Nearly $300,000 in new money requested

By Joash Tiarks
Bethany Reporter

At the regular monthly meeting, one of the primary issues on the agenda for the Okaw Valley Board of Education was to bring to a vote the proposed Tax Levy for 2014, with an increase of 9.05% over last year.

Because the request exceeded a threshold increase of five percent over last year’s request, the board was required by law to hold a public truth in taxation hearing to inform the community and allow any concerned taxpayers to ask questions and to voice their opinions.

However, no concerned citizens were present.      Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.