Monday, May 03, 1999
Princeton to discuss tax levy
Treasurer will present options for Aug. ballot
BY BERNIE MIXON
The Cincinnati Enquirer
SHARONVILLE — The Princeton school board will meet in special session tonight to discuss levy options if it decides to place an issue on the August ballot.
The board can decide on up to three possible levy amounts to be sent to the Hamilton County Auditor's office for certification.
The board will meet at 7 p.m. at Princeton High School. Treasurer Larry McDonough will present members with levy choices.
“I will give them more than three to consider,” Mr. McDonough said, and options will contain estimates on how long the money would last.
Should the board decide to go on the ballot in August, a resolution would have to be passed before the May 20 deadline to file with the Hamilton County Board of Elections.
In November, voters defeated a 6.5-mill levy that was to raise about $10 million annually to meet expenses. Without the levy, the board voted to cut $4 million from the 1999-2000 budget.
School officials say voters must pass a levy this year to avoid budget cuts in the 2000-2001 school year.
In February, the board placed a 4.95-mill tax levy on Tuesday's ballot for general operating expenses.
In March, however, the board took it off the ballot after residents raised questions and said May was not the time for a tax levy.
Some residents are part of an ad-hoc committee that is looking at the school district's finances.
“The purpose of the committee is to assess the spending projections and see what is needed and try to give the board our advice,” said George Keyser, chair man of Princeton's Business Advisory Council.
After a couple of meetings, he said, it's premature to predict the group's recommendations.
In the end, it will be up to the board to decide whether to try a levy.
““But we want to have as much input from the community,” said Board President Martha Iskyan. “We are going to be listening to the community and we hope to have them support (a levy) if we go on the ballot.”
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