Thursday, January 04, 2007

Some of you may have known about the special vote held in Cabot on December 21, 2006 on three issues which were voted down in November. In November, there was one article presented to voters which covered three phases of improvements for the Cabot School. When the proposal was defeated, the Board of School Directors broke the proposal into three separate articles. Here is how the vote turned out on the second try:


ARTICLE I

Shall general obligation bonds or notes of Cabot Town School District in an amount not to exceed One million six hundred ten thousand seven hundred twelve Dollars ($1,610,712), subject to reduction from available state and/or federal construction grants-in-aid and appropriations (estimated to be $483,214), be issued for the purpose of financing the District's share of the cost of making certain public improvements, viz: gymnasium renovations and additions, the estimated cost of such improvements being $1,610,712, the District's bonded indebtedness for such purpose estimated being $1,127,489?

In favor of the above Article I - 187
Opposed to the above Article I- 189



ARTICLE II

Shall general obligation bonds or notes of Cabot Town School District in an amount not to exceed Seven hundred thirty thousand Dollars ($730,000), subject to reduction from available state and/or federal construction grants-in-aid and appropriations (estimated to be $219,000) be issued for the purpose of financing the District's share of the cost of making certain public improvements, viz: music education facility renovations and additions, the estimated cost of such improvements being $730,000, the District's bonded indebtedness for such purpose estimated being $511,000?

In favor of the above Article II - 169
Opposed to the above Article II - 207



ARTICLE III

Shall general obligation bonds or notes of Cabot Town School District in an amount not to exceed One million twenty three thousand one hundred eighty Dollars ($1,023,180), subject to reduction from available state and/or federal construction grants-in-purpose and appropriations (estimated to be $787,760), be issued for the purpose of financing the District's share of the cost of making certain public improvements, viz: the addition of a wood chip heating system, the estimated cost of such improvements being $1,023,180, the District's bonded indebtedness for such purpose estimated $235,420?

In favor of above Article III - 232
Opposed to above Article III - 144

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