Tooele County School District What is a Voted Local Levy Property Tax that can be levied by a School District per UCA 53A17a133 Levy must be approved by the majority of the voters Proceeds can be used for maintenance and operations of the school district no restrictions ID: 700868
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Voted Local Levy Election
Tooele County School DistrictSlide2
What is a Voted Local Levy?
Property Tax that can be levied by a School District per U.C.A. 53A-17a-133
Levy must be approved by the majority of the voters
Proceeds can be used for maintenance and operations of the school district (no restrictions)Slide3
Voted Local Levy & State Guarantee, how does it work?Slide4
What is the increase being Proposed this November?
Increase of 0.001 to the Voted Local Levy
A voted local levy was authorized in 1998 at a levy of .0006
The proposed increase would bring the voted levy up to .0016
Based on the FY17 Legislative Estimates this would generate:
$4,040,047 in additional property taxes for the school district
$3,708,892 in additional state funding
$7,748,939 in total revenues for the school district
The State would guarantee roughly $0.92 for every $1 of property tax generated using the above estimates.Slide5
What would the new revenues
be spent on?
Employee Compensation
Raises to all employees
Help us attract the best employees
Help us keep the best employees
Have comparable wages to other Districts in the Wasatch Front
Employee Benefits
Competitive to neighboring Districts
Ensure Quality Staffing for our Children Slide6
What will the ballot look like?Slide7
Please Vote
November 7,
2017
The ballot will be mailed to you 21 days before the election.
*Grantsville City & Tooele City will be able to vote November 7
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at the regular polling locations, all other areas in the County will be vote by mail only