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Together, they will produce $2.9 million annually to township for three years
By Marilyn Miller
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008
Copley Township voters are being asked to approve two replacement levies — one for roads and the other for the fire department — on the Nov. 4 ballot.
The fire issue is a 3.3-mill, three-year levy. It will generate $1.7 million annually and provide most of the money in the fire department's budget.
Fire Chief Michael Benson said the money will be used to pay for salaries and benefits of the department's 15 full-time and 35 part-time employees and to replace a 26-year-old fire engine.
The department plans to hire two more full-time firefighters by the end of the year to keep up with increased demands from the community.
A portion of the money collected by the levy also will be set aside to save for the purchase of a ladder truck in the next 12 years.
The road issue is a 2.5-mill levy for three years. It will generate $1.2 million annually and be used for general construction, reconstruction, resurfacing and the repair of streets, roads and bridges.
Township administrator Peggy Spraggins said the township just finished a four-year project to completely renovate the roads at Copley Meadows, off Copley Road east of Jacoby Road near Schocalog Road. That project, which cost $400,000 per year, involved a complete sidewalk-to-sidewalk replacement in the entire neighborhood.
Mark Mitchell, the township's service director and road superintendent, said drainage improvement in the Ridgewood/Hametown area is one of the projects that would be funded by the road levy. Other levy money would be used for asphalt resurfacing and seal coating on concrete roads throughout the township.
The replacement fire levy would cost the owner of a home appraised at $100,000 about $8 more annually.
The owner of a $100,000 home would pay about $6 more a year for the replacement road levy.
Spraggins pointed out that Summit County reappraised properties this year. If the value of a property went down, the homeowner would pay less for the replacement levy.
Marilyn Miller can be reached at 330-996-3098 or mmiller@thebeaconjournal.com.
Copley Township voters are being asked to approve two replacement levies — one for roads and the other for the fire department — on the Nov. 4 ballot.
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Copley, OH
Posted 07:54 AM, 09/23/2008
It's worth it -- let's keep our community nice.
Akron, OH
Posted 11:45 AM, 09/23/2008
The boys at the Road department do a great job. Thank you Mark, Doug, Claire, Russ, Mark, Jeff, Bob, and Andy.
Orrville, Oh
Posted 05:41 PM, 09/23/2008
Reality is: Taxpayers finance fire department and roads with money derived from wages or independent business profit.
