Election to Authorize Renewal of Additional Levies - School Board Levy

A special election to authorize additional levies for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2023, July 1, 2024, July 1, 2025, July 1, 2026, and July 1, 2027, according to an order approved by the Clay County Board of Education, State of West Virginia, on August 8, 2022, for the purposes and in the approximate annual amounts, as follows: A. School Safety and Building Maintenance - including innovative safety measures and security upgrades to all school facilities to better ensure the safety of all students, remodeling and construction, fix, maintain and upgrade building systems and equipment such as roofs, heating and cooling, electrical, air quality, and other building systems and equipment $159,471 B. Textbooks, School Supplies, & Equipment - including library books, workbooks, pencils, paper, and other materials and equipment needed within the classroom and student devices, including the repair and maintenance of classroom technology and student devices $148,840 C. Utilities - including gas, water, electricity, garbage collection, and exterminating for all facilities $127,578 D. Transportation and Extra-Curricular Activities - including curricular and extracurricular buses, county library, 4-H, performing arts, transporting students to job sites, and any other PreK-12 school-sponsored activities and competitions $79,736 E. College Tuition -- including tuition for Clay County High School students enrolled in dual credit and dual enrollment coursework $15,948 That the total approximate annual amount needed to be raised for said purposes, after allowances for discounts, delinquencies and exonerations, is $531,573. That the proposed, continued additional rate of levy in cents per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation on each class of property is as follows: Class I 6.50 cents Class II 13.00 cents Class III 26.00 cents Class IV 26.00 cents The Board of Education, however, reserves the right and authority to reduce the rates of the excess levy if increases in assessed valuations produce funds beyond the projected needs in any year specified in the levy call. Should any additional monies be obtained by grant or otherwise from the state or federal government or any other source, the additional money may be used either in substitution or in addition to the amount obtained from this levy. Should collections from the additional levies be in excess of the amounts projected, the Board of Education reserves the right to expend the surplus for any of the above stated purposes or to enrich, supplement, and improve the educational services and/or facilities in the public schools in the county. In the event that the amount collected is less than the amounts projected herein, the Board of Education reserves the right to make the reduction in any of the above stated purposes.