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Marion Center Area SD staff present $30.25M draft budget and propose 13.4986-mill real-estate rate
Summary
Business staff presented a draft 2025–26 general fund budget of $30,250,426 and a recommended tax structure (13.4986 mills real estate tax, 0.85% earned income, 0.50% transfer tax); administrators cited cyber, special education and electricity as major cost drivers and noted uncertainty about state subsidy.
Marion Center Area School District business staff on June 16 presented a draft general fund budget of $30,250,426 for 2025–26 and a recommended tax structure that would set the real-estate tax at 13.4986 mills.
Business Manager Mr. Martini told the board the district does not yet know the amount of state subsidy it will receive from Harrisburg and flagged sharply higher electricity costs and a drop in property values that the district expects will reduce revenues by about $21,000. He listed the district’s highest expense categories as "Cyber, Healthcare, Special Ed and Electricity," and later told the board, "we have no control over Cyber costs, the state governs what the district is responsible to pay." Board members asked where cuts could be made; Ms. Dicken noted that athletics cost about $539,000, or roughly 1.5% of the proposed budget.
The agenda presented recommended tax rates for board consideration: Real estate tax 13.4986 mills (a 5.54% change shown on the agenda), an Earned Income Tax of 0.85% and a Real Estate Transfer Tax of 0.50%. The transcript records presentation and discussion of the budget and tax structure but does not show a roll-call vote adopting the budget during this work session.
