Superintendent Todd Yohey said the money was need to offset expenses that have risen over the past eight years, when the last levy for new operating money was approved in the Lebanon school district.
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“It was supposed to last five years. We stretched it to eight,” Yohey said earlier this month.
County Auditor Matt Nolan said this would likely cost property owners $175 for every $100,000 of property value.
At this point, the only other issue on the May ballot in Warren County is a referendum on a rezoning in Wayne Twp.
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The money would be used to pay utility bills, transportation costs and other expenses that have gone up since the last new-money levy was approved in 2011 by a 251-vote margin, according to Yohey.
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In March 2016, just under 62 percent of Lebanon district voters approved a 3.5-mill renewal levy.
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