LIBERTY CENTER LEVY IN LIMBO

On Mon­day, the Lib­erty Cen­ter Local Board of Edu­ca­tion tabled the sec­ond of two required res­o­lu­tions to place a com­bined 8-mill, 37-year bond issue/0.5-mill per­ma­nent improve­ment levy on the Nov. 5 bal­lot for a new pre-K through grade 12 school.

The move now makes it unlikely that the issue will be placed before vot­ers this fall.

The dis­trict has already requested state fund­ing from the Ohio Facil­i­ties Con­struc­tion Com­mis­sion which will fund 64 per­cent of the co-funded amount con­tin­gent upon dis­trict vot­ers approv­ing a levy for the local share by August 2014. If the issue is not voted on in Novem­ber, it could still be approved at the May 2014 pri­mary election.