Early voting starts Monday in Donley County with ballots to decide three sales tax proposals, a Clarendon school bond issue, and who will serve on the Clarendon CISD board and the Hedley City Council.
Most early balloting will take place in the Donley County Courthouse Annex although the City of Hedley will cast early ballots for mayor and aldermen in the Hedley City Hall.
Clarendon CISD voters will be deciding the fate of $11.7 million in bonds, which will be on the ballot in three questions. Proposition A will seek $1.8 million for safety and security upgrades at the school as well as two new buses. Proposition B would fund $6.9 million in improvements at Bronco Stadium including accessibility improvements, new home and visitor bleachers, a new press box, and $3.3 to 3.5 million for a new field house and to renovate restrooms and the concession stand. Proposition C would provide $3 million for a new vocational ag building.
Approval of all three bond propositions would raise the CCISD ad valorem tax rate by an estimated 32 cents per $100 valuation, and the term of the bonds would be 30 years. The current tax rate is about 87 cents per $100.
Clarendon CISD voters also have three people running for two positions on the Board of Trustees. Incumbent Wayne Hardin and challengers Ken McIntosh and Taylor Shelton.
Three ballots will be taken on the proposed creation of County Assistance Districts in the City of Howardwick, the City of Hedley, and in the unincorporated areas of the county for the purpose of raising funds to support the Donely County Sheriff’s Office.
If approved, the districts covering the cities of Howardwick and Hedley would raise sales taxes there by one cent, and the district covering rural Donley County would levy a two-cent sales tax. The new districts would be governed by the Commissioners Court.
Hedley city voters will also choose between incumbent Trisha Chambless and challenger Calvin Holland for mayor and will pick two of three candidates running for city council – incumbent Aaron Hanes and challengers Joe Pafume and John Pierce.
Early voting will continue through April 30. Election day will be Saturday, May 4, 2024.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.