FAIRMONT — The Fairmont school board approved the amount and date for the next referendum vote in a special meeting Tuesday. On Sept. 9, the district will ask the voters for approval to sell $8.8 million in bonds in order to complete deferred maintenance items at four district buildings. Voters defeated bond referendums in May and November. November’s referendum asked for a total of $29 million. May’s referendum asked for $9.8 million. Minnesota statutes indicate the district cannot ask voters for the same amount for the same project within 180 days of the last vote. The amount the district asks for must be at least 10 percent above or below the last amount if the vote is to be within 180 days. The benefit of resubmitting a question within 180 days, according to Fairmont schools Superintendent Butch Hanson, is that if the vote passes this time around, work can remain on the schedule for summer 2009 and the costs are unlikely to rise much due to inflation.