Opelika Chamber Encourages Vote for School Tax Renewal

CONTRIBUTED BY THE OPELIKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

OPELIKA —

The Opelika Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors recently voted to act as the advocate and leading communicator to encourage a positive voter turnout to support the 11-mil tax renewal that contributes more than $7.1 million in local revenue to Opelika City Schools. Local revenues account for more than 40% of the Opelika City Schools 2023 operating fund.

“A strong education system is so integral to a strong business community,” said Ali Rauch, CEO of the Opelika Chamber. “For this reason, our board of directors voted unanimously to encourage the Opelika community to show up to the polls on Feb. 28 and vote ‘for’ this tax renewal.”

Originally voted on in 1948, this tax renewal started as a five-mil tax, but as the quality of the community and the value of homes rose in this region, so did the value of the tax. In 2000, the five-mil tax transitioned to an 11-mil tax.

See SCHOOL TAX, page A2