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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Bellbrook Fire likely headed to May ballot
It looks like the May 5 ballot is about to get even more crowded in Bellbrook and Sugarcreek Twp.
In its pre-meeting work session Monday, Jan. 12, Bellbrook City Council discussed the need to put a fire operations levy on the ballot. Without an additional levy, the city would continue transferring money from the general fund to pay for fire service.
Council did not take any official action, but all six members present in the work session agreed on the need for additional funding, with most of them leaning toward a 2-mill levy. That would cost the owner of a $100,000 home an extra 61.25 per year.
City Manager Mark Schlagheck said council will have to approve a resolution for the levy at its Jan. 26 meeting in order to start the process of getting on the May 5 ballot.
Three groups whose levy efforts failed in November are likely to be on the May ballot as well.
The Sugarcreek School Board has already approved a levy for May, asking voters for a no-increase renewal of the 9-mill property tax levy, changing it from a 5-year term to a continuous levy.
Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Park District officials have not finalized their plans, but Director Jeff Stewart said he expects the parks to put a replacement levy on the May 5 ballot that would cost property owners $1 more per $100,000.
And Sugarcreek Twp. trustees are expected to decide at their Jan. 20 meeting which type of fire levy to put on the ballot.
What levels of service and funding do Bellbrook and Sugarcreek voters believe are appropriate?
We’ll find out in a few months.
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Water line installation stops traffic
BEAVERCREEK TWP., Greene County — Patience pays when traveling Dayton-Xenia Road east of the city limits, where infrastructure work is stopping traffic.
Workers are well into a $3.3 million project to install new water mains along Dayton-Xenia to improve the county water system.
Jeffrey Hissong, sanitary engineering director, said the new raw water and treated drinking water mains will provide a loop along Trebein Road up to subdivisions near Fairground Road.
Work has been underway for weeks, but has just begun affecting traffic, with a temporary light being used around the installation sites.
The project, expected to be completed in June, is one of millions of dollars worth approved by the county commission in the past 18 months to improve the water system in and around Beavercreek.
Other work includes, new wells, more transmission lines and expansion of the Southwest Regional Water Treatment Plant in Beavercreek.
Commissioners also agreed Jan. 6 to solicit bids to replace a sewage lift station in Beavercreek along Indian Ripple Road.
The lift station is part of the Greater Greene-Little Miami Sewer District served by a treatment plant in Sugarcreek Twp. undergoing a multi-million dollar expansion with the help of Montgomery County.
Replacement of the lift station on Indian Ripple is expected to cost $500,000 and will include replacing 3,500 feet of sewage transmission lines. Bids are expected to be opened in February, and the project could begin later this year.
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