Thursday, August 19, 1999
Butler Co. voters to decide 9 non-school levies
BY SUE KIESEWETTER
Enquirer Contributor
HAMILTON — An aerial pumper truck will be purchased for the Trenton Fire Department if voters approve a 1.5-mill fire levy this fall.
The Trenton issue is one of nine non-school issues that Butler County voters will decide on Election Day. Today is the filing deadline for the Nov. 2 election.
The five-year levy replaces a 1.75-mill fire levy first approved by voters in 1995, said Mel Ruder, city manager. The levy is expected to raise $135,260 each of the next five years, with collections beginning in January, Mr. Ruder said.
“Our purpose, like it has been in the past, is to use this money for capital improve ments,” Mr. Ruder said. “We used the money from the last levy to buy a pumper and gear for the firefighters.”
Mayor Roy Wilham said a pumper with an extended ladder is needed because of the growing number of taller buildings being constructed in the city. Assistance from neighboring communities through mutual aid agree ments often has been needed to fight fires.
“We don't have anything like that and we really need it,” Mr. Wilham said.
The levy would cost the owner of a house with a market value of $100,000 about $46 in each of the next five years, an increase of just under $4 annually
Only one issue, the renewal of a 2-mill levy for Butler County Children's Services, will appear on the ballot countywide. The levy would raise about $8 million annually for five years, with collections beginning in January. Proceeds are used to provide services for children who have suffered abuse, neglect and dependency. The levy would not increase taxes.
Other issues to be decided:
• Ross Township: Renewal of a 1-mill police levy, first approved in 1995. The $70,000, five-year levy represents slightly less than half of the department's budget, Ross Township Trustee David Young said.
The police department has two full-time and six part-time officers. On average, the officers work about 100 hours each month for which they receive no compensation, Mr. Young said.
“We'll probably use some of the money to buy a cruiser. We try to buy one every other year,” he said.
The levy will not increase taxes.
• Union Township: A 4.5-mill fire levy to raise about $6.9 million annually for the department. Trustees would cease collections on a 3.5-mill levy approved six years ago that brings in about $3.9 million annually. Taxes on a house with a market value of $100,000 would increase by about $45 a year.
• Fairfield: Two charter amendments are on the ballot. The first would expand the number of hours part-time city employees could work each week, from 30 to 40. The second issue would make the filing deadline for municipal court judge candidates the same as other elected officials.
• Liberty Township: A five-year, 3-mill levy would expand fire and emergency medical services. It would replace a 1.5-mill levy that expires at the end of the year. The new levy would raise about $912,000 each of the next five years. It will be used to hire additional full-time employees. The owner of a house with a market value of $100,000 would pay an additional $45 annually.
In precinct 4DI, voters also will be asked to approve the sale of beer and wine for consumption on the premises where sold on Sundays. The vote would affect the area near the Thriftway store at Hamilton-Mason and Cincinnati-Dayton roads.
• Hamilton: Voters in precinct 2AL will be asked to approve the sale of beer and wine for consumption on the premises where sold on Sundays. The area affected is on the West Side between Washington Boulevard and Gardner Road.
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