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County attorney: Raglan board's proposed school tax to appear on May ballot; commission can adopt companion resolution to reduce tax if school later closes
Summary
County Attorney Kirk Walker told commissioners a Raglan board of education proposal to place a property-tax measure on the May ballot would fund keeping the high school open; he said a sunset cannot be embedded in the ballot language but the commission can later adopt a companion resolution committing to reduce the tax if the school closes.
County Attorney Kirk Walker briefed the commission on a ballot measure brought by the Raglan board of education to levy a property tax to fund the local high school. Walker said the measure will appear on the May ballot and explained a legal limitation: the ballot language itself cannot include a sunset clause, but the county commission retains authority to adopt a companion resolution after the fact that would reduce taxes if the school were later closed.
Commissioners asked for more time to draft precise language and agreed to postpone action until the next work session so county legal staff can prepare companion resolution language and make it clear how a future commission would be able to reduce the tax if needed. Walker noted the draft companion resolution would signal the commission’s intent without altering the ballot language itself.
