Comment on Grafton Township adopts town fund, road district levies

The Grafton Township Board of Trustees formally adopted 2020 property tax levies on Monday for the town fund and the township’s road district, both of which are 10% less than what was requested last year. Last month, the township board agreed on a property tax levy of roughly $727,000, which is about 10% lower than last year’s levy and about $433,000 lower than its 2015 levy. The board also voted to abate this entire levy amount – excluding the general assistance fund, which amounts to $33,000, and the insurance fund, which amounts to $18,000. Grafton Township Highway Commissioner Tom Poznanski prepared three different levy proposals, one with a 5% levy reduction, one with a 7% reduction and one with a 10% reduction. The reduction would come out of the road district’s road and bridge fund and the permanent road fund.