Taxes unchanged in preliminary Blue Mountain budget

Taxes unchanged in preliminary Blue Mountain budget

The Blue Mountain School Board voted May 22 to enact a preliminary 2025-26 budget with no tax increase. The current tax rate is 44.325 mills, meaning the tax on a $100,000 property would be about $4,400. The $53 million spending plan is kept in balance by using $1.6 million from the district reserve funds. There was a discussion at the May 15 committee of the whole meeting on reinstating an FFA chapter at the high school in response to a student…