Kings Local places 1% earned income tax, 1‑mill property tax rollback on Nov. 4 ballot

Kings Local School District administrators told the school board on Sept. 8 that the board has placed two linked measures on the Nov. 4, 2025 ballot: a 1% earned income tax on wages and salaries of district residents and a simultaneous 1‑mill property tax reduction for homeowners.

Mister Sears, a district staff member leading the presentation, said the measures are intended to cover inflationary increases in operating costs and to provide longer-term revenue stability. “The revenue that we are considering and what is on the ballot is entirely generated to account for inflationary increases,” Sears said.

Why it matters: District officials said Kings has relied on operating levies on a roughly three‑to‑six‑year cycle. The administrators said the district’s 2022 operating levy — described in the presentation as 6.4 mills and estimated then at about $7,000,000 annually — was intended to last three years and has performed roughly as projected. Because of Ohio’s funding rules referenced in the presentation, the district said local property tax revenue is effectively flat…