How many counties in Iowa currently have a SILO?
All 99 counties in Iowa have a SILO tax except for Johnson and Linn counties. How would voter approval benefit Mount Vernon now? Last spring, the Iowa Legislature created an incentive to encourage Linn County to join other counties in the SILO program. If Linn approves the SILO program prior to July 1, 2008, the Mount Vernon Community School District would net an additional $2 million more than it would without this incentive. How will Mount Vernon Schools use the SILO proceeds? Based on student enrollment numbers, the SILO would generate an estimated $7.5 million for our schools during the ten year term of the SILO. The Mount Vernon School Board recently updated the school district’s master facilities plan and determined the following three areas as high priority items for the SILO proceeds. – Renovation of the 1956 Washington Elementary School building – Completion of the Mount Vernon Middle School building renovation project – $950,000 for computer technology and other technology eq
