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Finance And Advisory

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

District 308 Mulling Future Kendall Sales Tax

Proposed sales tax would potentially lessen the burden on property owners.

The Oswego 308 School District is considering the addition of a sales tax referendum for the future that may have some homeowners breathing a little sigh of relief. The proposed sales tax would help to spread out the tax burden and help the school district to pay back outstanding bonds more quickly, said Board member Mike Scaramuzzi, who heads the Finance and Advisory committee with fellow board member BrentLightfoot. The Finance Advisory committee previously discussed how the district might go about refinancing bond debt to help reduce costs for the district and homeowners, but found few solutions. Want free local news in your inbox every morning? Sign up for our newsletter. “There is additional cost associated with any restructuring,” …

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MikeK

2:57 pm on Friday, May 3, 2013

@Jane Enviere Do you work for a union?? Many Unions do not allow their members to be involved in other jobs that might or will interfere with other unions that could lose work. I've known teachers that took up painting homes for summers or landscape projects as a business and both of these areas have union members that are losing out on work to get paid for. And these are just some of the …   more ›

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