OFFICIAL BALLOT PLEASANTS COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION CONTINUATION OF EXCESS LEVY ELECTION November 6, 2018 -

Summary

Special election to authorize additional levies for the taxable year of 2019 for taxes due and collectible in 2019-2020, the taxable year of 2020 for taxes due and collectible in 2020-2021, the taxable year of 2021 for taxes due and collectible in 2021-2022, the taxable year of 2022 for taxes due and collectible in 2022-2023, the taxable year of 2023 for taxes due and collectible in 2023-2024, according to the order of the Pleasants County Board of Education, in the total approximate amount of $3,020,218.00 annually, for the following purposes: A. For the continuation of maintaining a fair and adequate salary schedule and/or for the provision of employee benefits for certified personnel so as to retain and employ a competent instructional, supervisory, and administrative staff by keeping the Pleasants County School District in a competitive position with other school districts in West Virginia and adjoining states, in the annual approximate amount of .......$1,729,750.00 B. For the continuation of maintaining a fair and adequate salary schedule and/or for the provision of employee benefits for service personnel so as to retain and employ a competent staff of support personnel by keeping the Pleasants County School District in a competitive position with other school districts in West Virginia and adjoining states, in the annual approximate amount of ..........................................$599,250.00 C. To continue the furnishing of free textbooks for all students to further upgrade the educational curriculum; and to provide sufficient school and instructional equipment, technology hardware and software, and other instructional materials pertinent to the instruction of students, in the annual approximate amount of ..........................................$215,000.00 D. For the local cost share of the Pleasants County Board of Education including the instructional program, operation, staff costs and materials of the Mid-Ohio Valley Technical Institute, in the annual approximate amount of ..........................................$100,000.00 E. For providing improved and/or better buildings, facilities, grounds, and the operation thereof, and for the provision of non-instructional equipment to be used in such buildings and on such grounds to promote the health, safety, and welfare of Pleasants County students, including, but not limited to compliance with orders of the State Fire Marshal and/or the State Health Department, in the annual approximate amount of ..........................................$304,718.00 F. To provide for stability of funding for the following county agencies, including but not limited to: Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department ($6,500.00); Pleasants County 4-H ($18,000.00); Pleasants County Public Library ($22,000.00), in the annual total approximate amount of ...........................................$46,500.00 G. To provide funding in support of summer instructional and student support programs, such as, but not limited to, Energy Express, Academic Academies, Tutorial Programs, Boys and Girls Club, and/or enrichment programming, in the annual approximate amount of ...........................................$25,000.00 Total for each of said taxable years, approximately $3,020,218.00 or such amount as the proposed additional Levy rates may produce when applied to annual assessed valuation of taxable property in the Pleasants County School District, all according to the order of the Board of Education of the County of Pleasants and State of West Virginia, entered on the 9th day of August, 2018. In the event additional funds are made available to the Board of Education for any of the above purposes by some form of matching funds or outright grants by either the State or Federal Governments, the amount herein set forth may be used in substitution for or in addition to the funds obtained from this levy. In the event additional funds shall be obtained by the Board of Education from local tax revenue above the composite amount stated above for any given taxable year, the additional funds may be used as determined by the Board. The additional levies per $100.00 valuation shall be on Class I property, 19.06¢; on Class II Property, 38.12¢; on Class III Property, 76.24¢; and Class IV Property, 76.24¢. The Board of Education may reduce said maximum rates in any given year or years during the term of this levy.