SCSD Finalizes, Adopts 2022-23 Budget

The Spring Cove School District Board of Directors voted unanimously by an 8-0 vote to adopt the final 2022-23 General Fund Budget in the amount of $30,105,921, reflecting a 2 percent increase in tax millage, setting the final tax millage at 11.25 mills. For a property with assessed value of $100,000, this would mean a jump in taxes of $22 annually. This will leave the district a budget deficit of $2,164,156. Board member Chuck Gojmerac left the meeting prior to the budget vote.

This represents the first tax increase in the district in three years. Following the vote, board member Troy Wright...