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Show jjnnfficial results Doiradl Q)( few w'l v ho jyills closed and tin- olos tinted, tlh" l''-in St'M,H'1 lotru-t "Tvt'u'ii lwvi,xl a lunVw '"'"'.tm ntiiv .ill,1"S !llt 1,1S"'11' 10 K 111 ""'ir up t'11" im"um u ln"''' ,tt0 lu'w f.i.uhtiVs and improve anotln-r. u-r turnout NU,S ils ln'"ly lHM , ft. the iuvJ ,u'w spools or 1. hurt K III'' l"-1' slump in tho "'..'nlwtMVStivnly against tho Trnoltict.it election results wore iiyrtw11"" no. ' , top lor them w ill he to got tho 'ev-t to nrk 10 l1,'-"t 1,10 iUh1' lans for tho now building as i,ukklv as possible. With tho ote of confidence Ttiosilay tho Uintah Sohool District will huild'a now liih school, an auditorium lor West Junior High, ami ronovato Uintah High Sohool to ho used as a junior high. Willi tho now faoihtios, double sessions at Vernal Ver-nal Junior High will ho eliminated. Plans for all throe projects will Incompleted In-completed by August and September of this year and tho buildings will bo let for bids at that time, said Gary Taylor, sohool hoard president. Tentative location of the new high school will bo on mirth Vernal Avenue between ItlOOand lfi(H) North. If a better location is found, the board may change the site. Hoard members are expecting favorable bids from contractors, as building projects are scarce and contractors contrac-tors are hungry. School fiscal consultants, Dana Larson, Lar-son, lumbal and Associates estimate the cost of the new high school to be $i:.022.ooo. West Junior 1 ligh auditorium to be $1,283. IKKI and renovation of Uintah High School to be $('(, 000. The passage of the bond w ill boost the school district's capital outlay budget 2 -111 mills, but board members were predicting that if the bond election didn't pass, the mill levy would have gone up ( mills. The mill levy increase is said to increase the average property tax by $1.27 per month. "We are hoping that by the fall of 1985 we can put kids in the new facilities," said President Taylor. "We hope that the favorable vote today," to-day," Taylor said, "indicates that people peo-ple realize we have a problem, and they are supporting us in our solution." School board member Garth Atwood said that the favorable vote "doesn't mean people in the community are more concerned about education." People have always been concerned about education, now they just see the need. Atwood said support of the bond will release $4.3 million from the Community Communi-ty Impact Board at five percent interest. But passage of the bond will not let energy companies off the hook, Atwood said. "If they (energy projects) come on line, we will still look to them for up-front money to ease the tax burden should the district have to build more buildings," Atwood said. With the present growth in the district, 14 percent this year, and possible impact of oil shale projects, the board has discussed building another elementary school with impact funds. Taylor said one of the reasons for the good voter turnout was the better media coverage of the election and volunteer help in distributing brochures, holding neighborhood meetings, offering rides to the polls and child care services while voters were at the polls. |