Elections

Trumbull ballot issues: Voters reject Lakeview schools emergency levy to keep programming

By Mahoning Matters staff

Updated May 4, 2022 12:42 AM

Primary election results for Trumbull County have been tallied. The polls closed at 7:30 p.m.

Voters on Tuesday struck down Lakeview Local School District’s new 6.8-mill, 10-year levy by a nearly 10% margin. It was the first time the district had requested new operating revenue in 10 years, Treasurer Sean Miller told Mahoning Matters.

Of the total 3,349 ballots cast, 2,198, or 59%, were against the measure, according to unofficial election results Tuesday from the Trumbull County Board of Elections.

The $2.075 million the levy would have generated was expected to help the district keep all its current academic programming, Miller said.

“Our funding from a tax standpoint has remained relatively flat since 2010, and along with that, our state funding has remained flat as well,” he said. “Right now, we’re essentially trying to run a school in the year 2022 on a 2010 budget.”

The district’s annual budget is about $16.5 million.

Here are other final unofficial election results for tax levies and other issues up to Trumbull County voters, taken from the county Board of Elections. These initial results include reports from all 158 precincts as well as early voting and absentee or provisional ballots.

Get the full, unofficial results here.

Bristol Local School District

(All precincts in Hubbard city and township and part of Mahoning County)

Renewal of a 2.95-mill, five-year levy generating $330,000 for emergency requirements; commencing in 2023 and first due in 2024. The owner of a home valued at $100,000 would continue paying $103.25 each year; $516.25 over five years.

For the levy: 526 votes (58.06%)

Against the levy: 380 votes (41.94%)

Champion Local School District

(Includes all precincts in Champion Township and part of Bazetta Township Precinct G)

Renewal of a 5.85-mill, 10-year levy generating $1,010,997.34 for emergency requirements; commencing in 2023 and first due in 2024. The owner of a home valued at $100,000 would continue paying $204.75 each year; $2,047.50 over 10 years.

For the levy: 1,019 votes (54.84%)

Against the levy: 839 votes (45.16%)

Girard City

(All precincts)

Renewal of a 1.8-mill, five-year levy for senior citizens services or facilities; commencing in 2022 and first due in 2023. The owner of a home valued at $100,000 would continue paying $63 each year; $315 over five years.

For the levy: 1,139 votes (82.66%)

Against the levy: 239 votes (17.34%)

Hubbard Township

(All precincts)

Two issues to renew separate 1.75-mill, three-year levies for police and EMS services; commencing in 2022 and first due in 2023. The owner of a home valued at $100,000 would continue paying $61.25 a year for one levy and $122.50 a year for both; $306.25 over five years for one levy and $612.50 over five years for both.

For the first 1.75-mill, three-year levy:

For the levy: 783 votes (73.25%)

Against the levy: 286 votes (26.75%)

For the second 1.75-mill, three-year levy:

For the levy: 762 votes (71.48%)

Against the levy: 304 votes (28.52%)

Hubbard Exempted Village School district

(All precincts in Hubbard city and township and part of Mahoning County)

Renewal of a 5.15-mill, five-year levy generating $1,218,709 for emergency requirements; commencing in 2022 and first due in 2023. The owner of a home valued at $100,000 would continue paying $180.25 each year; $901.25 over five years.

For the levy: 1,559 votes (62.38%)

Against the levy: 940 votes (37.62%)

Jackson Milton Local School District

(Parts of Newton Township Precinct D and Mahoning County)

Renewal of a 3.83-mill, five-year levy generating $998,485 to avoid an operating deficit; commencing in 2023 and first due in 2024. The owner of a home valued at $100,000 would continue paying $134.05 each year; $670.25 over five years.

For the levy: 8 votes (36.36%)

Against the levy: 14 vote (63.64%)

Joseph Badger Local School District

(All precincts in Gustavus, Hartford, Kinsman and Vernon townships)

Renewal of a 2.95-mill, 10-year levy generating $425,379 per year for emergency requirements; commencing in 2023 and first due in 2024. The owner of a home valued at $100,000 would continue paying $103.25 each year; $1,032.50 over 10 years.

For the levy: 621 votes (50.99%)

Against the levy: 597 votes (49.01%)

Lakeview Local School District

(All precincts in Bazetta Township (except part of Precinct G) and Cortland City (except part of Precinct A) and parts of Warren City Precinct 2G, Mecca Township Precinct A and Warren Township Precinct E)

An additional 6.8-mill, 10-year levy generating $2,075,000 a year for emergency requirements. The owner of a home valued at $100,000 would pay $238 more each year; $2,380 over 10 years.

For the levy: 1,151 votes (40.74%)

Against the levy: 2,198 votes (59.26%)

Newton Falls Village

(All precincts)

A proposed charter amendment for a charter review commission.

For the amendment: 448 votes (72.85%)

Against the amendment: 167 votes (27.15%)

Vienna Township

(All precincts)

An additional 3-mill, five-year levy for police and EMS services; commencing in 2022 and first due in 2023. The owner of a home valued at $100,000 would pay $105 more per year; $525 over five years.

For the levy: 595 votes (60.9%)

Against the levy: 382 votes (39.1%)

Liquor options

Warren City Precinct 1G

Aldi, Parkman Road Northwest: Sunday sales

For the option: 180 votes (68.44%)

Against the option: 83 votes (31.56%)

Cortland City Precinct F

Cortland Roller Rink, South High Street: Monday through Saturday sales

For the option: 194 votes (72.12%)

Against the option: 75 votes (27.88%)

Cortland Roller Rink, South High Street: Sunday sales

For the option: 183 votes (68.03%)

Against the option: 86 votes (31.97%)

This story was originally published May 3, 2022 at 8:22 PM.