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ELDON, IOWA -- Voters in the Cardinal community school district have an important issue on the September 13 ballot.

Residents who hit the polls will have a yes or no vote on a new revenue purpose statement.  If approved, Cardinal will be able to spend money already collected from the SILO tax.  This is a one cent sales tax collected throughout Iowa.

“It is being, currently being, collected through state law throughout the whole state of Iowa for school infrastructure,” said Superintendent Joel Pedersen. 

Despite the Cardinal school district having students from Jefferson, Wapello and Van Buren counties, the money would just impact their district.

“It's just specifically for Cardinal and not for any other school districts in those counties."

Pedersen emphasized that the measure is not a tax increase.  By holding the issue on this year’s ballot the taxpayers won’t have to pay for a special election in 2012.  The school district has until 2013 to come up with a new revenue purpose statement.