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Residents press trustees on levy timing, property taxes and neighborhood enforcement
Summary
Multiple residents told trustees they fear higher property taxes from the Lakota bond and asked for help with graffiti, trash and nuisance properties; trustees and staff committed to follow up with code enforcement and legal counsel.
Several residents used the meeting’s public‑comment periods to press trustees on property taxes, school financing, blighted properties and neighborhood safety.
Leigh Rudkey asked detailed questions about the Lakota bond and levy timing: when collections would start, whether decommissioned school land could be sold or repurposed, the phasing of construction and whether the district’s square footage would increase. Rudkey said many neighbors were “feeling very fragile about this levy.”
Ray Helfmann described…
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