MINUTES OF THE CANVASS OF THE JOHNSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

      Chairperson Harney called to order the Johnson County Board of Supervisors at 3:03 p.m. to act as a canvass board to certify the results of the Special SILO Election of February 13, 2007.  Members present were: Pat Harney, Larry Meyers, Terrence Neuzil, Sally Stutsman, and Rod Sullivan.

ABSTRACT OF VOTES

Upon the public measure (A)

A local sales and services tax for school infrastructure projects shall be imposed in the County of  Johnson at the rate of one percent.  The tax will begin on July 1, 2007.  The tax will be in effect for a period of ten years until June 30, 2017.

The money received from the tax shall be spent for school infrastructure, including purchasing, building, furnishing, reconstructing, repairing, demolishing, improving, expanding, or remodeling of a schoolhouse or schoolhouses and additions thereto, gymnasium, stadium, athletic facilities, field house, or school bus garage, purchasing and improving grounds, opening roads to schoolhouses or buildings, the purchase, lease or lease-purchase of buildings or equipment (including transportation and recreation equipment) as authorized by law, procuring or acquiring libraries, expenditures for energy conservation measures, the rental of facilities under Chapter 28E, for public educational and recreational activities, (including community education activities) the payment or retirement of bonds issued for school infrastructure purposes or the payment or retirement of bonds issued under Iowa Code Section 423E.5, for debt reduction or property tax relief, or for any one or more of such purposes, or for any purpose or purposes now or hereafter authorized by law.

there were twelve thousand four hundred nineteen (12,419) votes cast, as follows:

FOR the question, there were eight thousand three hundred thirty eight  (8,338) votes cast.

AGAINST the question, there were four thousand forty one (4,041) votes cast.

      We therefore declare the public measure (A)

Shall the County of Johnson authorize imposition of a one percent (1%) local sales and services tax in the County for school infrastructure projects for ten (10) years from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2017?

to be adopted.

Motion by Stutsman, second by Sullivan, to approve the results of the Special SILO Election of February 20, 2007.  Roll call: aye: Sullivan, Stutsman, Harney, Neuzil, Meyers. 

      Adjourned at 3:08 p.m.

/s/ Pat Harney, Chair, Board of Supervisors

Attest: Tom Slockett, Auditor

By Casie Kadlec, Recording Secretary