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Butler County, OH March 7, 2000 Election
Directory of Butler County, OH Issues
Issues
Issue 1 Proposed tax levy -- City of Milford (A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.)
An additional tax for the benefit of Milford City

Issue 2 Proposed Tax Levy -- City of Fairfield (A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.)
4,054 / 60.26% Yes votes
2,674 / 39.74% No votes
A replacement of 2 mills of an existing levy and an increase of 2.65 mills, to constitute a tax for the benefit of the City of Fairfield for the purpose of PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING FIRE APPARATUS, APPLIANCES, BUILDINGS, OR SITES THEREFOR, OR SOURCES OF WATER SUPPLY AND MATERIALS THEREFOR, OR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF LINES OF FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH, OR THE PAYMENT OF PERMANENT, PART-TIME, OR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS OR FIRE-FIGHTING COMPANIES TO OPERATE THE SAME, INCLUDING THE PAYMENT OF THE FIREFIGHTERS EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 742.34 OF THE REVISED CODE, OR TO PURCHASE AMBULANCE EQUIPMENT, OR TO PROVIDE AMBULANCE, PARAMEDIC, OR OTHER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OPERATED BY A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE-FIGHTING COMPANY at a rate not exceeding four and sixty-five hundredths (4.65) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to forty-six and five tenths cents ($0.465) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 3 Proposed Tax Levy -- City of Monroe (A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.)
1,419 / 61.54% Yes votes
887 / 38.46% No votes
An additional levy of 2 mills, to constitute a tax for the benefit of the Municipality of Monroe for the PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING FIRE APPARATUS, APPLIANCES, BUILDINGS, OR SITES THEREFOR, OR SOURCES OF WATER SUPPLY AND MATERIALS THEREFOR, OR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF LINES OF FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH, OR THE PAYMENT OF PERMANENT, PART-TIME, OR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS OR FIRE-FIGHTING COMPANIES TO OPERATE THE SAME INCLUDING THE PAYMENT OF THE FIREFIGHTERS EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 742.34 OF THE REVISED CODE, OR TO PURCHASE AMBULANCE EQUIPMENT, OR TO PROVIDE AMBULANCE, PARAMEDIC, OR OTHER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OPERATED BY A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE-FIGHTING COMPANY at a rate not exceeding two (2) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to twenty cents ($0.20) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a five (5) year period of time, beginning in January 2000, collection year 2001.

Issue 4 Proposed Tax Levy -- Township of Fairfield (A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.)
1,648 / 64.91% Yes votes
891 / 35.09% No votes
A replacement of tax for the benefit of the unincorporated area of Fairfield Township for the purpose of PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING FIRE APPARATUS, APPLIANCES, BUILDINGS, OR SITES THEREFOR, OR SOURCES OF WATER SUPPLY AND MATERIALS THEREFOR, OR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF LINES OF FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH, OR THE PAYMENT OF PERMANENT, PART-TIME, OR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS OR FIRE-FIGHTING COMPANIES TO OPERATE THE SAME, INCLUDING THE PAYMENT OF THE FIREFIGHTERS EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 742.34 OF THE REVISED CODE OR TO PURCHASE AMBULANCE EQUIPMENT OR TO PROVIDE AMBULANCE, PARAMEDIC OR OTHER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OPERATED BY A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE-FIGHTING COMPANY, at a rate not exceeding five (5) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to fifty cents ($0.50) for each one hundred dollars in valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 5 Proposed Tax Levy -- Township of Liberty (A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.)
2,898 / 56.65% Yes votes
2,218 / 43.35% No votes
A replacement of a tax for the benefit of Liberty Township, Butler County, Ohio excluding the City of Monroe, for the purpose of PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING MOTOR VEHICLES, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT USED DIRECTLY IN THE OPERATION OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT, OR THE PAYMENT OF SALARIES OF PERMANENT POLICE PERSONNEL, INCLUDING THE PAYMENT OF THE POLICEMEN EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 742.33 OF THE REVISED CODE, OR THE PAYMENT OF THE COSTS INCURRED BY LIBERTY TOWNSHIP AS A RESULT OF CONTRACTS MADE WITH OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN POLICE PROTECTION, OR TO PROVIDE AMBULANCE OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OPERATED BY A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO, EXCLUDING THE CITY OF MONROE, and that this is a replacement of one and one-half (1.5) mills of an existing levy and an increase of one and one-half (1.5) mills to constitute a rate not to exceed three (3) mills on each one dollar of valuation being thirty cents ($0.30) on each hundred dollars of tax valuation of the taxable property within Liberty Township, Butler County, Ohio excluding the City of Monroe, for a period of five (5) years, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 6 Proposed Name Change -- Township of Union (A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.)
11,487 / 86.49% Yes votes
1,794 / 13.51% No votes
Shall the Township of Union, County of Butler, change its name to West Chester Township?

