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The Oakwood City Schools Board of Education, at its regular meeting on Feb. 12, passed a Resolution Determining to Proceed to place a 1.80 mill property tax Permanent Improvement Replacement levy on the May 8th ballot. This would be a replacement levy for the issue that was originally passed by Oakwood voters in June 1978 and renewed by large margins five times since its original passage. The Oakwood Schools have structured this request so it will not increase property taxes.
“We are confident that the community will support the schools with this levy request to maintain the investment in our historic buildings and augment technology resources in our classrooms,” said Dr. Paul Vanderburgh, Oakwood School Board president.
The Oakwood Schools’ Business Advisory Council, a group of more than twenty independent Oakwood business professionals, reviewed the levy plan and unanimously recommended the 1.8 replacement levy to the board in January 2007.
The replacement levy will not be an additional cost to taxpayers because the Oakwood Schools are able to lower the tax rate needed on the bonds sold after the bond levy in 2002.This replacement levy will generate additional funds needed for building maintenance, technology and upgrades in students’ security. Examples of these uses are roof repairs, plumbing, electrical, sidewalks, parking lots, cabling, replacement of older computers, and installation of digital video surveillance systems in all the buildings.
This will not be the only levy that the school district anticipates having on the ballot this year. In November, the district will be asking the voters for approval of an operating levy. The levy millage has not yet been determined.
The Oakwood City Schools will be providing additional information between now and May 8 so that voters of Oakwood can make an informed decision at the polls.
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