Tuesday, May 7, 2013
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 …
The voting information and issues that will affect Brecksville on Election Day.
Friday, April 26, 2013
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 …
Tuesday, April 23, 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.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The levy has been in place since 1988.
The Brecksville-Broadview Heights Board of Education took the first step toward putting a renewal levy on the May ballot on Monday. According to a press release from the district, the board voted to approve the first of two required resolutions to put the levy on the May 7 ballot during its meeting on Monday. The 7.4-mill levy was first passed in 1988 and brings in about $4.8 million each year. Renewal levies do not raise taxes. In the current resolution, the levy would appear on the ballot as a continuing levy. That means that it would become permanent if passed by voters. Currently, the levy comes up for renewal every five years. District treasurer/chief financial officer Rick Berdine said the levy makes up about 11 percent of the …
