Solon Board approves 2026 tax rates, awards Roxbury parking-lot contract and clears routine personnel and legal items

The Solon Board of Education on April 7 approved tax rates for tax year 2026, awarded a contract for a Roxbury Elementary parking lot and circulation project and approved a bundle of routine personnel and administrative actions.

The board voted to accept tax rates certified by the Cuyahoga County Budget Commission for tax year 2026 — including the general fund rate listed at 80.8 mills, an inside levy of 5.2 mills and a permanent levy of 2.8 mills — and authorized the necessary levies to the county auditor. "This is an annual requirement," the district's treasurer said during the meeting, noting the listed mills are the voted rates and that effective mills are reduced under House Bill 920. The treasurer explained how a mill is calculated and offered to discuss questions outside the meeting.

The resolutions approving minutes, routine payments and purchase orders were also carried. The board approved payment of bills totaling $21,509.96 and approved several "then-and-now" purchase order certificates for prior-year charges and late invoices; the treasurer explained the items were within budget and intended to avoid audit citations.

In personnel actions, the board: - Accepted a resignation for…