10-18-2022 6:27pm

School Districts In The County With Levies On The November Ballot

Beth Callahan Editor

WARREN COUNTY, OH -- Warren County Residents who live in the school districts of Blanchester, Franklin, Goshen, Kings, Lebanon, Loveland and Xenia will be voting on separate issues asking for more dollars to run their schools.

Blanchester LSD 1.25% Income Tax 6 years

A proposed Income Tax for the Blanchester Local School District is asking its residents for a 1.25% on their earned income for 6 years. Money generated from this tax is for the purpose of current expenses and permanent improvements. If passed the tax will commence January 1, 2023. A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.

Franklin Schools Sub 13.39 mills 5 years

Residents in Franklin City School District are being asked to pass a 13.39 mills Substitute Tax Levy.

The ballot questions ask, "Shall a tax levy substituting for an existing levy be imposed by the Franklin City School District, for the purpose of providing for the necessary requirements of the school district in the initial sum of $7,750,000, and a levy of taxes to be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to average 13.93 mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $1.39 for each one hundred dollars of valuation for the initial year of the tax, for a period of 5 years, commencing in 2022, first due in calendar year 2023, with the sum of such tax to increase only if and as new land or real property improvements not previously taxed by the school district are added to its tax list?"

A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.

Goshen LSD Bond 7.2 mills

The proposed bond issue for the Goshen Local School District reads ....

"Shall bonds be issued by the Goshen Local School District, Counties of Clermont and Warren, for the purpose of site acquisition, new construction, improvements, renovations and additions to school facilities, and providing equipment, furnishings and site improvements therefor in the principal amount of $49,965,000, to be repaid annually over a maximum period of 38 years, and an annual levy of property taxes be made outside of the ten-mill limitation, estimated by the county auditor to average over the repayment period of the bond issue 7.2 mills for each one dollar of tax valuation, which amounts to $0.72 for each one hundred dollars of tax valuation, commencing in 2022, first due in calendar year 2023, to pay the annual debt charges on the bonds, and to pay debt charges on any notes issued in anticipation of those bonds?"

A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.

Kings LSD Addition 6.4 mills CPT

Residents in the Kings Local School district are being asked to pass an additional 6.4 mills. The purpose for the additional tax is for the purpose of current expenses.

The ballot states the additional rate is "not exceeding 6.4 mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.64 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2022, first due in calendar year 2023. "

A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.

Lebanon CSD Substitute 9.6 mills 10 years

This proposed tax levy if passed will be a substitute levy for existing levies.

The ballot questions states it will... "be imposed by the Lebanon City School District for the purpose of providing for the necessary requirements of the school district in the initial sum of $12,200,000.00, and a levy of taxes be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to require 9.64 mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.964 for each one hundred dollars of valuation for the initial year of the tax, for a period of 10 years, commencing in 2022, first due in calendar year 2023, with the sum of such tax to increase only if and as new land or real property improvements not previously taxed by the school district are added to its tax list?"

If approved, any remaining tax years on any of the 3 existing levies will not be collected after 2021. A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.

Loveland Schools Add 4.9 mills CPT

Loveland City School District residents will be voting on an additional 4.9 mills for a continuing period of time.

The ballot reads... "An additional tax for the benefit of the Loveland City School District for the purpose of current operating expenses at a rate not exceeding 4.9 mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.49 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2022, first due in calendar year 2023."

A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.

Xenia City School District residents are being asked to renew an existing levy residents and renew an existing income tax.

Xenia CCSD Ren 9.9 mills 7 yrs

The ballot reads the renewal is ...."for the purpose of avoiding an operating deficit in the sum of $7,760,000 and a levy of taxes be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to require 9.9 mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.99 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a period of 7 years, commencing in 2023, first due in calendar year 2024?"

A majority affirmative vote is necessary for its passage.

Xenia Income Tax .5% 7 years

The question the ballot is...

"Shall an annual renewal of an income tax of one-half percent (.5%) on the school district income of individuals and of estates be imposed by the Xenia Community School District to renew an income tax expiring at the end of 2023, for 7 years, beginning January 1, 2024, for the purpose of current expenses?"

A majority affirmative vote is necessary for its passage.