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Sugarcreek to try police levy in November
Add the Sugarcreek Twp. police department to the stream of local agencies asking for additional property tax funding in recent months.
Township trustees voted unanimously Wednesday, July 29, to place a five-year, 2-mill replacement levy for police services on the Nov. 3 ballot.
The existing levy costs residents $51.56 annually per $100,000 of property value. November’s levy, if approved, would raise that amount by $9.69 annually, to $61.25 per $100,000.
There are five levies that fund the township police department. The one targeted for replacement currently raises $590,000 annually, or just more than 25 percent of the department’s $2.1 million budget. If approved, the replacement levy would generate $679,000, an increase of $89,000.
Lt. James Deaton said in tight financial times, even that relatively small increase could make the difference between keeping or losing an officer.
The police levy will mark at least the ninth tax levy vote in Sugarcreek and Bellbrook in a 12-month span. Sugarcreek Schools, the Sugarcreek Fire Department and the Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Parks all had levies rejected in November, then approved in May. Bellbrook passed a fire levy in May, and the schools are back on the ballot Tuesday, Aug. 4.
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By Biff
July 31, 2009 3:48 PM | Link to this
Dayton recieved money to help their police department keep 11 fficers and hire more. Why can Sugarcreek not do this? New school levies, new police levies… Christ, people, what part of “things are tough all over” do you not understand?