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3 of 4 Trotwood levies passing; school levy in trouble

Voters pass area school levies

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By Doug Page, Staff Writer Updated 11:01 AM Wednesday, November 4, 2009

TROTWOOD — Voters here approved three of the city’s four levies on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

The Trotwood-Madison school levy, however, failed.

A renewal of a 2-mill levy for ambulance service won easily, 66 percent to 34 percent, while a new 2-mill levy to replace the fire department’s aging fleet won 51 percent to 49 percent.

A new 1-mill street levy for road maintenance won 52 percent to 48 percent. A second new 1-mill street levy for operations failed 60 percent to 40 percent.

Trotwood-Madison school district’s 7.5-mill additional levy lost 59 percent to 41 percent.

The new 7.5-mills for operations would have raised $2 million annually for day-to-day operations. Facing a projected $2.3 million deficit in the 2011-12 school year, the school board with the levy defeat will institute a minimum of $1 million in cuts in addition to the already planned $2 million in cuts.

In city council races, incumbent Mary McDonald won her 4th Ward race as did Joyce Sutton Cameron in the 1st Ward. McDonald defeated James Williams 545-333, according to the unofficial results from the Montgomery County Board of Elections. Cameron defeated Mattie Clay, 1,103-703.

In the 2nd Ward, Rap Hankins beat Janice Chinn 51 percent to 49 percent.

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