Voters in several Quad City area communities were asked to make decisions Tuesday on a range of issues from tax money to consolidation.
In the North Scott School District residents decided to extend a revenue purpose plan for building improvements using money from an already existing one-cent sales tax.
Out of the over 11,000 eligible voters, 2,533 votes were cast (22.46 percent). There were 1,347 votes in favor and 1,187 votes against the proposal, a margin of only 160 votes.
A detailed report from the Scott County website (click on '+' to the left) shows where the votes were cast:
In Jackson County, voters turned out in greater numbers. Nearly 67 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots in two school districts and agreed to consolidate. The unofficial results show that 86 percent of voters in the Preston School District and 51 percent of voters in the East Central School District voted in favor of the merger.
In East Central (Miles & Sabula), just over 50 percent of eligible voters cast their ballot with 617 voting in favor and 597 voting against the merger. In Preston, over 86 percent of eligible voters turned out. There were 776 votes in favor and only 121 against.
The newly formed district will be called Easton Valley Community School District next school year.
A detailed report from the Jackson County website (click on '+' to the left) shows where the votes were cast:
In Muscatine, the issue of whether the school district can spend more tax dollars also won approval. A little over 55 percent voted in favor of the Instructional Support Levy to increase the amount of money the district can use for the general fund.
Out of over 20,593 eligible voters, 2,267 ballots were cast (11.01 percent). There were 1,260 votes cast for and 1,006 votes cast against the measure, a margin of just 254 votes.
Revenue from taxes will be made available for the district to use on teachers, students, and programs.
A detailed report from the Muscatine website (click on '+' to the left) shows the breakdown between the precincts:
Easton Valley Special School Election - Unofficial Results
North Scott Special Election - Unofficial Results
Muscatine Special School Instructional Support Levey Election - Unofficial Results
