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Sunday, October 31, 2004

Butler County issues



Here are the issues on the Nov. 2 ballot. "Raises" indicates the amount of money the tax would generate each year; "cost" is what the tax would mean annually to the owner of a $100,000 home.

Countywide issues

Mental Health: 0.5-mill, 10-year renewal levy. Raises: $2 million. Cost: Remains $7.

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities: 1-mill continuing levy to replace two 0.5-mill levies. Raises: $7.1 million. Cost: $30.

School issues

Edgewood: 6.9-mill continuing operating levy. Raises: $2.5 million. Cost: $211.

Fairfield: 4.9-mill continuing operating levy. Raises: $6.4 million: Cost: $150.

Lakota: 7.7-mill combination levy for new schools, expansions and operations. Raises: $80.3 million (total) for construction; $12.4 million a year for operations. Cost: $236.

Madison: 0.5 percent income tax for operations. Raises: $740,000. Cost: Varies by income.

Monroe: 6-mill, five-year renewal of emergency levy. Raises: $1.5 million. Cost: No increase.

Ross: 0.5 percent income tax. Raises: $1.2 million. Cost: Varies by income.

Talawanda: 1 percent income tax for day-to-day operations. Raises: $3.9 million. Cost: Varies by income.

Municipal issues

College Corner: 5.5-mill continuing levy for street repairs. Cost: $168.

Middletown: Increase earnings tax from 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent, for capital improvements and roads. Raises: $3 million. Cost: Varies by income.

Monroe: Increase earnings tax from 1 percent to 1.5 percent. Raises: $1.5 million. Cost: Varies by income.

Seven Mile: 2.69-mill, five-year renewal levy for operating expenses. Raises: $13,403. Cost: Remains $34.

Trenton: 1.5-mill, five-year replacement fire levy. Raises: $213,724. Cost: $45.

Trenton: Charter amendment to restore 1.5 percent income tax credit (cut to 1 percent by council earlier this year), and to allow residents to vote on any future income tax changes. Cost: City would lose $350,000 annually if full credit restored.

Wayne Twp.: 1.3-mill, three-year fire levy. Raises: $91,719. Cost: $39.

Non-money issues:

Hamilton: Two local options on Sunday liquor sales

Oxford: One local option on Sunday liquor sales

Trenton: One local option on Sunday liquor sales



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