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Hamilton County, OH November 7, 2000 Election
Directory of Hamilton County, OH Issues
Issues
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Issue 2. Proposed Tax Levy Renewal -- City of Cheviot
2,121 / 56.22% Yes votes
1,652 / 43.78% No votes
A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the City of Cheviot, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of Current Operating Expenses 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 five (5) years, commencing in 20000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 3. Proposed Tax Levy Renewal -- City of Cheviot
2,373 / 62.96% Yes votes
1,396 / 37.04% No votes
A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the City of Cheviot, County of Hamilton, Ohio for the purpose of General Construction and Repair of Streets and Roads at a rate not exceeding one and five-tenths (1.5) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to fifteen cents ($0.15) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five (5) years, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 4. Miscellaneous Question -- City of Cheviot
2,032 / 58.41% Yes votes
1,447 / 41.59% No votes
A proposed change to the terms of the legislative authority of the City of Cheviot. Council Members from Ward 1, Ward 2, Ward 3 and Ward 4 shall, at the general election in the year 2001,be elected to terms of four years in length, and continuing for each term thereafter. At-Large Council Members shall, at the general election in the year 2001, be elected to terms of two years in length. Beginning at the general election in the year 2003, At-Large Council members shall be elected to terms of four years in length, and continuing for each term thereafter.

Issue 5. Miscellaneous Question -- City of Cheviot
2,071 / 59.58% Yes votes
1,405 / 40.42% No votes
A proposed change to the term of the President of Council of the City of Cheviot. The President of Council shall, at the general election in the year 2001, be elected to a term of four years in length, and continuing for each term thereafter.

Issue 6. Proposed Amended Municipal Charter Ordinance 27-2000 -- City of Harrison
1,494 / 58.80% Yes votes
1,047 / 41.20% No votes
Shall the proposed amended Charter, providing for certain amendments to the Charter of the City of Harrison, Ohio, as reported by the Charter Review Commission, be adopted?

Issue 7. Proposed Amended Municipal Charter Ordinance 2000-37 -- City of Loveland
2,821 / 68.44% Yes votes
1,301 / 31.56% No votes
Shall the Revised Charter of the City of Loveland, Ohio, be amended to provide that the Director of Law (City Solicitor) be appointed by the City Council rather than the City Manager and serve for an indefinite term, subject to removal at any time, with or without cause, by the majority vote of all members of Council and to make uniform various references to general Ohio law by consistently using the term "the laws of Ohio" throughout the Amended Charter?

Issue 8. Proposed Charter Amendment Ordinance 00-3089 -- City of Silverton
1,613 / 74.06% Yes votes
565 / 25.94% No votes
Shall the Charter of the City of Silverton be amended to provide wherever the title of "Municipal Administrator" be changed to "City Manager" and that if the municipality should be reclassified as a village then "City Manager" shall change to "Village Manager"?

Issue 9. Proposed Charter Amendments Ordinance 00-3090 -- City of Silverton
1,481 / 70.66% Yes votes
615 / 29.34% No votes
Shall the proposed Charter amendments and revisions as recommended by the City of Silverton Council, be adopted?

Issue 10. Proposed Charter Amendment Ordinance 62-2000 -- City of Springdale
3,120 / 77.69% Yes votes
896 / 22.31% No votes
Shall Article VI-Commissions and Boards, Section A-Planning Commission, Paragraph 1 be amended to provide that one council member at large and one from a district shall be council appointees to the planning commission?

Issue 11. Proposed Charter Amendment Ordinance 63-2000 -- City of Springdale
3,127 / 78.96% Yes votes
833 / 21.04% No votes
Shall Article III-Executive, Section G-Clerk of Council/Finance Director, Paragraph 5-Absence, Disability or Vacancy, be amended to provide for an acting Clerk of Council/Finance Director?

Issue 12. Proposed Charter Amendment Ordinance 64-2000 -- City of Springdale
2,437 / 64.80% Yes votes
1,324 / 35.20% No votes
Shall Article VII-Financial, Section F-Contracts and Expenditures, be amended to change the requirements for certification for expenditures?

Issue 13. Proposed Charter Amendment Ordinance 65-2000 -- City of Springdale
1,936 / 51.41% Yes votes
1,830 / 48.59% No votes
Shall Article IX-Miscellaneous, Section D-General, Paragraph 7-Districts, be amended to provide for authority to change districts for councilmanic elections?

