VIDEO Woodridge Steps Closer to Placing Levy on Fall Ballot

Now that the Woodridge Board of Education knows how much state funding it will lose, board members voted to approve the first of two steps to place an emergency levy on the fall ballot.

At the board's special meeting Wednesday night, Superintendent Walter Davis the 5.89 mill levy will bring in $2.85 million each year if approved by voters in November. The 10-year levy request would cost the owner of a $100,000 home $206.50 each year.

Walter said state budget cuts for the district are estimated at $1.4 million.

, after Walter advised they wait to see how much the state was planning to cut in spending.

While the previous 6.71 mill levy would have generated more money if passed, Davis said the district acted responsibly with the taxpayers’ budgets in mind.

“We have been good stewards of their taxpayer dollars, we have trimmed our budget by $1.4 million, we have really watched the bottom line and made sure we were doing the things we said we would do,” Davis said.

“Now we can go to the community and ask for less at a time when our taxpayers are having a hard time I’m sure, in this tough economy.”

The first recommendation passed at Wednesday night’s meeting is the first of two steps.

The Board of Education will be asked to pass a final resolution at its next meeting on July 26. The deadline to send the two-part levy ballot issue to the Summit County Board of Elections is August 10.