What you need to know about upcoming Bond Elections in Ellis County

ELLIS COUNTY – The names on the ballots running in the City Council and ISD elections are not all the voters in Ellis County should be aware of in the May elections this year.

Pay attention to the fact there are three special elections in Maypearl, Milford and Palmer as well as two ISD bond elections in Ferris and Red Oak.  

Voters are also being asked to accept or reject one new Ellis County Emergency Service District proposition and one new Municipal Utility District proposition on the ballot.

FERRIS ISD SPECIAL BOND ELECTION

Voting to adopt or reject one proposed proposition.

Issuance of bonds in the amount of $134,740,000 for school facilities and levy of taxes sufficient to pay principal and interest of bonds.

MAYPEARL SPECIAL ELECTION 

Voting to adopt or reject one proposed proposition for local sales and use tax at 1/4% to continue to provide revenue for maintenance and repair of municipal streets.

MILFORD SPECIAL ELECTION

Voting to adopt a local sales and use tax at the rate of 2% (sales tax increase).

PALMER SPECIAL ELECTION

Voting to adopt or reject two proposed propositions.

Prop.  A – Subject to the termination of the Palmer Economic Development Corp. to create Palmer Municipal Development District and impose sales and use tax of 0.50%.

Prop. B: Termination of the Palmer Economic Development Corp. subject to creation of Palmer Municipal Development District.

RED OAK ISD BOND ELECTION

Proposal divided into three propositions. Voters will vote on each proposition.The approval of all propositions will not impact the current Red Oak ISD tax rate.

Prop. A – $155.2M: High School, New Career & Technical Education (CTE) Building – $79.1M. Expanded square footage to 90,000 to include ALL CTE courses from MS, TSTC, and HS, plus space for growth and added kitchen learning space for future culinary arts. Added kitchen and cafeteria to ease lunch overcrowding at current HS, includes additional parking, HS practice. gym addition and HS renovations (floors, gym seating) – $17.3M. New elementary school – $56.6M. ROISD owns the property of the proposed elementary site on Harmony Way, off Uhl Rd., north of Ovilla Rd.). ADA compliant playgrounds (all 5 elementary schools) – $2.2M

Prop. B – $11.9M: High School athletic improvements. New Subvarsity Athletic Facility – 8-lane track, turf field, restrooms/concessions, small bleachers, parking, fencing, retention pond baseball/softball artificial turf at existing fields.

Prop C – $46.8M: Goodloe Stadium (turf and track have already been completed inhouse), new restrooms, locker rooms, and concessions. Additional parking and driveway loop seating overhaul on both sides with added capacity LED field lighting 

ELLIS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NO. 12 SPECIAL ELECTION

Voters will be asked to adopt or reject a proposition to create ESD #12.

ELLIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1B SPECIAL ELECTION 

Voters will be asked to adopt or reject one proposed proposition to create Municipal Utility District No. 1B.