Liberty-Benton Local Schools had a proposed substitute tax levy on the ballot in Tuesday’s General Election.  

If approved, two existing emergency levies would become one continuing substitute levy.

Unofficial results from the Hancock County Board of Elections show the levy passing by a wide margin — 67 percent for to 32 percent against.

All results are unofficial until certified by the board of elections.

See more Hancock County results by clicking here, and for Putnam County results click here.

Shall a levy substituting for two existing levies be imposed by the Liberty-Benton Local School District for the purpose of providing for the necessary requirements of the School District in the initial sum of $1,424,600, and a levy of taxes be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to require 4.74 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $166 for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s appraised value for the initial year of the tax, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2025, first due in calendar year 2026, with the sum of such tax to increase only if and as new land or real property improvements not previously taxed by the School District are added to its tax list?  If approved, any remaining tax years on any of the two existing levies will not be collected after tax year 2024 (collection year 2025).