NICC to seek continuance of bond levy
Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) will place a ballot measure before voters this fall, requesting approval for a continuance of the College’s existing bond levy. The NICC Board of Trustees approved the continuation at its meeting on April 16, and the measure will be on the Sept. 11, 2018 ballot in a special election.
The College’s first bond levy of $35 million in December 2007 passed with a supermajority of voters’ support in the district. The continuance of the existing bond levy would generate funding not to exceed $39 million.
NICC determined that new bond levy funds are required to address needed renovations and updates throughout its 5,056-sq.-mile district and identified four major priorities: educational programming and services, infrastructure, security, and technology.