Helena High School Technology Fund Levy - MAY 7
Shall the Board of Trustees of Helena High School District No. 1 be authorized to levy an additional eight hundred thousand DOLLARS ($800,000) per year for ten (10) years and being approximately 4.66 mills for the purposes of purchasing, renting, repairing and maintaining technological equipment, including computers and computer network access, cloud computing services for technology infrastructure, platforms, software, network, storage, security, data, database, test environment curriculum, or desktop virtualization purposes, including any subscription or any license-based or pay-per-use service that is accessed over the internet or other remote network to meet the district’s information technology and other needs, and the associated technical training for school district personnel?Passage of this proposal will increase the taxes on a home with a market value of $100,000 by approximately $6.29 annually, on a home with a market value of $300,000 by approximately $18.87 annually, and on a home with a market value of $600,000 by approximately $37.75 annually. An increase in property taxes may lead to an increase in rental costs.This request is in addition to the five hundred fifty-nine thousand five hundred DOLLARS ($559,500) previously authorizedas a p erpetual levy and, if this proposition is approved, will hereby be limited to ten (10) years.
