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Marysville board votes to submit 10-year, 5.5-mill levy language to elections board
Summary
The Marysville Exempted Village Board approved a resolution to proceed with ballot language for a 10-year, 5.5-mill property tax levy; the board said voters will decide in May and members urged community outreach following prior levy failure and planned staffing cuts.
The Marysville Exempted Village Board of Education voted to submit ballot language for a 10-year, 5.5-mill property tax levy to the Board of Elections, a step board members said was required to meet a filing deadline and let voters decide the district’s funding future. The resolution passed on a recorded roll call, with Mister Smith, Miss Savage, Mister Ferguson and Mister Ketch voting yes and Mister Keller voting no.
Board members framed the vote as procedural: they said the district already passed an earlier “resolution of necessity,” and this measure carries the specific ballot language the board must file. One board member noted a tight filing timeline and urged colleagues to move forward so the community could vote. “Once the decision was made, it was now time to execute,” the board member said while explaining he would support the submission despite reservations.
The levy follows a failed ballot measure in November. Board members and district staff detailed financial consequences if voters again reject a new levy: about 30 positions already were cut through attrition and resignations, and officials identified roughly 30 additional positions that could be eliminated if the levy fails — an estimated total near 60 positions and approximately 45 teaching roles. Board members said other cost-cutting measures already in place include increased pay-to-play fees for athletics and the elimination of school resource officers.
District officials and trustees encouraged residents to engage in outreach and review the proposal. Board leaders also said the levy terms mirror the prior ask — 5.5 mills for 10 years — and noted an expected contribution from residential TIF areas that was discussed with city leaders.
The board did not change levy language during the meeting. The next procedural step is filing the ballot language with the Board of Elections within the statutory timeline; the board said the measure would appear on the May ballot.