Issue 14. Proposed Tax Levy Renewal -- Village of Addyston
174 / 47.03% Yes votes
196 / 52.97% No votes
A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Village of Addyston, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 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 five (5) years, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 15. Proposed Tax Levy Renewal -- Village of Addyston
165 / 44.84% Yes votes
203 / 55.16% No votes
A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Village of Addyston, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 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 five (5) years, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 16. Proposed Tax Levy Replacement and Decrease -- Village of Cleves
680 / 61.59% Yes votes
424 / 38.41% No votes
A replacement of a portion of an existing levy, being a reduction of 2.5 mills, to constitute a tax for the benefit of the Village of Cleves, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of Current Operating Expenses at a rate not exceeding six and thirty-three hundredths (6.33) mills for each one dollar of evaluation, which amounts to sixty-three and three-tenths cents($0.633) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five (5) years, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 17. Proposed Tax Levy Replacement and Increase -- Village of Cleves
513 / 47.02% Yes votes
578 / 52.98% No votes
A replacement of 0.8 mill of an existing levy and an increase of 0.2 mill, to constitute a tax for the benefit of the Village of Cleves, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for Recreational Purposes 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 three (3) years, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 18. Proposed Tax Levy Renewal -- Village of Fairfax
491 / 62.07% Yes votes
300 / 37.93% No votes
A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Village of Fairfax, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES at a rate not exceeding ninety-six hundredths (0.96) mill for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to nine and six-tenths cents ($0.096) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five (5) years, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 19. Proposed Charter Amendment - Council-Manager Form of Government -- Village of Evendale
533 / 29.51% Yes votes
1,273 / 70.49% No votes
Shall Article 1, Section 2 of the Charter of the Village of Evendale be amended to establish a Council-Manager Form of Government?

Issue 20. Proposed Tax Levy Replacement -- Village of Glendale
884 / 65.00% Yes votes
476 / 35.00% No votes
A replacement of a tax for the benefit of the Village of Glendale, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES at a rate not exceeding six and six-tenths (6.6) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to sixty-six cents ($0.66) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for four (4) years, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 21. Proposed Tax Levy Renewal -- Village of Greenhills
1,301 / 69.24% Yes votes
578 / 30.76% No votes
A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Village of Greenhills, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for Recreational Purposes at a rate not exceeding seven-tenths (0.7) mill for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to seven cents ($0.07) for each one hundred dollars of valuation for five (5) years, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 22. Proposed Tax Levy Renewal -- Village of Mariemont
1,140 / 64.52% Yes votes
627 / 35.48% No votes
A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Village of Mariemont, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING STREET REPAIRS, INSTALLATION AND REPAIR OF CURBS, SIDEWALKS AND STORM SEWERS, UPGRADING OF STREET AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS, TREE MAINTENANCE, REDUCING EROSION, AND PURCHASING EQUIPMENT FOR THE POLICE, FIRE AND MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTS 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 five (5) years, commencing in 2001, first due in calendar year 2002.

Issue 23. Proposed Tax Levy Renewal -- Village of Terrace Park
908 / 72.99% Yes votes
336 / 27.01% No votes
A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Village of Terrace Par, County of Hamilton, Ohio for the purpose of Current Operating Expenses at a rate not exceeding three and five-tenths (3.5) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to thirty-five cents ($0.35) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for three (3) years, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 24. Proposed Charter Amendments Resolution 24-2000 -- Village of Woodlawn
731 / 63.68% Yes votes
417 / 36.32% No votes
Shall the proposed Charter amendments as recommended by the Woodlawn Charter Review Commission, be adopted?

