LeRay couple files suit against Watertown, school district over $14 library tax

WATERTOWN — The city school district and Flower Memorial Library have been sued by a town of LeRay couple who are upset with a $14 charge added to their school tax bill to fund the library.
John W. Eisenhauer and Kathleen Anne McGlynn Eisenhauer filed suit in state Supreme Court in Jefferson County on Jan. 5, against the city, the city school district and its Board of Education, as well as the Roswell P. Flower Memorial Library.
The Eisenhauers claim the fee is an arbitrary tax imposed on non-city residents without representation.
The city school district’s Board of Education approved the $77 million school budget on May 26, including a question on the ballot about whether to provide $75,000 annually to the Flower Memorial Library, a fee in addition to the regular school budget. The city school district is collecting that tax revenue from taxpayers on behalf of the library. School tax bills for 2020-21 had a separate line item for the amount dedicated to the library.

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