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Treasurer warns state property-tax reforms could shave millions from Marysville forecast
Summary
Treasurer Johnson told the Marysville board that recent state property-tax reforms (cited as House Bills 186, 335 and 129 and a December measure referenced as HB 309) could cap valuation-driven growth using a GDP deflator and count emergency levies toward the 20-mill floor, producing a projected local-revenue loss of roughly $2.85 million in the near forecast and further risk after the 2028 reappraisal.
Treasurer Johnson delivered a detailed financial briefing to the Marysville Exempted Village Board of Education on Jan. 15 that combined State Department of Education CUP-report comparisons and an analysis of recent state property-tax reforms.
Johnson said Marysville's revenue per pupil was materially below the statewide average; he cited a state revenue-per-pupil figure near $18,300 and Marysville at about $12,700, placing Marysville among the lowest in the state on that metric. He noted expenditure-per-pupil and student'teacher-ratio benchmarks (Marysville cited at 26 students per teacher vs. a statewide average of 20) and said those numbers…
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