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MAPS 3: The elections

 
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CANADIAN COUNTY
City of Piedmont

Proposition 1: Changing the city charter to move the filing date for candidates for all city offices to February.

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Proposition 2: A 1-cent city sales tax increase to hire full-time firefighters.

CARTER COUNTY
Fox Schools

Proposition: $250,000 to pay off lease-purchase agreement on high school’s new metal roof.

CREEK COUNTY
City of Bristow

Proposition 1: Extension of a half-cent sales tax and addition of another half-cent sales tax to pay for street repairs and water and sewer improvements.

Proposition 2: A 1-cent sales tax increase to finance a new municipal hospital.

Mounds Schools

Proposition 1: $2.5 million for asphalting parking areas, add heating and air conditioning units to school buildings, buy cafeteria equipment, replace roofs, buy band equipment, build new bleachers, a concession stand and rest rooms, purchase new computers and upgrade technology.

Proposition 2: $280,000 to buy at least three buses.

GRADY COUNTY
Amber-Pocasset Schools

Proposition 1: $600,000 to renovate and repair the high school in Pocasset and the elementary school in Amber. Money will fund upgrades and repairs and will add heating and air conditioning units.

LOVE COUNTY
Thackerville Schools

Proposition: $5.3 million for a new elementary school and gymnasium and buy 15.3 acres of land.

OKLAHOMA COUNTY
Edmond Schools

Proposition 1: $35.

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