How will SSD's questions appear on the ballot?

Shall the school board of Smithville R-II School District of Clay County, Missouri, be authorized to increase the operating tax levy ceiling by $0.30 per $100 of assessed valuation according to the 2025 assessment for operating expenses of the District, including compensation for employees in order to attract and retain quality faculty and staff. If this proposition is approved, the adjusted operating levy of the District is estimated to be $3.8341 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation, and the District expects to reduce its debt service property tax levy by an amount that is estimated to result in a no net increase in the District’s total property tax levy, which is estimated to remain unchanged at $4.7504 per $100 of assessed valuation.

Shall Smithville R-II School District of Clay County, Missouri, without an estimated increase in the current debt service property tax levy, issue its general obligation bonds in the amount of $18,000,000 for the purpose of constructing, improving, renovating or demolishing, repairing, furnishing and equipping school facilities, including: Improve safety and security at the main entrance, classrooms, library/media center and restrooms at Smithville High School. Improve classrooms, library/media center, locker rooms and restrooms at Smithville Middle School. Improve softball and baseball facilities to include turf and site amenities. Expand all-weather playing surfaces at Horizon, Maple and Eagle Heights Elementary Schools. If this proposition is approved, the adjusted debt service levy of the school district is estimated to remain at $1.2163 (amount of current school district levy) per one hundred dollars assessed valuation of real and personal property. The estimated results in no net increase in the District’s total property tax levy, which is estimated to remain unchanged at $4.7504 per $100 of assessed valuation.