Member Bruce Ricca is a strong advocate and member Jenny Shumway remains critically focused, but the Kingman Unified School District board made no formal commitment Tuesday to pursuit of a multi-million dollar bond issue to fund a building refurbishment initiative at the Palo Christi campus downtown.
Finance Director Ahron Sherman told board members that a political consultant made almost 12,000 phone calls in late April to gain completion of 400 telephone surveys attempting to measure public sentiment of the contemplation. He said a thorough assessment of the survey results reveals voter approval of a bond issue is a possibility.
“I would say that with proper education of our community, and a proper campaign, that we stand a chance to get that bond approved,” Sherman said. He said the board would have to pass a formal resolution calling for a bond vote during the month of June to qualify the question for the November general election ballot.
Staff was directed to schedule a workshop so board members can decide whether or not to bring a finance question for public vote. If they are so inclined, board members must decide the final components of the proposal as previously detailed bond option scenarios featured funding commitments of $17-million, $20-million and $23-million.
