Miamisburg school levy: Voters approve renewal issue

Voters in the Miamisburg City School District approved a renewal levy Tuesday night.

Voters by a 65 percent to 35 percent margin passed Issue 33, a 8.65-mill, five-year emergency renewal levy. The measure had 4,934 votes in favor, according to complete but unofficial results from the Montgomery County Board of Elections.

The levy will continue to cost the owner of a home valued at $100,000 about $265 a year, according to the Montgomery County auditor’s office.

District records show about 53 percent of its $53.5 million general fund budget comes real estate taxes. Funds from the levy pay for operating expenses, such as salaries, benefits, utilities, supplies and classroom materials and other district costs.

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Salaries account for about 61 percent of Miamisburg schools expenses while benefits consume 22 percent for the 2016-17 school year, records show. The estimated 83 percent total is about 7 percent higher than five years earlier.

District projections show those expenses will combine for more than 80 percent through at least 2018-19.

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Nick Blizzard is a staff writer for the Dayton Daily News. He is a graduate of Stebbins High School who earned a bachelor’s degree from Ohio University and its E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. Nick is a Riverside native and has been a journalist in the Dayton area for more than 20 years.