Issue 25. Proposed Tax Levy -- Township of Anderson
12,143 / 54.11% Yes votes
10,297 / 45.89% No votes
An additional tax for the benefit of Anderson Township, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of FIRE AND POLICE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES at a rate not exceeding two and eighty-seven hundredths (2.87) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to twenty-eight and seven-tenths cents ($0.287) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 26. Proposed Tax Levy -- Township of Anderson Park District
12,788 / 57.69% Yes votes
9,380 / 42.31% No votes
An additional tax for the benefit of Anderson Township Park District, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE TOWNSHIP PARK DISTRICT AND PURCHASING, APPROPRIATING, OPERATING, MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING LANDS FOR PARKS AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSES, INCLUDING THE PAYMENT OF DEBT SERVICE ON BONDS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 511.29 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE at a rate not exceeding one and nine-tenths (1.9) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to nineteen cents ($0.19) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for ten (10) years, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 27. Proposed Tax Levy -- Township of Colerain
17,124 / 65.80% Yes votes
8,901 / 34.20% No votes
An additional tax for the benefit of Colerain Township , County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services at a rate not exceeding four and thirty-four hundredths (4.34) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to forty-three and four-tenths cents ($0.434) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five (5) years, commencing in 20000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 28. Proposed Tax Levy Renewal -- Township of Columbia Waste Disposal District
1,425 / 72.67% Yes votes
536 / 27.33% No votes
A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Columbia Township Waste District, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE at a rate not exceeding three and two-tenths (3.2) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to thirty-two cents ($0.32) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for three (3) years, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 29. Proposed Tax Levy -- Township of Green
10,587 / 36.19% Yes votes
18,666 / 63.81% No votes
An additional tax for the benefit of Green Township, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for RECREATIONAL PURPOSES AND PROTECTION OR PRESERVING GREENSPACE 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 five (5) years, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 30. Proposed Tax Levy Replacement -- Township of Miami
3,454 / 55.46% Yes votes
2,774 / 44.54% No votes
A replacement of a tax for the benefit of Miami Township, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES at a rate not exceeding forty-six hundredths (0.46) mill for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to four and six-tenths cents ($0.046) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for four (4) years, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 31. Proposed Tax Levy Replacement and Increase -- Township of Miami Unincorporated Area
2,901 / 65.68% Yes votes
1,516 / 34.32% No votes
A replacement of 1 mill of an existing levy and an increase of 2.29 mills, to constitute a tax for the benefit of Miami Township (Unincorporated Area), County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of FIRE PROTECTION AND PARAMEDIC SERVICES at a rate not exceeding three and twenty-nine hundredths (3.29) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to thirty-two and nine-tenths cents($0.329) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for four (4) years, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 32. Proposed Tax Levy Replacement -- Township of Whitewater
1,101 / 57.76% Yes votes
805 / 42.24% No votes
A replacement of a tax for the benefit of Whitewater Township, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES at a rate not exceeding three and eight-tenths (3.8) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to thirty-eight cents ($0.38) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 33. Proposed Tax Levy -- Cincinnati City School District
72,760 / 56.05% Yes votes
57,055 / 43.95% No votes
An additional tax for the benefit of the Cincinnati City School District, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES at a rate not exceeding six (6) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to sixty cents ($0.60) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 34. Proposed Bond Issue -- Indian Hill Exempted Village School District
4,142 / 53.54% Yes votes
3,594 / 46.46% No votes
Shall bonds be issued by the Board of Education of the Indian Hill Exempted Village School District, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of New Construction, Improvements, Renovations and Additions to School Facilities and Providing Equipment, Furnishings and Site Improvements Therefor in the principal amount of Forty-Nine Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($49,600,000) 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 eighteen hundredths (4.18) mills for each one dollar of tax valuation, which amounts to forty-one and eight-tenths cents ($0.418) 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 the bonds.

Issue 35. Proposed Tax Levy -- Loveland City School District
3,494 / 52.62% Yes votes
3,146 / 47.38% No votes
An additional tax for the benefit of the Loveland City School District, Counties of Hamilton, Clermont and Warren Ohio, for the purposes of Current Operating Expenses at a rate not exceeding seven (7) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to seventy cents ($0.70) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for four (4) years, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 36. Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal and Increase) -- Norwood City School District
3,690 / 49.50% Yes votes
3,765 / 50.50% No votes
Shall a levy renewing $686,000 and providing an increase of $1,600,000 be imposed by the Norwood City School District, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of providing for the emergency Requirements of the School District, in the sum of $2,468,00 per year and a levy of taxes to be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to average seven and sixty-eighth hundredths (7.68) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to seventy-six and eight-tenths cents ($0.768) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a period of five (5) years, commencing in 20000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 37. Proposed Tax Levy -- Eastern Emergency Joint Ambulance District
2,250 / 63.52% Yes votes
1,292 / 36.48% No votes
An additional tax for the benefit of the Eastern Emergency Joint Ambulance District, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES at a rate not exceeding eight-tenths (0.8) mill for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to eight cents ($0.08) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2000, first due in calendar year 2001.

Issue 38. Special Election by Petition Local Option Election on Sunday Sale of Liquor -- Springfield Precinct E
279 / 73.61% Yes votes
100 / 26.39% No votes
Shall the sale of beer and intoxicating liquor be permitted for sale on Sunday by Thomas & King, Inc. doing business as Applebee's, an applicant for a D-6 liquor permit who is engaged in the business of operating a full-service, family style restaurant at 8565 Winton Road, Springfield Township, Cincinnati, Ohio 45231, in this precinct?

 
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