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LPS Bond and Mill Levy Election History

Year Amount Purpose Information Votes

1904

$15,000 bond/5% interest-15 year

Erecting and furnishing a school bldg

 

55 Votes
47-yes-87%
8-No-13%

1919

$100,000-bond-5% interest

Addition to Littleton High School

665 students/15 teachers; $3,552,980 total value of taxable property

252 Votes
184-yes-73%
78-no-27%

 1935

$30,000-Bond-3% interest

Erecting and furnishing a school bldg

929 students; $2,713,515 total value of taxable property

 

1960

$6,520,000

 

No records on election until bond sales

 

 1965

$5,930,000-interest not to exeed max rate by law-25

Goddard, Sandburg, Runyon, 2nd phase of AHS & HHS

 2,473 Votes
2,342-Yes-95%
670-No-5%

 

Jan 1969

$7,2000,000-4.5 Interest

General Fund Notes to eliminate temporty borrowing, or the issuance of registered warrants and providing immediate availablity of general fund revenues for current
fiscal year.

No Voting Information

 

Mar 1969

$5,500,000-4.5% interest. Increased mill levy estimated 11.2 over 5-6 years

Erecting and furnishing a school bldg

16,000 students (30,00 new expected, bldg space for 21,000) $1.00 increase for each 1,000 of assessed value.

 

1978

$17,290,000-interest not to exceed 6.9%-21 years

Construction, equipping & furnishing new school bldgs & additions to existing bldgs, improving school grounds

34,365 regishtered voters

5,377 votes
3,601-yes-67%
1,776-No-33%

1982

Budget Election 

 

16.4% voted, no other records

 

1984 

Bond Election

 

6.5% voted, no other records

 

1988

$3,000,000 budget election to offset deficit projected for 1990 & 1991 

 

$1,026,830 eliminated from budget to offset deficit. Governor Lamm cut education by 2%. $68 dollar increase for taxpayers. 

20,762 votes
12,851-yes-62%
7,911-no-38%
15.6% voted

1995 

$44,310,000 Bond

Capital improvements to extend life of bldgs

 

25,493 votes
16,103 -yes-63%
9,390-No-37%

 

1997

$5,000,000 Mill Levy 

Lowering class size, reinstating,improving programs, increasing teachers & staff

 

27,972 votes
15,060-Yes-53%
12,912-No-46%

1998

De-Brucing

No impact on taxes. To receive, retain & expend all revenue without limitation

 

36,884 votes
26,582-Yes-78%
10,301-No-28%

2002 

$85,44,000 

Capital improvements to extend life of bldgs 

Increase $4.55 per $1,00,000 of assessed value

38,199 votes
28,061-Yes-68%
12,138-No-32%

2004 

$6.5 million 

Mill levy election to maintain lower class sizes; assist the lowest perofrming student in reading, writing, math, science; provide student with access to art music and PE. 

Increase $3.86 per mo per $100,000 in assessed value 

49,335 votes
30,906-Yes-62.65%
18,429-No-37.35%