School district staying off Nov. ballot

By Emily Shockley
Monday, August 30, 2010

District 51 School Board members voted Monday afternoon not to place a question on the Nov. 2 ballot.

The school district asked the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder in July to hold a space on the November ballot in case District 51 decided to ask voters for permission to obtain a loan or issue bonded debt to cover cash flow shortages.

These options were presented as ways for the district to temporarily work around the borrowing restrictions written into Amendment 61, which will appear on the November ballot. The district’s requests would have only gone into effect if Amendment 61 is approved by voters.

Read more in Tuesday’s Daily Sentinel.