Notice of Local Special Bond Election

Board of Education of Piute County School District, Utah

Public Notice Is Hereby Given that a local special bond election (the “Local Special Election”) will be held in Piute County School District, Utah (the “District”), at the same time as the municipal general election, on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 (“Election Day”).

The Local Special Election will be conducted by mail and ballots will be mailed to all eligible voters beginning the week of October 31, 2023.  Voters can return their ballot by mail, in a secure ballot drop box, or in person for early voting and on Election Day.  The polls for in person early voting shall open at 10:00 a.m. and close at 4:00 p.m. on November 7 through November 9 and November 15 through November 16 at the Piute County Courthouse, 550 North Main, Junction, Utah 84740.  On Election Day the polls shall open at 7:00 a.m. and shall close at 8:00 p.m. at the Piute County Courthouse, 550 North Main, Junction, Utah 84740.  A secure ballot drop off location where ballots can be deposited during the hours listed below, 7 days a week beginning October 31, 2023, as follows:

The address for the Statewide Election Voter Information Website is vote.utah.gov.  For information on registering to vote and absentee ballots, voters may contact the office of the (a) Piute County Clerk/Auditor (the “County Clerk”) at the Piute County Courthouse, 550 North Main, Junction, Utah 84740, telephone: (435) 577-2840 or visit the County Clerk’s election website at http://www.piuteutah.com/your-government/elected-officials/clerk-auditor/election-information/, or (b) Utah Lieutenant Governor, State Capitol, 350 N. State Street, Suite 220, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114, (801) 538-1041 or visit the Lieutenant Governor’s website at elections.utah.gov.

For information about alternate times and forms of voting, changes to the location of a polling place and the location of an additional polling place, voters may contact the office of the Piute County Clerk (who is acting as a provider election officer for the Local Special Election) at the Cache County Administration Building at 550 North Main, Junction, Utah 84740, telephone: (435) 577-2840 or visit the County Clerk’s election website at https://www.piuteutah.com/your-government/elected-officials/clerk-auditor/election-information/.

In order to vote in person at the election, you must present valid voter identification to the poll worker before voting, which must be (a) a valid form of photo identification that shows your name and photograph, (b) a valid tribal card, whether or not the card includes your photograph or not, or (c) two different forms of identification that show your name and current address.

Voters who need assistance voting or other accommodations should call (435) 577-2840 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

There is to be no special registration of voters for the local special bond election, and the official register of voters last made or revised shall constitute the register for the local special bond election, except that all persons who reside within the District and are registered to vote in the election held on Election Day shall be considered to vote in the local special bond election.

The title and text of the ballot proposition that will submitted to the qualified, registered voters residing within the District is as follows:

OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR THE

Board of Education of

Piute County SCHOOL District, Utah

LOCAL SPECIAL BOND ELECTION

November 21, 2023

Shall the Board of Education of Piute County School District, Utah, be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $2,864,000 and to mature in no more than twenty-one (21) years from the date or dates of issuance of such bonds for the purpose of raising money for acquiring, constructing and furnishing a new consolidated elementary school in Junction, Utah, under the charge of the Board of Education, and, to the extent necessary, for providing moneys for the refunding, at or prior to the maturity thereof, of general obligation bonds of the Board authorized hereunder or heretofore issued and now outstanding?

PROPERTY TAX COST OF BONDS

If the bonds are issued as planned, without regard to the taxes currently levied to pay outstanding bonds that will decrease over time, an annual property tax to pay debt service on the proposed bonds will be required over a period of 20 years in the estimated amount of $124 per year on a primary residence with the District average value of $203,000 and in the estimated amount of $226 per year on a business or secondary residence having the same value.

The Board currently levies property taxes to pay debt service on other outstanding general obligation bonds that have been issued to finance voter approved projects. The incremental property taxes would decrease upon the repayment of the currently outstanding bonds, but the decrease will not occur if the proposed bonds are issued. Taking into account the repayment of the outstanding bonds, the Board expects that the issuance of the proposed bonds, in the manner currently expected, will result in an estimated tax increase in the amount of approximately $23 per year on a primary residence with the District average value of $203,000 and of approximately $42 per year on a business or secondary residence having the same value.

The foregoing is only an estimate and is not a limit on the amount of taxes that the governing body may be required to levy in order to pay debt service on the bonds.  The governing body is obligated to levy taxes to the extent provided by law in order to pay the bonds.

To vote in favor of the above bond issue, select the box immediately adjacent to the words “For the Issuance of Bonds.”  To vote against the bond issue, select the box immediately adjacent to the words “Against the Issuance of Bonds.”

Notice Is Further Given that on Thursday, November 9, 2023, at 10:00 p.m., at the Piute County Courthouse, 550 North Main, in Junction, Utah, there will be conducted a test of the automatic tabulating equipment or other apparatus to be used to tabulate the results of the November local special bond election to be held in the District on the issuance of $2,864,000 general obligation bonds described above.  This test is open to public observation in accordance with the provisions of Section 20A-4-104, Utah Code.

Notice Is Further Given that on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, that being a day no sooner than 7 days and not later than 14 days after the local special bond election, the Board of Education of the District (the “Board”) will meet at its regular meeting place at 550 North Main, Junction, Utah, and will canvass the returns and declare the results of the local special bond election during the Board meeting that begins at 3:30 p.m.

Pursuant to applicable provisions of Sections 11-14-208 and 20A-4-403 of the Utah Code, the period allowed for any contest of the local special bond election shall end 40 days after December 5, 2023 (the date on which the results of the election are to be canvassed and the results thereof declared).  No such contest shall be maintained unless a complaint is filed with the Clerk of the Sixth Judicial District Court in and for Piute County, within the prescribed 40-day period.

In Witness Whereof, the Board of Education of Piute County School District, Utah has caused this notice to be given.

Dated:  September 12, 2023.

Posted:  on or before October 31, 2023.

Board of Education of Piute County School District, Utah

By   /s/ Dallas Sylvester                                          
  Business Administrator

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