Local Results in Ramsey County

CITY QUESTION 1 (St. Paul)
Referendum on whether Ordinance ORD 18-39 should remain in effect.
Should Ordinance ROD 18-39, entitled "Residential Coordinated Collection", remain in effect for residential trash collection in St. Paul? Ordinance 18-39 creates new rules for the collection and disposal of trash and payment for trash service; and requires that certain residential dwellings have trash collected by a designated trash hauler. A "yes" vote is a vote in favor of keeping Ordinance ORD 18-39. A "No" vote is a vote to get rid of Ordinance ORD 18-39.

SCHOOL DISTRICT QUESTION 1 (ISD #621)
Approval of New Referendum Revenue Authorization
The board of Independent School District No. 621 (Mounds View Public Schools) has proposed to renew the portion of its existing referendum revenue authorization of $535.06 which is scheduled to expire after taxes payable in 2019 and to revoke the remaining portion of the school district's existing referendum revenue authorization of $300.35 per pupil and to replace that revoked authorization with an authorization of $1,200.35 per pupil. The proposed total new referendum revenue authorization of $1,735.41 would increase each year by the rate of inflation and be applicable for ten years, beginning with taxes payable in 2020, unless otherwise revoked or reduced as provided by law. Shall a portion of the school district's existing referendum revenue authorization be renewed, a portion be revoked and replaced, and the total increase in the revenue proposed by the board of Independent School District No. 621 be approved? BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.

SCHOOL DISTRICT QUESTION 1 (ISD #624)
Approval of School District Bond Issue
Shall the school board of Independent School District No. 624 (White Bear Lake Area Schools) be authorized to issue its general obligation school building bonds in an amount not to exceed $326,000,000 to provide funds for a phased program of acquisition and betterment of school sites and facilities, including the construction and equipping of a new grades K-5 elementary school facility; the construction of various projects to accommodate projected enrollment growth districtwide; the completion of deferred maintenance projects at all school district facilities; the construction, acquisition and installation of safety and security improvements at all school district facilities; the construction of additions and renovations to current district elementary schools; the construction of additions and renovations to the high school North Campus to convert that site and facility for use as a grades 9-12 single site high school facility; the construction of renovations to the high school South Campus to convert it for use as a middle school facility; the construction of renovations to the Sunrise Park Middle School facility to convert it for uses to include a senior citizen center, an early childhood center, the Transition Education Center and the District office; and the construction of renovations to the current District Center building to allow for expansion of the Central Middle School facility? BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.