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Revere treasurer warns state bill could cut millions from district if inside mills change
Summary
Revere Local School District Treasurer Mr. Berdine warned June 17 that a recently introduced state bill and proposed changes to how inside mills are counted could remove roughly $8 million a year tied to the district—s 5.7 inside mills, forcing the district to consider a new levy to maintain current service levels.
Revere Local School District Treasurer Mr. Berdine told the board at its June 17 work session that a recently introduced state bill (discussed in the meeting as House Bill 335) could substantially change how inside millage is calculated and reduce the district—s tax revenue.
Berdine said district staff have been analyzing several moving pieces of state budget proposals and separate bills and that if the proposal removes the district—s 5.7 inside mills it would eliminate roughly "8 plus million dollars a year." He said the district—s five-year forecast shows roughly $20 million in reserves in the near term and that removing the 5.7 mills could cut that bottom-line estimate about in half in the first year if a change took effect Jan. 1, 2026.
"Because that 5.7 bills is 8 plus million dollars a year," Berdine said. "So we were looking at 20 some million in the 5 year forecast bottom right…
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