Politics & Government

2011 Inver Grove Heights Election Guide

Seven school board candidates square off on Tuesday for four spots on the board. Voters will also have their say on three levy referendum questions.

Want to learn about the local school board candidates, their views or the three levy referendum questions up for a vote? You've come to the right place.

This year, seven school board candidates are vying for four seats on the School District 199 School Board. If elected, a candidate will serve a four-year term on the board.

To learn more about the candidates, read through the candidate profiles posted below. Patch also conducted Q&A sessions with the candidates, quizzing them on important local issues. To see their answers, read through the candidate questionnaires.

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Candidate Profiles

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Candidate Questionnaires

Levy Referendum

Voters will also determine the fate of three proposed levy referendum questions, . If voters approve all three questions, the levies could generate as much as $4.2 million in tax revenue annually for the district. To read about the tax impact each levy option could have on you, click here. The following is a breakdown of the three levy referendum options:

  • The first option is the renewal of an existing tax levy that generates roughly $480 in per pupil funding annually for the district’s operations—or approximately $2 million in annual revenue. This levy is one of two levies the district currently has in place, and is set to expire in 2013. The expiring levy currently accounts for roughly 5.25 percent of the district’s general fund revenue, School District 199 Business Manager Bruce Rimstad said earlier this year. If renewed, the levy would take effect in 2013 and continue for ten years.
  • The school board is also pushing for a new capital project levy, which can only be used to purchase new computers and other technology, textbooks, software or to maintain existing technology in the school district. If approved, this levy would raise $700,000 in new annual tax revenue in 2012—and as much as $7 million over its ten-year lifespan.
  • The third option the district will put to voters is a new, $372 per pupil levy that would generate roughly $1.5 million in new tax revenue each year for the district. The levy would have a lifespan of 10 years and would take effect in 2012 if passed this fall.

For information on polling locations and voting rules, click here.

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