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NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOND ELECTION
SCHOOL BOND ELECTION
DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 0015
(DOUGLAS COUNTY WEST COMMUNITY SCHOOLS)
IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA
TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021
By Mail Election
This election will be an election by mail. Each registered voter residing within the District will receive a ballot by mail at his/her address as it appears on the voter registration register; and therefore no polling places will be open for voting. Ballots will be mailed by the Election Commissioner of Douglas County between April 19, 2021 and April 30, 2021.
Voter Registration Deadlines
1. Friday, April 23, 2021 is the last day to register to vote online, at an agency, with a deputy registrar, or by mail.
2. Friday, April 30, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. is the last day for in-person voter registration in the office of the Douglas County Election Commissioner.
Ballot Return Deadline
Voted ballots that are sealed in the “Return Identification Envelope” must be:
Delivered or mailed to the Douglas County Election Commissioner at 12220 W Center Road, Omaha, Nebraska 68144; or
Placed in an official ballot drop box of the Douglas County Election Commissioner. Drop box locations are as follows:
City/County Building: 1819 Farnam Street
South Omaha Library: 2808 Q Street
Charles B. Washington Branch Library: 2868 Ames Avenue
Clarkson College Parking Lot 8: 42nd and Farnam Street
Goodwill: 4805 N 72nd Street
Ralston Police Department: 7400 Main Street, Ralston
Asian Market: 321 N. 76th Street
Milton R. Abrahams Branch Library: 5111 N 90th Street
Douglas County Election Commission: 12220 W Center Road
Douglas County Engineer’s Office: 15505 W Maple Road
Millard Public Schools Foundation: 5225 S 159th Avenue
Spring Ridge Shopping Center: 178th and Pacific Street
Bess Johnson Elkhorn Branch Library: 2100 Reading Plaza, Elkhorn
NOTE: All ballots must be in the possession of the Election Commissioner of Douglas County no later than 5:00 p.m. on Election Day, May 11, 2021.
Douglas County Election Commissioner Information
Address: Douglas County Election Commissioner, 12220 W Center Road, Omaha, Nebraska 68144
Location: Northwest corner of 120th and W Center Streets in Bel Air Plaza just northwest of Nobbies Parties
Phone: (402) 444-VOTE (8683)
Fax: (402) 444-4181
E-Mail: earlyvoting@votedouglascounty.com
Website: www.votedouglascounty.com
Regular Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
Ballot Specific Language
Public notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of Douglas County School District 0015 (Douglas County West Community Schools) in the State of Nebraska (the “District”) that at a special election to be held in said District on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, there shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the District the following proposition:
“Shall Douglas County School District 0015 (Douglas County West Community Schools) in the State of Nebraska issue its bonds in a total principal amount not to exceed Sixteen Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($16,800,000) to provide funds to (i) construct additions to the District’s existing middle school/high school facilities in Valley, Nebraska, including a middle school addition, a fine arts classroom addition, an auditorium and restrooms/concessions for the softball field complex, (ii) renovate portions of the existing middle school/high school facilities, including the middle school, weight room, wrestling/cardio room and high school locker rooms, and (iii) acquire and install the necessary furniture, equipment, apparatus and site improvements for such additions and facilities (collectively, the “Project”); said bonds to be issued from time to time, to be sold at such prices, to bear interest at such rates, to become due at such times, and to have such other terms and provisions, all as may be fixed and determined by the Board of Education of the District; and
“Shall the District cause to be levied and collected annually a special levy of taxes against all the taxable property in the District sufficient in rate and amount to pay the principal of, the premium, if any, and the interest on said bonds as the same become due?”
FOR said bonds and tax
AGAINST said bonds and tax
Qualified electors voting in favor of said proposition shall blacken the oval opposite the words “FOR said bonds and tax” following said proposition, and qualified electors voting against said proposition shall blacken the oval opposite the words “AGAINST said bonds and tax” following said proposition.
A vote “FOR said bonds and tax” means the District will issue its bonds to pay the costs of the Project and will levy a property tax to repay such bonds. A vote “AGAINST said bonds and tax” means no bonds will be issued for the Project and no property tax will be levied in connection with such bonds.