Elsewhere in Warren County
- Voters in the Wayne Local School district will be asked to approve a continuing 14.05-mill levy. This would continue indefinitely an existing levy costing property owners $430.28 per $100,000 in valuation and raising about $3.3 million a year for the school district.
- Also in Waynesvile, the Mary L. Cook Library is expected to seek the continuation of an existing five-year, 1 mill in property taxes expiring at the end of the year. Like the existing issue, the proposed continuing levy would cost about $30.62 for each $100,000 of property value while raising about $500,000 a year for the district, officials said.
- Lebanon voters will find an issue seeking a five-year, 7 mill levy for fire and ambulance service expected to raise $2.7 million. The levy is expected cost the owner of a $170,000 home about $416 a year and help pay for continued operation of a station on the Ohio 48 bypass.
- Washington Twp., Warren County, voters in areas served by the Salem-Morrow and Wayne Twp. fire districts, will be asked to approve a continuing, additional 3 mills for fire and ambulance services. The levy will cost $91.87 for every $100,000 in assessed value.
- Washington Twp., Warren County, voters in areas served by the Salem-Morrow and Wayne Twp. fire districts, will be asked to approve a continuing, additional 3 mills for fire and ambulance services. The levy will cost $91.87 for every $100,000 in assessed value and raise $100,800 annually.
Sources: Warren County Board of Elections, local governments
For the first time in three years, the Springboro Board of Education took the first step toward asking voters to approve a property tax levy.
“It’s step one of a two-step process. We thought we’d get it under way,” Board President Kelly Kohls said.
The board needs to pass another resolution by Aug. 7 to set the millage and place the issue on Nov. 5 ballots.
The board then quickly moved into executive session to discuss contract negotiations with teachers and support staff, without offering a roomful of parents and teachers a chance to comment or ask questions.
Parent David Hurlburt said he attended the meeting, his first since moving to the district, in response to an email. A Facebook post by Springboro United for Responsible Education, a group advocating for teachers in the contract negotiations, urged residents to attend to see that the board moved for a levy equal to the one expiring at the end of the year.
Hurlburt said he hoped to get answers to questions he and his neighbors have about the district’s direction.
“This meeting didn’t do that,” he said.
Voters in the district have rejected five consecutive issues seeking new operating funds, but approved the last proposed renewal in 2008.
It would be the third levy on ballots for voters in the part of the school district also served by the Franklin-Springboro library district. The library district extends throughout Franklin and Springboro, Carlisle, Franklin Township and includes the part of Clearcreek Township west of Bunnell Hill Road.
Like the school renewal, the proposed continuing 1 mill library levy is not expected to raise taxes. The levy would continue a five-year, 1 mill issue expiring this year that costs $30.60 for every $100,000 of property value and raises $1,109,650 a year.
Also, voters in Clearcreek and Springboro are to see a second try for a 4.5 mill levy for new funds to operate the fire and ambulance service in the district. If approved, property owners would pay an additional $137.81 a year for every $100,000 in property valuation.
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