Ask Mr. Answer Person about the September 11th NICC referendum

Mr. Answer Person says: The September 11th election will ask voters living in the NICC district whether to continue a current tax levy for the school.  In 2007 voters approved a $35 million bond levy which paid for improvements to NICC facilities, including a student center at Calmar which houses food service, library, bookstore and all student services departments.  The levy also paid for renovations to the Industrial Technologies Building and the Wilder Business Center, as well as other new facilities and remodeling projects at other locations in the NICC district.

September 11th's referendum will ask voters whether the current bond and interest fund levy rate of 28.8-cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation valuation should be renewed.  For a homeowner with an assessed valuation of $150,000, this would have a cost of about $23 per year (after application of the residential property tax rollbacks).