Re-1 School District to seek increased tax mill levy

MEEKER I Meeker School District RE-1 voted Aug. 20 to seek an increase in taxes on the Nov. 5 ballot, raising income to fund the district’s current $540,000 budget deficit, to maintain classroom size and support staff, and to add to the district’s capital reserve fund.
District officials did not know what the increase in taxes will mean to the average home or business owner, but the Rio Blanco County Assessor’s Office said that the…