New Wine Bar to Open; School Levy Passes: Week in Review

Here’s a highlight of the top stories from around Brecksville during the past week.

Did you miss anything around town during the past week? Here’s your opportunity to get caught up. Voters Pass Brecksville-Broadview Heights School Levy: Measure approved by nearly 1,000 votes. Airborne Metal Shelf Damages Car on Interstate 77: A RIchfield woman struck piece of metal — which turned out to be a piece of a large shelf — as she drove on the highway last week. New Wine Bar, 750ml, to Open in Downtown Brecksville: Current occupant Burns Financial is expected move into the newly renovated space next door. Two Arrested for Lying to Police About Their Identities: A 39-year-old Ravenna woman and a 42-year-old Kimbolton man were arrested and charged with falsifying information to the police following a traffic stop. School District …

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Voters Pass Brecksville-Broadview Heights School Levy

Measure approved by nearly 1,000 votes.

Results updated with absentee votes and 22 of 22 precincts counted. Scroll down to see the chart with the vote totals. Voters in the Brecksville-Broadview Heights School District passed a 7.4-mill renewal levy on the ballot on Tuesday. The renewal levy — known on the ballot as Issue 12 — will continue to cost the owner of a $100,000 home $12.66 per month, district Treasurer Rick Berdine said. The levy was first passed in 1988 and brings in about $4.8 million a year. Passage of the renewal would not raise taxes, but keep taxes at the current level. This renewal levy is being placed on the ballot as a continuing levy. “It represents 11 percent of our current operating budget,” Berdine recently told Brecksville Patch. “Not passing this …

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Brecksville May Election Guide

The candidates, voting information and issues that will affect Brecksville on Election Day.

Issue 12: Brecksville-Broadview Heights Schools 7.4-Mill Renewal Levy

The renewal levy would continue to cost the owner of a $100,000 home $12.66 per month.

Residents in the Brecksville-Broadview Heights School District will vote on a 7.4-mill renewal levy on the ballot on the May 7 ballot. The renewal levy would continue to cost the owner of a $100,000 home $12.66 per month, district Treasurer Rick Berdine said. “This is not a tax increase as this levy has been in place for 25 years,” he said. “It has been renewed previously four times.   The levy was first passed in 1988 and brings in about $4.8 million a year. Passage of the renewal would not raise taxes, but keep taxes at the current level. This renewal levy is being placed on the ballot as a continuing levy. “It represents 11 percent of our current operating budget,” said Berdine. “Not passing this renewal levy to continue providing the …

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Brecksville Election Guide for May 7, 2013

The candidates, voting information and issues that will affect Brecksville on Election Day.

As we look ahead to May 7 primary election, Brecksville Patch remains devoted to bringing you the information you need about every race you’ll be casting a vote on.

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Do You Agree With the Sun News Endorsement of the School Levy?

The newspaper recently announced its support for Issue 12.

On April 11 the Sun News wrote an editorial in support of Issue 12, the measure for the Brecksville-Broadview Heights schools operating levy on the May 7 ballot. The paper pointed out that the district has cut $6 million in staffing and programs already and will need to cut another $6.1 million in the next four years. "That’s what would happen should funding already in place be removed, and that would place in peril a district whose reputation alone has attracted many to these communities," according to the editorial. The 7.4-mill renewal levy would bring in $4.8 million per year and would not raise taxes. Do you agree with the Sun News' endorsement? Will it influence how you vote? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

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Superintendent Discusses 7.9-Mill Tax Levy

Brecksville-Broadview Heights Superintendent Scot Prebles and Treasurer Richard Berdine discuss the May 7 levy in a short video.

WATCH: District Officials Discuss May Tax on Ballot

Brecksville-Broadview Heights Superintendent Scot Prebles and Treasurer Richard Berdine are featured in the 5-minute video.

The Brecksville-Broadview Heights School Board of Education will place a 7.4-mill renewal levy on the May ballot.  To educate the public on the tax, the district recently posted a 5-minute video to the district's website, explaining what the levy is and what it means to the community. In the video, which includes a brief question and answer format, Superintendent Scot Prebles leads a conversation with district treasurer, Richard Berdine. The replacement levy, they said, won't raise taxes and won't generate any additional money for the district. 

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