring
District residents will head to
the polls twice this spring.
The Board of Education on Monday
voted to set June 17 as the date for residents to vote on a
$403,027 proposition that would authorize the purchase of four
new buses.
The buses to replace four older,
less fuel efficient buses that are 12 and 13 years old, said
Transportation Director Janice Prior.
The purchase continues the
district’s effort to maintain not only a safe fleet, but replace
the buses on a routine basis as opposed to making a more costly
one-time purchase that could result in a spike in the district’s
tax levy.
The bus proposition typically
appears on the same ballot as the budget. However as a result of
a delay in securing cost estimates for an aspect of the
proposition that has since been removed, RCS
could not meet the legal 45-day requirement for advertising the
proposition prior to the May 20 vote.
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