FPS staff report
August 26, 2008
Carroll Countians will have at least 19 tax issues and questions to decide at the November election.
They include three countywide tax levies - six village issues - a Brown Local school levy - a Local Option question in Carrollton - six township issues - and an overlapping Stark County Library District replacement levy.
All were filed by the 4 p.m. filing deadline last Thursday with the Carroll County Board of Elections.
County Issues
The three countywide issues, to be voted on in each of the county’s 26 precincts, include:
- Carroll County Friendship Center - A renewal of a 0.5-mill tax levy which amounts to 5 cents for each $100 dollars of valuation for 5 years commencing in 2009, first due in calendar year 2010 for the purpose of providing or maintaining a Senior Citizens services or facilities (Friendship Center) at the Carroll County fairgrounds.
- Carroll County MRDD - A replacement and reduction of a tax not exceeding 3.6 mills, which amounts to 36 cents for each $100 of valuation for 10 years, commencing in 2009, first due in calendar year 2010 for maintenance and operation of schools, training centers, workshops, clinics and other programs and services for persons with mental retardation and developmental disabilities by MRDD board (Carroll Hills program).
- Carroll County Sheriff’s Department - An additional tax of 0.5 mill which amounts to 5 cents for each $100 of valuation for 5 years, commencing in 2009, first due in calendar year 2010 for support by the county of criminal justice systems under Revised Code 307.45 and to provide support for the county sheriff.
Village Issues
- Carrollton Village - A one-fourth of one percent (0.25%) (.0025) levy on income to be allocated to the Street and Alley Construction and Improvement Fund for the purpose of street and alley construction and improvement, but not limited to planning, designing, engineering, paving, patching, sealing curbing and sidewalks, excluding personnel cost.
- Dellroy Village - A renewal of a 1.26-mill fire levy, which amounts to $0.126 for each $100 of valuation for 5 years, commencing in 2009, first due in calendar year 2010 for providing and maintaining fire apparatus, appliances, buildings or sites, or the payment of part-time or volunteer firemen or fire fighting companies to operate the same.
- Malvern Village - A renewal of a 2.0-mill fire levy, which amounts of 20 cents for each $100 of valuation for 5 years, commencing in 2009, first due in calendar year 2010 for providing and maintaining fire apparatus, appliances, buildings or sites or the payment of part-time or volunteer firemen or fire fighting companies to operate the same.
- Malvern Village - An additional 7.0-mill tax levy for the purpose of providing and maintaining motor vehicles, communications, other equipment, buildings and sites in the operation of a police department, or the payment of salaries of permanent police personnel, including the payment of the police officer employers’ contribution required under 742.33 of the Revised Code which amounts to 70 cents for each $100 of valuation for 5 years, commencing in 2008, first due in calendar year 2009.
- Minerva Village - A renewal of a 1.2-mill tax levy for the purpose of recreational purposes of Minerva, which amounts to 12 cents for each $100 of valuation for 5 years, commencing in tax year 2009, first due in calendar year 2010.
- Minerva Village - A renewal of a .3-mill tax levy for the purpose of supplementing the general fund for the purpose of making appropriations for human or social services provided by the Minerva Commission on Aging in the operation of the Minerva Senior Center or other human or social services to the senior citizens of Minerva.
The levy amounts to .03 cents for each $100 of valuation for 5 years, commencing in tax year 2009 and first due in calendar year 2010.
Brown Local School Levy
- Brown Local School District - A renewal of a 4.3-mill tax levy for avoiding an operating deficit in the sum of $523,000, which amounts to 43 cents for each $100 of valuation for 10 years, commencing in 2009, first due in calendar year 2010.
Local Option
- Local Option Election in Carrollton C Precinct - Shall the sale of wine and mixed beverages be permitted for sale on Sunday between the hours of 1 p.m. and midnight by Discount Drug Mart, Inc., doing business as Discount Drug Mart at 592 12th St. NW, Carrollton, an applicant for a D-6 liquor permit (which permits the Sunday sale of wine and mixed beverages as permitted other days of the week).
Township Tax Issues
- Augusta Township - An additional 2-mill tax for the purpose of general construction, reconstruction, resurfacing and repairing of roads and bridges which amounts to 20 cents for each $100 of valuation for 5 years commencing in 2008, first due in calendar year 2009.
- East Township - A replacement of a 1-mill tax levy for the purpose of road maintenance and dust control, which amounts to 10 cents for each $100 of valuation for 5 years, commencing in 2009, first due in calendar year 2010.
- Monroe Township - A replacement of a 2-mill tax levy for providing and maintaining fire apparatus, appliances, buildings or sites, or sources of water supply and materials, or the establishment and maintenance of lines of fire alarm telegraph, or the payment of permanent, part-time or volunteer firemen or fire fighting companies to operate the same or to purchase ambulance equipment, or to provide ambulance or emergency medical services operated by a fire department or fire fighting company in the Monroe Township Dellroy Fire District No. 1. The proposed replacement levy amounts to 20 cents for each $100 of valuation for 5 years, commencing in 2009, first due in calendar year 2010.
- Orange Township - A renewal of a 0.9-mill tax for general construction, reconstruction, resurfacing and repair of roads and bridges, which amounts to .09 cents for each $100 of valuation for 5 years, commencing in 2009, first due in calendar year 2010.
- Rose Township - A renewal of a 2.mill tax levy for general construction, reconstruction, resurfacing and repair of roads and bridges, which amounts to 20 cents for each $100 of valuation for 5 years, commencing in 2009, first due in calendar year 2010.
- Washington Township - An additional 1.4-mill tax levy for general construction, reconstruction, resurfacing and repair of streets, roads and bridges, which amounts to 14 cents for each $100 of valuation for 5 years, commencing in 2008, first due in calendar year 2009.
Overlapping Levy
- Stark County Library District (Sandy Valley School District) - A replacement of a 1-mill tax levy for the purpose of current expenses, which amounts to 10 cents for each $100 of valuation for 5 years, commencing in 2008, first due in calendar year 2009.
Stark County
Quad Ambulance - renewal of a 2 mill, five-year levy for ambulance service. |
