Question 1 - Election to Authorize Additional Levy

Special election to authorize additional levies (the "Excess Levy") for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2029, July 1, 2030, July 1, 2031, July 1, 2032, and July 1, 2033 in the approximate average amount of $9,923,215 annually for the purpose of the payment of the general current expenses of The Board of Education of the County of Mason (the "Board"), including for the purposes hereinafter set forth; all according to the Order of the Board entered on the 11th day of August, 2026, and as more particularly described below. PURPOSE FOR WHICH ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE NEEDED ANNUAL AMOUNT FOR EACH PURPOSE Professional and Service Salary Supplements, Personnel Taxes and Benefits $3,000,000 - Including, but not limited to, school nurse health services above state aid funding, supplemental salaries for dual credit courses, existing county supplements, salaries or personnel in excess of 200 days, supplemental co-curricular and extracurricular salaries (academic, arts, and athletic), staff attendance incentives, FICA taxes, unemployment taxes, workers' compensation taxes, and/or retirement, dental and/or vision insurance. Textbooks, Supplies, and Equipment and Insurance - Including, but not limited to, free $1,400,000 textbooks and textbook-related materials, duplicating paper, computer paper, writing paper, notebook paper, instructional supplies and equipment, including library, office operating expenses and/or accident insurance for all county students during school and school related activities. Extra and Co-Curricular activities - Including, but not limited to, field trips, school competitions, $450,000 free admission for secondary students into their home school activities, free sports passes available to veterans, first responders and senior citizens with appropriate identification, and/or other extra and co-curricular expenses. Construction and Repair, Maintenance and Building Utilities - Including, but not limited to, $2,942,594 construction, building repairs, roof replacement, asbestos projects, structural repairs, fire code corrections, Americans with Disabilities Act compliance, equipment maintenance, paving, safety and security systems, lawn maintenance, lease purchases and/or all utilities and utility-related costs. Computer Technology - Including, but not limited to, technician salaries and related benefits, $150,000 computer purchases, repair, upgrades, software, and/or contracting. Student Transportation - Including, but not limited to, maintenance of equipment, vehicle $633,121 replacement, gasoline tanks, transportation equipment, fuel and/or tools. School Safety and Security - Including, but not limited to, the employment of one or more school $1,000,000 security officer(s) and/or other school safety and security measures, equipment and improvements. Mason County Career Center - Including, but not limited to, funding related to CTE curriculum, $250,000 programming, supplies, equipment and/or capital improvements. Supplemental Support of the Following Agencies: $97,500 Mason County Library $42,500 WV Cooperative Extension $30,000 Mason County Fair $25,000 TOTAL $9,923,215 The amounts set forth above are the anticipated average annual amounts for each purpose. The actual amounts for each purpose likely will vary from one fiscal year to the next. If any item in the above-stated purposes is declared unconstitutional or invalid due to judicial or legislative action, then any affected funds will be distributed among the remaining constitutional and valid itemized purposes. In the event the Board shall obtain additional money by grant or otherwise from the state or federal government, or from any agency of either, or from any other source, for the purposes aforesaid, such additional money may be used either in substitution for, or in addition to, the sums obtained from such additional levies as said the Board may from time to time determine. In the event that any specified library, school facility or organization that is named in the above-stated purposes closes, ceases operation or is otherwise unable to accept excess levy funds, the Board, in its sole discretion, may reallocate funds that were originally allocated to such specified library, school facility or organization, as the case may be, to any of the other above-stated purposes. The Board is hereby authorized and empowered to expend, during the term of this levy and one additional year, the surplus, if any, accruing during the term of this levy in excess of the amounts needed for any of the above-stated purposes, for the enrichment, supplementation, and advancement of all education programs in Mason County, school facility capital improvements and/or other purposes pertinent to the operation of the schools within the Mason County School District, as the Board may determine from time to time, in its discretion. In the event that the actual amount collected is less than the amounts noted for the above-stated purposes for any one or more fiscal years, the Board is hereby authorized and empowered to determine, in its discretion, which one or more of the above-stated purposes shall be reduced for each such fiscal year, and the amount of each such reduction for such fiscal year; provided, that the total of all such reductions shall not exceed the amount of such collection shortfall each year; provided, further, that if any such reduction for one or more of the above-stated purposes is necessary, the Board shall not reduce the funds allocated for Professional and Service Salary Supplements, Personnel Taxes and Benefits. The Board reserves unto itself as the levying body the right and authority to reduce the rates of the excess levy, in its sole discretion, if increased assessments would produce funds beyond projected needs in any fiscal year specified in the levy call. The additional levies, in cents per $100 of assessed value on each class of property, shall be on Class I property 22.95 cents; on Class II property 45.90 cents; on Class III property 91.80 cents; and on Class IV property 91.80 cents. That the proposed years to which the additional rate of levies shall apply are the fiscal years beginning July I, 2029, July I, 2030, July 1, 2031, July l, 2032, and July 1, 2033.