Money for schools dominate Tuesday’s ballot

Area residents will decide the fate of eight local issues, primarily affecting school districts, in Tuesday’s special election.

Those issues are among just 60 across the state in this year’s smallest election. There are no candidates or statewide issues on the ballot.

Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m.

Vandalia-Butler City Schools: A 6.99-mill operating and permanent improvement levy is on Tuesday's ballot. The permanent levy is expected to cost the owner of a $100,000 house $214 per year and generate $3.9 million annually.

Northmont City Schools: The renewal of a five-year, 5.9-mill operating levy would not increase the amount collected for the school district. The levy would continue to cost the owner of a $100,000 house about $180 annually and generate $3.6 million.

Xenia Community City Schools: The Greene County ballot has one focus Tuesday: a 1.5 percent earned income tax for operating expenses at Xenia schools. The seven-year earned income tax is expected to generate $7.7 million annually for the district. It would replace a 0.5 percent standard income tax, which raises about $3 million per year.

Tipp City Exempted Village Schools: If passed, Tipp City's five-year, 7.95-mill emergency levy would cost the owner of a $100,000 home roughly $243 per year and generate $3 million yearly.

Bethel Local Schools (2): Bethel has a five-year, 2-mill permanent improvement renewal levy and a five-year, 7-mill replacement levy for operations on the ballot. The renewal would continue to cost the owner of a $100,000 house around $100 per year, and the replacement would cost the same homeowner roughly $214 annually, which is an increase of about $53 each year. These levies combined would raise $1.2 million annually for the district.

Franklin Fire and EMS: In Warren County, a 3.5-mill levy would put EMS services under the fire department. It would cost the owner of a $100,000 house about $107 per year.

Farmersville: Voters are being asked to renew a five-year, 2.5-mill operating levy that generates $35,035 a year for the village's general fund. It would continue to cost roughly $76 per year for the owner of a $100,000 home.

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