Butler County, OH Ballot

State Issue 1 To enact Section 2 of Article VIII of the Ohio Constitution pertaining to environmental and related conservation, preservation, and revitalization purposes
2,132,349 / 57%% Yes votes ...... 43%% No votes: To adopt Section 20 of Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Ohio. This proposed amendment would:
1. Authorize the state to issue bonds and other obligations to pay the costs of projects for environmental conservation and revitalization purposes.
2. Specify "conservation purposes" as meaning the conservation and preservation of natural areas, open spaces, and farmlands and other lands devoted to agriculture, including by acquiring land or interests therein; the provision of state and local park and recreation facilities, and other actions that permit and enhance the availability, public use, and enjoyment of natural areas and open spaces in Ohio; and land, forest, water and other natural resource management projects.
3. Specify "revitalization purposes" as meaning providing for and enabling the environmentally safe and productive development and use or reuse of publicly and privately owned lands, including those within urban areas, by the remediation or clean up of contamination; and addressing by clearance, land acquisition or otherwise, contamination or other property conditions or circumstances that might be deleterious to the public health and safety and the environment and water and other natural resources, or that preclude or inhibit environmentally sound or economic use of the property.
4. Limit the total outstanding principal amount of all state obligations issued for conservation purposes, which shall be general obligations of the state backed by the full faith and credit, revenue, and taxing power of the state, to two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) and the principal amount of all new obligations issued within a single fiscal year to fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) plus the principal amount of obligations that in any prior fiscal year could have been but were not issued within the fifty million dollar ($50,000,000) fiscal year limit.
5. Limit the total outstanding principal amount of all state obligations issued for revitalization purposes, which shall not be general obligations of the state and shall not be backed by the full faith and credit, revenue, and taxing power of the state but which would be secured by a pledge of designated state revenues and receipts as the General Assembly authorizes, to two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) and the principal amount of all new obligations issued within a single fiscal year to fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) plus the principal amount of obligations that in any prior fiscal year could have been but were not issued within the fifty million dollar ($50,000,000) fiscal year limit.
6. Require that the obligations mature no later than December 31 of the twenty-fifth (25th) calendar year after issuance, except that obligations issued to refund or retire other obligations must mature no later than December 31 of the twenty-fifth (25th) calendar year after the year in which the original obligation to pay was issued or entered into.
7. Determine and confirm that state and local governmental participation in and financial assistance to environmental and related conservation, preservation and revitalization projects are public purposes, authorize the state to participate or assist in the financing of those projects undertaken by local governmental entities or by others, including not-for-profit organizations, and specify that these activities would not be subject to the lending aid and credit prohibitions of Sections 4 and 6 of Article VIII of the Ohio Constitution. If adopted, this amendment shall take immediate effect. A majority yes vote is necessary for passage.

Local Issues

Issue 2 Proposed charter amendment -- City of Fairfield
13,330 / 83.97% Yes votes ...... 2,544 / 16.03% No votes

Shall 11.02 (A) of the Charter of the City of Fairfield, Ohio be amended to require that the Mayor and members of Council be qualified electors of the City and ward, if applicable, for a continuous period of at least one year immediately prior to the date they filed for office or are appointed?

Issue 3 Proposed Charter Amendment -- City of Fairfield
13,754 / 85.25% Yes votes ...... 2,380 / 14.75% No votes

Shall 11.03 (A) and (D) of the Charter of the City of Fairfield, Ohio be amended to provide that conviction of any felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude after the date of the election for or during a person's term of office and adjudication of legal incompetence during a person's term of office will be grounds for removal from office and to clarify the hearing procedure for such removal?

Issue 4 Proposed Charter Amendment -- City of Fairfield
11,477 / 74.51% Yes votes ...... 3,926 / 25.49% No votes

Shall 11.02 (B) of the Charter of the City of Fairfield, Ohio be amended to clarify other offices which may be held and that candidates for the office of Mayor or member of Council shall not hold a position as an employee of the City during the period beginning on the date they file for office and continuing until after the official results of the election have been certified by the election authorities or, if elected, until their term of office begins?

Issue 5 Proposed complete Charter Revision -- City Of Hamilton
8,991 / 50.54% Yes votes ...... 8,800 / 49.46% No votes

Shall the 1926 Charter of the City of Hamilton, including all amendments and supplements thereto, be amended in its entirety?

Issue 6 Proposed Charter Amendment to increase salaries -- City Of Hamilton
6,170 / 32.90% Yes votes ...... 12,584 / 67.10% No votes

Shall the Charter of the City of Hamilton, Ohio be amended by amending Sections 002.06 to provide for an increase in the salary for members of City Council, effective January 1, 2002, by establishing the salary of members of the Council, other than the Mayor, at Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000) per year; by establishing the salary of the Mayor at Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) per year; and by providing that these salaries may be increased each year proportionately to the increase in the Consumer Price Index?

Issue 7 Proposed Charter Amendment to Change Number of Signatures for Ballot -- City of Middletown
7,393 / 52.09% Yes votes ...... 6,801 / 47.91% No votes

Shall Article I, Section 3 and 4 of the Charter of the City of Middletown be amended to change the number of signatures to seek a municipal office to be placed upon the ballot from one percent (1%) of the electors of the City to fifty (50) of the electors of the City?

