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East Holmes School District Levy Addition (August 2012)

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An East Holmes School District Levy Addition measure was on the August 7, 2012 ballot in the East Holmes school district, which is in Holmes County.

This measure was defeated

  • YES 758 (35.92%)
  • NO 1,352 (64.08%)Defeatedd[1]

This measure sought to add to the current school levy by a rate of $.37 per $100 of assessed value for a period of five years in order to further pay for emergency requirements as needed in the school district.[2]

Text of measure

The question on the ballot:

Shall a levy be imposed by the East Holmes Local School District for the purpose of providing for the emergency requirements of the school district in the sum of $1,500,000 and a levy of taxes to be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to average 3.77 mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to 37.7 cents for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a period of five (5) years, commencing in 2012, first due in calendar year 2013?[3]

Footnotes

  1. Holmes County Board of Elections, August Election Results
  2. Holmes County Board of Elections, Current Sample Ballot
  3. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.