It passed 404-300 Tuesday, or 57% to 43%, according to unofficial results.
Rather than trying to pass renewal levies in 20, Heath successfully combined the two into a 14.5-mill substitute levy. Heath, Johnstown-Monroe, Northridge all see levies pass When the community might not be doing well, we will get less revenue and we'll adjust our economic conditions," he said. "When the community is doing well, the schools will have a little bit more revenue. With inflation and rising costs, Panko said retirees and others on fixed incomes are losing buying power every day.ĭistrict voters rejected an earned income tax in May 2018 prior to the 0.75% income tax passing later that year.īrown said an all income-tax levy is the best option for the community because this adjusts with the economic conditions. He added that he would prefer the district pursue an earned income tax levy instead to protect retirees like himself from having portions of their retirement taxed. "Part of me feels like we kind of go about this piecemeal versus really trying to understand a more comprehensive plan," Dickerson said.ĭale Panko said that even though he voted against the renewal tax, he does still support the school district. Granville resident Scott Dickerson said Granville schools provided a great education for his three grown children, but he opted to vote against the renewal because he wants to see a much broader district plan that looks several years into the future to deal with expected growth, not just one to two years ahead. "We live here for the community and the schools, so (we'll) do whatever we need to keep the schools great," Jones said. She was in favor of the renewal because her oldest child, 5-year-old son Porter, enters kindergarten in the fall.
"It's not going to stay this nice community if we don't have nice schools, and that affects our property taxes, property values - everything," she said.Ĭhelsey Jones brought along her 2-year-old son, Asher, while she voted Tuesday at the Bryn Du Fieldhouse. Letitia Zurawick, whose children attend Granville schools, said she supported the renewal because Granville is the nice community that it is because of the school system. "I'm not going to vote against my own interests," he said. Granville resident Don Hunter said after voting Tuesday that he was in favor of the renewal because after property tax levies expired in 2018 in favor of the income tax, he is collectively paying less.
It'll pull us through anything," Miller said. "We're all about our kids, and we've got to stay focused as a community on that. He said that despite some polarization in the community about the renewal, he is hoping Granville can rise above it going forward. Granville Board of Education President Thomas Miller thanked levy committee members at a watch party Tuesday night at Seek-No-Further Cidery.
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