INMAN — Advance voting has already begun for Inman USD 448 patrons on a $5 million bond issue for athletic improvements and more in the district. Election day is May 3.
The ballot question reads as follows:
Shall Unified School District No. 448, McPherson County, Kansas (Inman), issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000, to pay the costs to: (a) construct, furnish and equip athletic improvements in the District, including facilities for football/track and field, baseball, softball, improve site drainage, improvements to address handicap access (Americans with Disabilities Act) and other code compliance challenges, and necessary demolition; and (b) make all other necessary improvements related thereto; all pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 10-101 et seq., K.S.A. 25-2018(f), and K.S.A. 72-5457.
According to the district, the $5 million bond will be paid over 15 years, with only the first three years of the bond resulting in a significant tax increase. After the other bond that is still on comes off in three years, taxes will drop back to a similar level to where they are currently.
For those three years, the increase on a $150,000 home will be $57.08 a year. The increase on a 160-acre piece of irrigated land will be $74.81 a year.
Those projections only figure in the current debt service and the addition that would be made through the new $5 million bond, if it passes.
There will be two locations for walk-in voting on May 3 for those who live in USD 448, one at the Inman Community Building at 406 E. Center Street, Inman, KS 67546 and the other at Calvary Baptist Church in McPherson – 1200 E A Ave, McPherson, KS 67460
Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on May 3.
Advance voting hours at the McPherson County Courthouse are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday and will end at noon on Monday, May 2, 2022.