✔ Kansas City voters will see the following three ballot questions on the April 8 municipal ballot.
Public Safety Sales Tax Ballot Initiative - Voters will be asked to renew the ¼% sales tax that funds public safety initiatives in Kansas City.
The Kansas City MO School District Bond Issuance - Voters will be asked to allow the Kansas City Missouri School District to issue bonds for the purpose of capital expenditures for new and existing school properties, as well as to levy a property tax to service the debt.
Transfer of Park Land to Ronald McDonald House - Voters will be asked to authorize the City Of Kansas City to transfer park land from the city to Ronald McDonald House, which currently operates in a house on the park property.
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here for ballot language and local news coverage related to the ballot issues.
✔ Lee's Summit R-7 School District Bond Issuance
Voters will be asked to allow issuance of general obligation bonds for the purposes of facility expenditures:
Shall Reorganized School District No. 7 of Jackson County, Missouri (Lee’s Summit R-7) issue its general obligation bonds in the amount of $225,000,000, estimated to result in no increase to the District’s debt service property tax levy, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, repairing, renovating, furnishing and equipping new and existing school sites and facilities and the purchase of land? If this question is approved, the District’s debt service property tax levy is estimated to remain unchanged at $0.87 per $100 of assessed valuation of real and personal property.
✔ A number of
Platte County municipalities
, ambulance, fire and school districts have ballot questions. The ballot questions can be found
here.
As we approach the April 8 election, we will continually update this page.