Voters in Batavia and Elgin will face some difficult decisions on April 4, as referenda on the ballot include hundreds of millions of dollars for school construction and, for Batavia, provisions to eliminate significant high-level positions within the city government.
Batavia School District 101 – $140,000,000 bond issuance for school construction and improvements
Shall the Board of Education of Batavia Community Unit School District Number 101, Kane County, Illinois, be authorized to build and equip a new H.C. Storm School and a new Louise White School and demolish the existing buildings, and alter, repair, equip and improve its other school facilities, including but not limited to installing student safety and security enhancements and improving roofs, floors, windows, HVAC, electrical and plumbing systems, and improve the sites thereof, and issue its bonds to the amount of $140,000,000 for the purpose of paying the costs thereof?
Elgin School District U46 – $179,000,000 bond issuance for various improvements and additions
Shall the Board of Education of Elgin (U46) School District Number 46, Kane, Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois, construct safety and security improvements, renovate and replace building infrastructure, add classrooms for early childhood education, construct accessibility improvements under the Americans with Disabilities Act, construct STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) labs and classrooms, build and equip school buildings to replace existing school buildings, build and equip additions to and alter, repair and equip existing school buildings, improve sites and issue bonds of said School District to the amount of $179,000,000 for the purpose of paying the costs thereof?
City of Batavia – Eliminate the elected office of City Clerk and make it and appointed position
Shall the elected office of the City Clerk of the City of Batavia be abolished and the duties of the City Clerk be assigned to an appointed City Clerk?
City of Batavia – Eliminate the office of City Treasurer altogether and have those duties assigned to the City Finance Director
Shall the elected office of the City Treasurer of the City of Batavia be abolished and the duties of the City Treasurer be assigned to the City Finance Director at no additional cost to the City?
Other significant referenda on the April 4 ballot include:
- Central School District 301 – $195 million bond issuance for new high school and athletic field
- Kaneland School District 302 – $57 million bond issuance to build an addition and other improvements to Kaneland High School
- Village of Elburn – $9.9 million bond issuance for building of new police station
