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Issue 4: Solon City School District Tax Levy (Additional)

ISSUE 4 ON THE MAY 5 PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOTA majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.An additional tax for the benefit of the Solon City School District for the purpose of current expenses that the County Fiscal Officer estimates will collect $11,884,981 annually, at a rate not exceeding 6.9 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $242 for each $100,000 of the County Fiscal Officer’s market value, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2026, first due in calendar year 2027. The County Fiscal Officer has certified that the amount by which the carry-over balance in the district’s general operating budget from the preceding fiscal year exceeds the district’s general fund expenditures made in the preceding fiscal year is $0, which is 0% of those expenditures.Propuesta para Recaudación de Impuestos (Adicional)Distrito Escolar de la Ciudad de SolonSe requiere un voto afirmativo por mayoría para su aprobación.Un impuesto adicional que beneficiará al Distrito Escolar de la Ciudad de Solon con el fin de cubrir los gastos actuales que el Funcionario Fiscal del Condado estima recaudará $11,884,981 anualmente, a una tasa que no exceda los 6.9 milésimos por cada $1 de valoración tributaria, lo cual representa $242 por cada $100,000 del valor de mercado atribuido por el Funcionario Fiscal del Condado, por un período continuo de tiempo, comenzando en el 2026, con su primer vencimiento en el año calendario del 2027. El Funcionario Fiscal del Condado ha certificado que el monto en que el saldo acumulado en el presupuesto general de funcionamiento del distrito proveniente del ejercicio fiscal anterior excede los gastos realizados con cargo al fondo general del distrito durante ese mismo ejercicio fiscal anterior es de $0, lo que equivale al 0 % de dichos gastos.[The Solon City School District includes both the city of Solon and the Village of Glenwillow.]

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The Committee for Solon Schools has been formed to support this levy. Its website, www.solonvotes.org, includes several links explaining the need for the levy and how to support it.

The district itself has posted this explanation on its website: shs.solonschools.org/post-details-shs/~board/news-launch/post/board-approves-resolution-to-place-operating-60-mill-levy-on-the-may-5-ballot

The Plain Dealer ran this article explaining the levy: www.cleveland.com/community/2026/02/solon-school-district-voters-to-decide-69-mill-levy-in-may.html
Failure of this levy would mean that property owners in the school district would not see their taxes increase. This is the typical millage requested by the district in recent levies.