Results for Selected Precincts in St. Louis County

CITY QUESTION 1 (Duluth)
PROPOSITION
Should Chapter 2 of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, be amended to create a fund denominated as the "Parks Fund" and should the city levy a special levy in the amount of $2,600,000 on the referendum market value of all real property in the city, said levy being 0.0472654% of said referendum market value, for the purpose of providing a dedicated funding source for parks and recreation facilities, recreation activities, and for implementation of the concepts addressed in the Duluth Parks and Recreation Master Plan dated December 2010, in accordance with the authority contained in Laws of Minnesota, 1953, Chapter 560, Section 1? A "YES" vote is in favor of creating the Parks Fund and authorizing a special levy for the purpose of providing a dedicated funding source for parks and recreation facilities, recreation activities, and for implementation of the concepts addressed in the Duluth Parks and Recreation Master Plan dated December 2010. BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION YOU ARE VOTING FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. A "NO" vote is a vote against creating the Parks Fund and against a special levy to support it.

School District Question 1 (ISD #704)
APPROVAL OF SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENDUM REVENUE AUTHORIZATION
The Board hereby determines and declares that it is necessary and expedient for the school district to renew its existing referendum of $1.00 per resident marginal cost pupil unit.  As provided by law, the ballot question must abbreviate the term “per resident marginal cost pupil unit” as “per pupil.”  The additional revenue will be used to finance school operations and the property tax portion thereof will require an estimated referendum tax rate of approximately .000193% of the referendum market value of the school district for taxes payable in 2012, the first year it is to be levied.  The proposed referendum revenue authorization would be applicable for 10 years unless otherwise revoked or reduced as provided by law.  Shall the existing $1.00 referendum in revenue proposed by the Board of Independent School District No. 704 be approved? BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.