INMAN — Today is election day for the proposed $5 million Inman USD 448 bond issue.
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 are two locations for walk-in voting 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.