GENEVA – The Geneva School District 304 board voted unanimously Monday for a resolution supporting a 1.5 percent tax levy increase in its operating fund, less than the 2 percent recommended by staff and the finance committee.

Citing hard economic times for the community, the amount board members supported means officials have to make $901,500 in cuts – larger than the $600,000 in reductions the board discussed last week.

The total levy for all the district’s funds is just less than $81 million. Last year’s levy was $78 million.