HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014 12-24 District 622 approves tax levy MAPLEWOOD REVIEW District 622
approves tax levy
The North St. Paul- district staff members'
Maplewood-Oakdale health insurance costs.
School Board approved Those increases were
District 622's final 2015 previously reviewed and
property-tax levy at its aproved by the Min-
December 16 meeting. nesota Department of
The 2015 levy rep- Education prior to being
resents a 4.79 percent, included in the school
or nearly $1.89 mil- district's property tax
lion increase over 2014, levy.
bringing the total levy Anderson provided
payable in 2015 to an overview to board
$41,339,197. members at the Tuesday,
Revenues from the Dec.16 meeting.No one
property-tax levy make spoke at the public hear-
up roughly a quarter of ing prior to the levy's
the district's total bud- approval by board mem-
get. hers. Anderson noted
District 622's busi- the increase homeown-
ness services director ers would see on their
Randy Anderson said tax bills due to the levy
the levy hike is due to would vary across the
an increase to the dis- district,because prop-
trict's alternative facili- erty values this year
ties levy for renovation have spiked upward as
projects at the Beaver much as 19 percent in
Lake Education and some communities,
Gladstone Community while other areas saw
centers in Maplewood; only marginal gains.
and an increase to the
"other post-employment —Joshua Nielsen
benefits"levy for former DEL 2 4 2014