Issue 8 Proposed Charter Amendment to Allow Executive Session -- City of Middletown
3,800 / 26.28% Yes votes ...... 10,661 / 73.72% No votes

Shall Article II, Section 7 of the Charter of the City of Middletown be amended to permit City Commission to conduct executive sessions, closed to the public, to discuss economic development issues where the confidential business plans or business strategies of a business entity would be disclosed?

Issue 9 Proposed Charter Amendment to increase compensation of City Commission -- City of Middletown
3,860 / 26.40% Yes votes ...... 10,760 / 73.60% No votes

Shall Article II, Section 12 of the Charter of the City of Middletown be amended to increase the compensation of the members of City Commission from five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per year to seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) per year?

Issue 10 Proposed Charter Amendment to increase number of trustees on Library Board -- City of Middletown
7,905 / 54.62% Yes votes ...... 6,569 / 45.38% No votes

Shall Article V, Section 2 of the Charter of the City of Middletown be amended to increase the number of trustees on the Library Board from six (6) to seven (7)?

Issue 11 Proposed Charter Amendment to have the Chairman of City Commission serve as President of the Board of Health -- City of Middletown
5,355 / 38.09% Yes votes ...... 8,704 / 61.91% No votes

Shall Article V, Section 1 of the Charter of the City of Middletown be amended to state that the Chairman (Mayor) of City Commission (City Council) shall serve as President of the Board of Health?

Issue 12 Proposed Charter Amendment to change titles/name of City Government -- City of Middletown
7,247 / 51.57% Yes votes ...... 6,807 / 48.43% No votes

Shall Article I, Section 5; Article II, Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14; Article III, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 18 and 19; Article IV, Section 1, 3, 5 and 6; Article V, Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4; Article VI, Sections 1 and 2; Article VII, Section I; and Article VIII, Sections 2, 3, 4 and 6 of the Charter of the City of Middletown be amended to change the title of Chairman of City Commission to Mayor, change the title of Vice-Chairman of City Commission to Vice-Mayor, and change the name of the legislative authority of the City of Middletown from City Commission to City Council?

Issue 13 Proposed Tax Levy for Fire Protection -- Township of Fairfield
4,333 / 62.71% Yes votes ...... 2,577 / 37.29% No votes

An additional 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 fire fighters, or fire-fighting companies to operate the same, including the payment of the firefighter 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 three (3) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to thirty cents ($0.30) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year
2001.

Issue 14 Proposed Tax Levy for Police Protection -- Township of Fairfield
3,861 / 56.27% Yes votes ...... 3,000 / 43.73% No votes

An additional tax for the benefit of the unincorporated area of Fairfield Township, 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 police officer employers' contribution required under section 742.33 of the revised code, or the payment of the costs incurred by townships 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, at a rate not exceeding five and nine tenths (5.9) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to fifty-nine cents ($0.59) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 15 Proposed Tax Levy for Fire Protection -- Township of Morgan
1,487 / 59.41% Yes votes ...... 1,016 / 40.59% No votes

An additional tax for the benefit of the unincorporated areas of Morgan Township Fire District, 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 fire fighters, or fire-fighting companies to operate the same, including the payment of the firefighter 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 period of five (5) years, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 16 Proposed Tax Levy, Replacement Tax for Fire Districts I and 2 -- Township of Wayne
1,265 / 62.65% Yes votes ...... 754 / 37.35% No votes

A replacement of a tax for the benefit of Fire Districts #1 and #2 in Wayne Township for the purpose of providing and maintaining fire apparatus, ambulance service, building and sites, and payment of volunteer fire fighters at a rate not exceeding one (1) mill for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to ten cents ($0.10) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for period of five (5) years, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 17 Proposed Tax Levy for current operating expenses -- Edgewood City School
2,455 / 38.15% Yes votes ...... 3,980 / 61.85% No votes

An additional tax for the benefit of the Edgewood City School District, Counties of Butler and Preble, Ohio, for the purpose of current operating expenses at a rate not exceeding four and nine-tenths (4.9) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to forty-nine cents ($0.49) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 18 Proposed Bond Issue And Tax Levy -- Lakota Local School District
18,417 / 53.86% Yes votes ...... 15,775 / 46.14% No votes

Shall 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 dollars ($44,571,000) to be repaid annually over a maximum period of twenty-six (26) 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, 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?

Levy an additional property tax to pay current operating expenses at a rate not exceeding four and nine-tenths (4.9) 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 20 Proposed Bond Issue and Tax Levy -- Middletown City School
16 / 40.00% Yes votes ...... 24 / 60.00% No votes

Shall the Middletown City School District, Counties of Butler and Warren, Ohio, be authorized to do the following: Issue bonds for the purpose of construction, improvements, renovations and additions to school facilities, acquiring real property and providing equipment, furnishings and site improvements therefor, in the principal amount of Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000) to be repaid annually over a maximum period of twenty-seven (27) years, and levy a property tax outside of the ten-mill limitation, estimated by the county auditor to average over the bond repayment period two and two-tenths (2.2) mills, for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to twenty-two cents ($0.22) 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?

