LEBANON — The city is blocking a proposal that would give Lebanon schools land for a west side elementary and Turtlecreek Township land for a north side fire station, a township trustee said Wednesday.

        The school district owns 84 acres on Drake Road — the likely site of a new high school and elementary — and Turtlecreek owns 53 acres on Ohio 123 at Hart Road where it wants to put a new township administration building.

        Superintendent Bill Sears suggested swapping chunks of the two properties in an Oct. 11 proposal obtained by the Enquirer.

        Lebanon comes into the picture because Turtlecreek needs the city to deannex the Ohio 123 property, putting it back in township control. The city's loss there, however, would be balanced by its annexation of the Drake Road property, according to Mr. Sears' proposal.

        “If the three of us work together, we could all benefit,” the superintendent said Wednesday.

        However, Lebanon rejected the proposal after a meeting last week of officials from the three groups, Turtlecreek Trustee Dan George said Wednesday.

        Mr. Sears said only that it appears to be “on hold.” The city wanted additional information, he said.

        Lebanon Councilman Mark Flick and Mayor James Mills, who reportedly attended the meeting, could not be reached for comment Wednesday.

        But Councilman Ron Pandorf said the city can't have made a decision because council has seen no legislation on the proposal.

        With the issue unresolved less than 48 hours before a new annexation law takes effect, however, Mr. Sears said the schools will file an annexation request for the Drake Road property today.

        Meanwhile, the township and the schools say they will keep trying to get Lebanon aboard so the land swap can happen.

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