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County attorney: Raglan school tax will go to May ballot; commission to craft companion resolution if school later closes
Summary
County Attorney Kirk Walker told the commission a property-tax ballot measure to keep Raglan High School open will appear on the May ballot; the commission agreed to draft a companion resolution to reduce the tax should the school later close and deferred final language to the next work session.
County Attorney Kirk Walker told the St. Clair County Commission that the county board of education had proposed a property-tax ballot measure in May intended to fund and keep Raglan High School open. Walker said the ballot language cannot include a sunset provision, but the commission has authority after the fact to reduce or rescind the tax should the school close.
Walker recommended the commission adopt a companion resolution after the election that would commit the county to reduce the tax if the school later closed. Commissioners agreed to delay formal action and asked staff and the county attorney to flesh out the precise language at the next work session so the measure’s relationship to county authority is clear. The chair emphasized the goal is to get the wording right for the ballot and that the companion resolution would be developed later if needed.
No formal vote to adopt companion language occurred at this meeting; the matter was tabled to the next work session for drafting and review.
