On April 11, 2017 at 7:00 PM the Big Sandy Board of Trustees will meet to make a final decision whether or not to run a special bond election for the purpose of building a new swimming pool. The potential of this project has been a joint effort between the Town of Big Sandy and Big Sandy schools. There have been many public meetings over the course of the past year soliciting input from the community and the time has come for the trustees to make a final decision. Below is the information on how a $2,300,000 bond would affect taxpayers in our district. Any person or entity can go on-line also and calculate their estimated tax impact with the information provided below. The pipeline and utilities in the school district would make up approximately 34% of the tax impact on this particular bond. The school and town want to be completely transparent in all aspects of this project so please attend the upcoming meeting on April 11. If you are unable to attend and have any questions in regards to this project please stop by my office or give me a call and I will gladly help you out.

*All property owners (including farming and ranching operations, commercial businesses, home owners etc…) should use the following formula to calculate the estimated tax impact of the Bond issue. Look up the Property’s “Taxable Value” from Personal Tax Statements or the following State website (http://svc.mt.gov/dor/property/prc) and use the following formula: “Taxable Value” x Mills/1000= Estimated Annual Tax Impact of the Bonds