MAUMEE, Ohio (WTVG) — For the first time in eight years, the Maumee City School District has a levy on the ballot calling for a 1.25% income tax.
Superintendent Steve Lee said if the levy passes, it would generate nearly $6 million and help pull the district out of a $4 million fiscal deficit.
District cites expenses outpacing revenue
“We have come to that point as a school district where our expenditures are exceeding our revenue,” Lee said. “We are not seeing increases from the state or federal funding avenues so that puts us in this position to ask for additional revenue from our local tax payers.”
The district is seeking an income tax rather than a property tax increase due to legislative acts that restrict that revenue…