Issue 7 Proposed bond issue and tax levy -- Lakota School District (A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.)
8,226 / 44.31% Yes votes
10,338 / 55.69% No votes
Shall the Board of Education of the Lakota Local School District, County of Butler, Ohio be authorized to do the following: Issue bonds for the purpose of CONSTRUCTING TWO NEW SCHOOLS, ADDITIONS, RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO SCHOOL FACILITIES, SITE ACQUISITION AND PROVIDING EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT, FURNISHINGS AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS THEREFOR, in the principal amount of forty-four million five hundred seventy one thousand dollars ($44,571,000) to be repaid annually over a maximum period of twenty-five (25) years, and levy a property tax outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to average over the bond repayment period one and eighty-four hundredths (1.84) mills, for each one dollar of valuation which amounts to eighteen and four tenths cents ($0.184) for each one hundred dollars of tax valuation to pay the annual debt charges on the bonds, and to pay debt charges on any notes issued in anticipation of those bonds?

Levy an additional property tax to pay CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES at a rate not exceeding four and nine hundredths mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to forty-nine cents ($0.49) for each one hundred dollars of the valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 8 Proposed bond issue -- Mason City School District (A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.)
25 / 52.08% Yes votes
23 / 47.92% No votes
Shall bonds be issued by the Board of Education of the Mason City School District, Counties of Warren and Butler, Ohio, for the purpose of CONSTRUCTING A NEW HIGH SCHOOL, A COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER, ADDITIONS, RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO SCHOOL FACILITIES, SITE ACQUISITION, AND PROVIDING EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING SCHOOL BUSES AND TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT, FURNISHINGS AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS THEREFOR, in the principal amount of seventy-one million nine hundred thirty-five thousand dollars ($71,935,000) to be repaid annually over a maximum period twenty-six (26) years, and an annual levy of property taxes be made outside of the ten-mill limitation, estimated by the county auditor to average over the repayment period of the bond issue six and seventy-eight hundredths (6.78) mills, for each one dollar of tax valuation, which amounts to sixty-seven and eight-tenths cents ($0.678) for each one hundred dollars of tax valuation, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001, to pay the annual debt charge on the bonds, and to pay debt charges on any notes issued in anticipation of those bonds?

Issue 9 Proposed creation of a new school district -- City of Monroe (A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.)
1,683 / 75.64% Yes votes
542 / 24.36% No votes
Shall the proposal for creation of a Monroe Local School District, by consolidation of certain territory from the Middletown City School District and from the Lebanon City School District, be approved?

Issue 10 Proposed bond issue -- Talawanda City School District (A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.)
2,310 / 35.17% Yes votes
4,258 / 64.83% No votes
Shall bonds be issued by the Talawanda City School District, Counties of Butler and Preble, Ohio, for the purpose of NEW CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, RENOVATIONS, AND ADDITIONS TO SCHOOL FACILITIES, SITE ACQUISITION AND PROVIDING EQUIPMENT, FURNISHINGS AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS THEREFOR, in the principal amount of twenty-nine million nine hundred thousand dollars ($29,900,000) to be repaid annually over a maximum period of twenty-seven (27) years, and an annual levy of property taxes be made outside the ten-mill limitation, estimated by the county auditor to average over the repayment period of the bond issue four and six tenths (4.6) mills for each one dollar of tax valuation, which amounts to forty-six cents ($0.46) for each one hundred dollars of tax valuation, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001, to pay the annual debt charges on the bonds, and to pay debt charges on any notes issued in anticipation of those bonds?

Issue 11 Proposed tax levy district -- TALAWANDA CITY SCHOOL (A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.)
2,627 / 39.96% Yes votes
3,947 / 60.04% No votes
An additional tax for the benefit of the Talawanda City School District, Counties of Butler and Preble, Ohio, for the purpose of CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES at a rate not exceeding six and five tenths (6.5) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to Sixty-Five cents ($0.65) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

 
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