Ballots for the proposed Whitefish resort tax increase were mailed Wednesday to city voters.

Voters will decide whether or not to raise the resort tax from 2 to 3 percent to raise money for the city’s $8 million portion of a conservation easement protecting the city’s water supply in Haskill Basin.

The resort tax measure ballots must be mailed back to the Election Department at the Flathead County Courthouse in Kalispell or dropped off at the courthouse or Whitefish City Hall by 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28.

Separately, the Whitefish School District is conducting an election on Tuesday, May 5, to elect school board trustees and decide a proposed $40,000 elementary levy. About 3,000 permanent absentee ballots for the school election will be mailed April 15.

County Election Recording Manager Monica Eisenzimer has cautioned Whitefish voters not to combine their absentee ballots for the school election with the resort tax measure mail ballots because they are separate elections — one conducted by the county and one by the Whitefish School District — with different ballot deadlines.