Perrysburg board urges renewal of expiring permanent improvement levy; treasurer warns of trade-offs if voters reject it

A permanent improvement levy renewal that will appear on the May 6 ballot is not a new tax, Superintendent Hassler told the Perrysburg Exempted Village Board of Education at its April 21 meeting, and it funds long‑lived building and equipment projects such as roofs, doors and buses.

The levy is the district’s primary dedicated revenue source for capital work; it generates about $1,700,000 a year under the plan the district presented and is set to expire Dec. 31. “Permanent improvement levy renewal, not a new tax,” Hassler said as he described the May 6 ballot measure and a public outreach schedule the district is running over the next two weeks.

Why it matters: Board and finance staff said the PI levy pays for projects with lives of five years or more — roofing, parking lots, classroom and building security upgrades, musical instruments and large equipment — and cannot be spent on day‑to‑day operations or personnel. Treasurer Drewer and…