Voters in three Greater Cincinnati communities today will decide on tax increases and a land transfer between two school districts.

        • In Woodlawn, voters are being asked to increase their income tax from 1.4 percent to 2 percent annually. The increase is expected to bring in $1 million more a year to the village, Mayor Susan Upton Farley said.

        The money would be used to offset increased costs in village operations, and to maintain services, Ms. Farley said. In the past two years the village has spent $600,000 to replace equipment for the fire department. Should the income tax pass, the village will buy a life squad to replace one that is 12 years old.

        “This would be the first increase in the tax in 27 years,” Ms. Farley said.

        • In Butler County's Edgewood Schools, voters are being asked to approve a 6.9-mill levy, expected to bring about $2.13 million annually. The money will be used for day-to-day expenses.

        Without the levy, school officials say they will have to trim spending by $1.2 million for the 2001-02 school year to avoid a deficit. Some spending cuts could come as early as this month if the levy is defeated. Voters rejected a smaller levy three months ago.

        If it is approved the levy would increases taxes on a home with a market value of $100,000 by about $211 annually. Voters last approved an operating levy in 1987.

        • In Clermont County's Northeastern Schools, 6,000 registered voters will be asked whether to allow the transfer of about 110 acres held by six property owners into the adjacent West Clermont Schools. If voters approve, the West Clermont Board of Education would still have to review the case and make a decision on accepting the land.

        Polls in those communities will be open between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.

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