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Waterloo Local School District Operating Deficit Tax Levy Increase Question (February 2013)

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A Waterloo Local School District Operating Deficit Tax Levy Increase proposition was approved on the February 5, 2013 election ballot in Portage County, which is in Ohio.

This question authorized the Waterloo Local School District to impose an additional property tax levy of 5.9 mills ($5.9 per $1,000 of assessed valuation) for five years in order to avoid a budget deficit in the District.[1]

Election results

Waterloo LSD Tax Question
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes 928 51.56%
No87248.44%

Election results from Ohio School Boards Association, Election Results Summary Report.

Text of measure

Language on the ballot:

Shall a levy be imposed by the Waterloo Local School District for the purpose of AVOIDING AN OPERATING DEFICIT, in the sum of $939,557, and a levy of taxes to be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to average 5.9 mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to 59 cents for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a period of five (5) years, commencing in 2013, first due in calendar year 2014?[2][3]

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  1. Wayne County Ohio February 5, 2013 election notice
  2. Portage County February 5, 2013 Special Election Sample Ballot
  3. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.