Levy an additional property tax for the purpose of ongoing permanent improvements 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 continuing period of time, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001?

Issue 21 Proposed Tax Levy -- Talawanda City School District
7,954 / 63.49% Yes votes ...... 4,573 / 36.51% 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.

Issue 22 Local Option Sale of Alcohol -- Precinct 2AL
308 / 47.83% Yes votes ...... 336 / 52.17% No votes

Shall the sale of wine and mixed beverages of the same types as may be legally sold in this precinct on other days of the week, be permitted in this Hamilton City Precinct 2AL, for consumption off the premises where sold, between the hours of one p.m. and midnight on Sunday?

Issue 23 Local Option Sale of Alcohol -- Precinct 4AK
434 / 66.26% Yes votes ...... 221 / 33.74% No votes

Shall the sale of beer as defined in section 4305.08 of the Revised Code under permits which authorize sale for on-premises consumption only, and under permits which authorize sale for both on-premises and off-premises consumption, be permitted in this Fairfield Township Precinct 4AK?

Issue 24 Local Option Sale of Alcohol -- Precinct 4AK
429 / 65.70% Yes votes ...... 224 / 34.30% No votes

Shall the sale of wine and mixed beverages, under permits which authorize sale for on-premise consumption only, and under permits which authorize sale for both on-premise and off-premise consumption, be permitted in Fairfield Township Precinct 4AK?

Issue 25 Local Option Sale of Alcohol -- Precinct 4AK
421 / 64.47% Yes votes ...... 232 / 35.53% No votes

Shall the sale of spirituous liquors by the glass be permitted in Fairfield Township Precinct 4AK?

Issue 26 Local Option Sale of Alcohol -- Precinct 4AK
412 / 63.09% Yes votes ...... 241 / 36.91% No votes

Shall the sale of intoxicating liquor, of the same types as may be legally sold in this precinct on other days of the week, be permitted in this Fairfield Township Precinct 4AK for consumption on the premises where sold, between the hours of one p.m. and midnight on Sunday, at licensed premises where the sale of food and other goods and services exceeds fifty per cent of the total gross receipts of the permit holder at the premises?

Issue 27 Local Option Sale of Alcohol -- Precinct 4AK
407 / 62.33% Yes votes ...... 246 / 37.67% No votes

Shall the sale of wine and mixed beverages of the same types as may be legally sold in this precinct on other days of the week, be permitted in this Fairfield Township Precinct 4AK for consumption off the premises where sold, between the hours of one p.m. and midnight on Sunday?

Issue 28 Local Option Sale of Alcohol -- Precinct 4AL
226 / 48.50% Yes votes ...... 240 / 51.50% No votes

Shall the sale of beer as defined in section 4305.08 of the Revised Code under permits which authorize sale for off-premises consumption only be permitted within this Fairfield Township Precinct 4AL?

Issue 29 Local Option Sale of Alcohol -- Precinct 4AL
221 / 48.79% Yes votes ...... 232 / 51.21% No votes

Issue 30 Local Option Sale of Alcohol -- Precinct 4AL
221 / 47.73% Yes votes ...... 242 / 52.27% No votes

Shall the sale of wine and mixed beverages by the package, under permits which authorize sale for off-premise consumption only, be permitted in Fairfield Township Precinct 4AL?

Issue 31 Local Option Sale of Alcohol -- Precinct 4AL
219 / 47.92% Yes votes ...... 238 / 52.08% No votes

Issue 32 Local Option Sale of Alcohol -- Precinct 4AL
236 / 50.54% Yes votes ...... 231 / 49.46% No votes

Shall the sale of spirituous liquors by the glass be permitted in Fairfield Township Precinct 4AL?

Issue 33 Local Option Sale of Alcohol -- Precinct 4AL
222 / 47.23% Yes votes ...... 248 / 52.77% No votes

Shall the sale of intoxicating liquor, of the same types as may be legally sold in this precinct on other days of the week, be permitted in this Fairfield Township Precinct 4AL for consumption on the premises where sold, between the hours of one p.m. and midnight on Sunday, at licensed premises where the sale of food and other goods and services exceeds fifty per cent of the total gross receipts of the permit holder at the premises?

Issue 34 Local Option -- Precinct 4AL
216 / 46.45% Yes votes ...... 249 / 53.55% No votes

Shall the sale of wine and mixed beverages of the same types as may be legally sold in this precinct on other days of the week, be permitted in this Fairfield Township Precinct 4AL for consumption off the premises where sold, between the hours of one p.m. and midnight on Sunday?

Issue 35 Proposed Tax Levy - (Replacement) -- Butler County MRDD
74,377 / 59.10% Yes votes ...... 51,468 / 40.90% No votes

A replacement of an existing two (2) mill continuing tax for the benefit of Butler County, Ohio , for the purpose of providing funds for the acquisition, development, operation and maintenance of programs, services and facilities for the benefit of children and adults with mental retardation and developmental disabilities through the Butler County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MRDD), 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 continuing period of time, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

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