[Updated/correction] (Manning, Iowa) – Patrons of the IKM-Manning School District have failed to approve by a 60% majority, a $19.5-million General Obligation Bond Referendum that would have allowed the district to address a series of facilities needs in both Irwin and Manning. That was 56% in favor. The measure needed 60% of the votes to pass.

The results (which are unofficial until canvassed) show the measure was approved in Carroll County by a vote of 847 Yes to 68 No, while in Shelby and Audubon Counties, it failed 450 to 162. Crawford County voters cast 407 NO votes and 170 YES votes.

According to district administrators, the tax rate impact would have amounted to $118 per year on a home with a $100,000 assessed value. For agricultural property, it would have meant an additional $2.63 per acre/year, depending on where you live. The district’s tax rate would have increased from $9.51/$1,000 of taxable valuation to $11.81.