Saturday, May 08, 1999

Glendale faces Nov. 2 levy vote

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Village also to buy fire pumper

BY MARIE McCAIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer

        GLENDALE — Village residents will vote on a 2.5-mill property tax levy Nov. 2 that would pay for improvements in water and sewer lines, as well as roads.

        Council unanimously voted this week to put the levy on the ballot.

        If passed, the levy would cost the owner of a $100,000 house about $74 a year. The levy would generate about $160,000 annually for the village for five years.

        In other action, council gave the village administrator the go-ahead to buy a new pumper truck for the village fire department.

        The truck will be bought with village funds and resident contributions.

        A resident group chaired by Stan Grueninger and Robert Boggs intends to raise about $105,000 toward the $205,000 purchase price. The group has collected about $90,000 so far, officials said.

        Earlier this year, council appropriated $100,000 from the village plan and general improvement fund toward the purchase price of the new pumper.

        Glendale officials have been planning to purchase a new pumper truck for several months.

        The village is using the oldest firefighting trucks in Hamilton County. Its current pumper truck is 39 years old, while its front-line engine is about 20 years old.

        The older truck has a manual transmission; uses gasoline instead of diesel fuel; and has a two-person cab and is capable of pumping 1,000 gallons of water per minute.

        In addition, if it needs even minor repairs, there are no local repair shops, and parts can take three to six weeks to get.

       

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