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Board approves March financials and certifies 2025 tax rates; treasurer cites special‑education and legal cost increases
Summary
The board approved March financial reports and a tax‑rate resolution; Treasurer Philip Oko said purchases services for health, legal and special‑education have risen and explained that a bond millage will drop off the tax base in 2026.
The Garfield Heights Board of Education approved the district's March financial statements and certified tax rates on April 14, and Treasurer Philip Oko told the board the district is seeing higher expenditures in purchase services driven in part by special‑education and legal costs.
Mr. Philip Oko, treasurer, said the district is approaching the end of the fiscal year and noted property‑tax collections are higher in recent reporting "that is a county issue that we are working through." He pointed to major expenditure variances in "purchase services, specifically around health services, legal, and special ed costs," and…
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