District Website Video Discusses 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.  To watch the video, click here.  Tell us, does the video help clear things up for you? What do you still want to know about the levy? 

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Renewal Levy Set for May 2013 Election

The renewal wouldn’t raise taxes.

The Brecksville-Broadview Heights Board of Education voted to put a 7.4-mill renewal levy on the ballot this May during its meeting on Monday. This was the final step for the board to put the renewal levy on the May 7 ballot, board President David Tryon said in an email. According to a press release from the district, 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 rather, keep taxes at their current level. This renewal levy is being placed on the ballot as a continuing levy. That means that if it is passed, taxpayers will continue to pay that millage in the future, but the levy would not be placed on the ballot again. Currently, this levy comes up for renewal …

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School Board Takes Steps to Put Renewal Levy on the May Ballot

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 …

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Strike Would Threaten Sports and Renewal Levy Passes: Week in Review

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Tuesday’s Election by the Numbers

Here’s a look at how many people voted in person and by mail in Tuesday’s election.

The Brecksville-Broadview Heights’ community voted to renew a 6.8-mill levy for the school district on Tuesday. Here’s a quick look at the numbers from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections: These figures are still unofficial. Additional vote-by-mail ballots and provisional ballots can be included in the final, official numbers.

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Schools' Renewal Levy Passes (Updated)

The final, unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections are in.

Update, 9:01 p.m. School Board President David Tryon said he is "very pleased with the results" of Tuesday's election. Tryon said he was optimistic that the renewal levy would pass, but that he didn't think it would be by such a majority of the voters. Nearly 74 percent of voters were in favor of the renewal levy. "I'm very grateful for the overwhelming support from the taxpayers," Tryon said. Update, 8:45 p.m. As of 8:42 p.m., all of the 22 precincts have been counted, and the renewal levy for the Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School District has passed. According to unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, 3,848 people voted for the renewal levy, and 1,360 voted against it. *These are unofficial numbers from …

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BEA/BOSS Employees

10:19 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012

The Bees Staff would like to thank the Brecksville and Broadview Heights communities for passing this renewal levy! THANK YOU!   more ›

Schools' Renewal Levy Will be on the Ballot on Tuesday

Vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked by Monday.

Fatal Accident Investigated and Election Reminders: Week in Review

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