GERMANTOWN HILLS, Ill. – Officials in the Germantown Hills School District say the election is technically not over for them.
At issue: while voters overwhelmingly rejected a property tax increase for the school district by an almost two to one margin, a separate referendum on whether to issue seven million dollars in bonds to help build a long-planned-for athletic complex is almost 50-50, with the difference between yes and no being two dozen votes.
“Our community engagement efforts were, I think, pretty effective but I’m not sure how effective,” Dan Mair, Germantown Hills Superintendent, said to 25 News. “In other words, were we able to reach everyone in our school district.”
Mair says the district is waiting for mail-in ballots to be added before determining what to do next.
Those votes may have been part of the reason for good voter turn-out in Woodford County on Tuesday.
“Voters in Woodford County are pretty loyal, and when there’s matters as there was on the ballot, they come out in strong numbers,” Dawn Kupfer, Woodford County Clerk, said to 25 News.
Meanwhile, Mair says there are no plans to try another property tax hike for now.
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