The Board of Trustees of Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio met in regular session at the Miami Township Civic Building on February 7, 2006 with the following members present: Edwin H. Humphrey, Ken Tracy and Mary Makley Wolff.
MR. TRACY made a motion to adopt the following Resolution:
RESOLUTION DECLARING NECESSITY AND PROCEEDING TO LEVY A RENEWAL OF TAX LEVY FOR FIRE, AMBULANCE AND POLICE PROTECTION PURPOSES, DISPENSING WITH THE SECOND READING
WHEREAS, the amount of taxes which may be raised within the ten-mill limitation will be insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the necessary requirements of Miami Township; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of Miami Township on January 17, 2006 adopted a resolution under Revised Code Section 5705.03 declaring the necessity to levy a renewal of a tax outside the ten-mill limitation under Revised Code Section 5705.19(JJ) and 5709.191 and requested the County Auditor certify to the Board the amount of funds which may be generated by a tax in the amount of 3.51 mills for each one hundred dollars of valuation, which amounts to $0.351 for each one hundred dollars of valuation; and
WHEREAS, the Auditor of Clermont County has provided to the Board of Trustees of Miami Township the necessary certification; and
WHEREAS, at the general election held on November 5, 1996, the electors of
Miami Township approved an additional tax of 3.51 mills, in excess of the
ten-mill limitation, for a period of five years, for public safety purposes
including fire protection, ambulance and police protection; and
WHEREAS, such tax was first levied on the 1996 tax duplicate, and expires
with the levy on the 2005 tax duplicate.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees ("Board") of Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio, by authority of Chapter 504 and Sections 5705.19(JJ), 5705.191 and 5705.25 of the Ohio Revised Code, as follows:
SECTION 1. That the amount of taxes that may be raised within the ten-mill limitation will be insufficient to provide for the necessary requirements of Miami Township, and that, pursuant to Revised Code Sections 5705.19(JJ) and 5705.191, it is necessary to levy an additional tax in excess of that limitation, as a renewal of the tax levy approved by the electors at the general election on November 5, 1996, for the purposes 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 firefighters' employer's contribution required under section 742.34 of the Revised Code, or the purchase of ambulance equipment or the provision of ambulance, paramedic, or other or emergency medical services operated by a fire department or fire fighting company; and for the purpose of providing and maintaining motor vehicles, communications, other equipment, buildings and sites for such buildings used directly in the operation of a police department, or the payment of salaries of permanent police personnel, including the payment of the police employer's contribution required under section 742.33 of the Revised Code, or the payment of the cost incurred by Miami Township as a result of contracts made with other political subdivisions in order to obtain police protections, or the provision of ambulance or emergency medical services operated by a police department; at a rate not exceeding three and fifty-one one hundredths (3.51) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.351 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, including a levy on the duplicate of the current year (2006 tax duplicate for collection in 2007); further
SECTION 2. That the levy be placed on the tax list, commencing in 2006, first due in calendar year 2007, in compliance with Revised Code Section 5705.34, if a majority of the electors voting thereon vote in favor thereof; further;
SECTION 3: That pursuant to Section 5705.25 of the Revised Code, the form of the ballots cast at the election to be held upon the question (subject to exercise by the Clermont County Board of Elections and the Secretary of State of their respective statutory responsibilities) shall be as follows:
PROPOSED TAX LEVY
A MAJORITY AFFIRMATIVE VOTE IS
NECESSARY FOR PASSAGE
An additional tax for the benefit of Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio
for the purposes 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 FIREFIGHTERS'
EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 742.34 OF THE REVISED CODE, OR
THE PURCHASE OF AMBULANCE EQUIPMENT OR THE PROVISION OF AMBULANCE, PARAMEDIC, OR
OTHER OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OPERATED BY A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE
FIGHTING COMPANY, AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING MOTOR
VEHICLES, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT, BUILDINGS AND SITES FOR SUCH
BUILDINGS USED DIRECTLY IN THE OPERATION OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT, OR THE PAYMENT
OF SALARIES OF PERMANENT POLICE PERSONNEL, INCLUDING THE PAYMENT OF THE POLICE
EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 742.33 OF THE REVISED CODE OR THE
PAYMENT OF COST INCURRED BY MIAMI TOWNSHIP AS A RESULT OF CONTRACTS MADE WITH
OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN POLICE PROTECTION OR THE
PROVISION OF AMBULANCE OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OPERATED BY A POLICE
DEPARTMENT at a rate not exceeding three and fifty-one one hundreths (3.51)
mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.351 for each one
hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in
2006, first due in calendar year 2007.
FOR THE TAX LEVY
AGAINST THE TAX LEVY
SECTION 4. That the question shall be submitted to the electors of Miami Township at the general election to be conducted on May 2, 2006; further
SECTION 5. That the Township Fiscal Officer or his designee is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this resolution with the Board of Elections of Clermont County not less that seventy-five (75) days prior to election; further
SECTION 6: The Board does hereby dispense with the requirement that this Resolution be read on two separate days, pursuant to Section 504.10 of the Ohio Revised Code, and authorizes the adoption of this Resolution upon its first reading; further
SECTION 7: That this Board hereby finds and determines that all formal
actions relative to the passage of this Resolution were taken in an open meeting
of this Board, and that all deliberations of this Board and of its Committees,
if any, which resulted in formal action, were taken in meetings open to the
public, in full compliance with applicable legal requirements, including Section
121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code; further
SECTION 8: This Resolution shall take effect at the earliest period allowed by law.
First Reading: February 7, 2006
Second Reading: Dispensed with
Effective: March 9, 2006
MRS. WOLFF seconded the motion to adopt the Resolution. On the roll call
being called the vote resulted as follows:
Mr. Humphrey AYE
Mr. Tracy AYE
Mrs. Wolff AYE
Resolution 2006 - 11 adopted February 7, 2006.