Youngstown board will try again to pass levy


November 27, 2007 at 10:09p.m.

Youngstown board will try again to pass levy

YOUNGSTOWN — In the aftermath of another levy defeat, school board members are looking at projections for a $44.7 million deficit by 2012 and weighing their options for future appeals to voters.

Board members have been presented with two alternatives for the March primary election. The board could ask voters to approve a 9.5-mill levy — identical to the one turned down Nov. 6 — or increase the request to 12.68 mills.

They will discuss the district’s options at a retreat scheduled for Dec. 4. Final figures must be submitted to the Mahoning County Board of Elections by Dec. 20 in order to meet election deadlines for tax issues to appear on the March ballot, said Treasurer Carolyn Funk.

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