Friday, May 07, 1999
Sharonville levy request up in air
BY BERNIE MIXON
The Cincinnati Enquirer
SHARONVILLE — The Princeton school board took a step this week toward placing a tax levy on an election ballot by choosing three possible levy amounts.
But the board has yet to decide which election, if any, and which levy amounts could be presented to voters.
The board decided Monday to submit the following levy amounts to the Hamilton County auditor's office for certification: 3.95, 4.5 or 4.95 mills.
“This means we have the option to go in August,” said Martha Iskyan, board president.
Should the board decide to put a levy request 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 voted to place a 4.95-mill tax levy on the ballot this week 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 request.
An independent citizens' group asked to look at the district's finances will consider each millage chosen and report back to the board.
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