8.28-Mill Avon Lake School Levy Gets Go-Ahead for May Ballot
Approved levy will result in $253.58 increase per $100,000 home valuation.
The Avon Lake Board of Education voted on Jan. 29 to proceed with a 10-year, $6.5 million emergency levy for the May 7 Primary Election. An 8.28 millage rate was certified by the Lorain County Auditor’s Office. District Treasurer Autumn Streng said the The annual cost per $100,000 valuation is $253.58. The meeting was the third held this month to discuss a levy. The last meeting held was to determine the amount the district wanted to generate each year. A 9.04-mill levy was defeated in November by 675 votes. Still uncertain is the effect the 2015 closing of the NRG (formerly GenOn) Power Plant will have on the district. Superintendent of Schools Bob Scott met with spokesperson Mark Baird of NRG to discuss the plant’s future. “(Scott) was …
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C Clay
10:12 am on Friday, April 12, 2013
We've all been affected by the economy in some way- and though I just moved here- I certainly know that property values have dropped for most in the last 5 years, as they have across most (though certainly not all) of the nation. On another post- I commented that I come from a larger area in the south where I have never been for tax increases because I didnt think money was managed well, and/or … more ›