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Marion Center board previews $31.26 million budget, proposes 4.5% real-estate tax increase
Summary
The board presented a proposed 2026–27 general fund budget of $31,260,148 and a tentative tax structure including a 4.5% increase to the real-estate rate (14.1060). The items were presented as recommendations during the May 11 work session; no formal vote on the budget is recorded in the transcript.
The Marion Center Area School Board presented a proposed 2026–27 General Fund budget of $31,260,148.00 during its May 11 work session and outlined a tentative tax structure that would raise the real-estate rate to 14.1060 — a 4.5% increase — while setting the earned income tax at 0.85% and the real-estate transfer tax at 0.50%.
Board materials described the figures as recommendations to be considered by trustees; the work-session transcript records the presentation but does not record a board vote to adopt the budget or the tax rates. The proposed budget total and the real-estate rate were presented exactly as: "Approval is recommended of the proposed 2026-2027 Marion Center Area School District General Fund Budget in the amount of $31,260,148.00" and "Real Estate tax: 14.1060 (increase of 4.5%)".
If approved at a future public meeting, the increase would raise the district's real-estate millage by the percent presented; timing and final adoption were not recorded in the work-session minutes. The board did not record a formal vote on these items in the May 11 work session transcript.
