Proposal Instance

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    "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/proposals/8831/?format=api",
    "id": 8831,
    "name": "Brandywine Community Schools School Improvement Bonding Proposal",
    "description": "Shall Brandywine Community Schools, Berrien and Cass Counties, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Twenty-Two Million Dollars ($22,000,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, in one or more series, for the purpose of:\n\nErecting, completing, remodeling, furnishing, equipping and re-equipping additions to school buildings and other facilities; remodeling, completing, furnishing, equipping and re-equipping school buildings and other facilities; constructing, developing, improving, equipping and re-equipping athletic facilities, playgrounds and play fields; acquiring, installing, or equipping or reequipping school buildings and other facilities for technology; and preparing, developing and improving school sites, including the following projects:\n\n- Erecting, completing, remodeling, furnishing and equipping secured entrances at school buildings and other facilities\n- Erecting, completing, remodeling, furnishing, equipping and re-equipping a new Performing Arts Center\n- Erecting, completing, remodeling, furnishing, equipping and re-equipping an addition to the gymnasium at Merritt Elementary\n- Erecting, completing, remodeling, furnishing, equipping and re-equipping a new Career Technical Education center\n- Erecting, completing, remodeling, furnishing, equipping and re-equipping athletic facilities and play fields, including a new baseball field and field turf at the football/soccer field\n- Completing, remodeling, resurfacing and equipping the athletic track; and\n- Preparing, developing and improving school sites, including parking lot improvements\n\n The following is for informational purposes only:\n\nThe estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2024, is 0.7 mills ($0.70 on each estimated $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a zero mill increase from the 2023 levy. The maximum number of years the bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, is eighteen (18) years. The estimated simple average millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is 2.85 mills ($2.85 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation).\n\nPursuant to State law, expenditure of bond proceeds must be audited, and the proceeds cannot be used for repair or maintenance costs, teacher, administrator or employee salaries, or other operating expenses.",
    "reference_url": null,
    "election": {
        "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/elections/56/?format=api",
        "id": 56,
        "name": "May Consolidated",
        "date": "2024-05-07",
        "date_humanized": "Tuesday, May 7th",
        "active": true,
        "proposals_count": 107,
        "positions_count": 19,
        "reference_url": null
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    "district": {
        "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/districts/10351/?format=api",
        "id": 10351,
        "category": "Local School District",
        "name": "Brandywine Community Schools"
    }
}