BATH TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WLNS) — A bond proposal of greater than $26 million will probably be on the Bathtub Twp. poll this August to enhance Bathtub Neighborhood Colleges’ infrastructure, officers say.
It is a bond renewal, and officers say it will not improve tax charges if it passes.
Christine McCallister, a guardian whose children go to Bathtub Neighborhood Colleges, stated she’s heard firsthand about points within the district’s buildings.
“They’ve said it is hot, certain areas of the school are very cold,” she advised 6 Information. “It’s not a new building, so you’re gonna run into that problem, but I think it should be improved as much as it can be improved.”
The college’s web site exhibits that each one three of the district’s faculties would obtain a brand new safety lockdown system, new consuming fountains and up to date roofs.
Bathtub Superintendent Chris Hodges says the district would use the bond to take out a $26.8 million mortgage and would pay the mortgage again with property taxes.
“I turned around the corner in the elementary school, and there were three big trash cans collecting water that was leaking through the roof,” Hodges stated. “I think our kids deserve to learn in a better environment than that.”
Bathtub’s web site additionally exhibits that the elementary faculty would get new playground tools and lockers, along with different upgrades. The center faculties would get a brand new auditorium curtain and window shades. The highschool would exchange its water heater and boilers, and get a brand new soccer subject entry.
A house that’s $200,000 has a taxable worth of round $100,000, that means it will price the property proprietor round $428 a 12 months for this bond. Hodges emphasised that this can be a bond renewal and there can be no tax charge hikes.
“We want to be mindful that times are tough,” he stated. “A roof alone is over $1 million so we really can’t do this work without a bond.”
Though tax charges is not going to improve if the measure passes, the proposal will improve the period of time residents pays the tax.
Hodges stated, if handed, the initiatives ought to be accomplished inside two years.
The renewal will probably be on the Aug. 5 poll in Bathtub Twp. Yow will discover the bond proposal language right here.
