The Board of Trustees of Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio met in regular session at the Miami Township Civic Building on August 16, 2005 with the following members present: Mary Makley Wolff, Edwin H. Humphrey and Ken Tracy.
MR. HUMPHREY made a motion to adopt the following Resolution:
RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR LEVYING AN ADDITIONAL TAX EXCEEDING TEN-MILL LIMITATION, 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, Clermont County, Ohio; and
WHEREAS, a resolution declaring the necessity of levying a tax under Revised Code 5705.19(A) outside the ten-mill limitation must be passed and certified to the County Auditor of Clermont County in order to permit the Board of Trustees of Miami Township Clermont County, Ohio to consider the levy of such a tax and must request that the County Auditor certify to the Board of Trustees of Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio the total current tax valuation of Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio, Ohio and the dollar amount of revenue that would be generated by the number of mills required to generate a specified amount of revenue.
NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio by authority of Revised Code Chapter 504 and in accordance with Revised Code Sections 5705.03 and 5705.19 as follows:
SECTION 1. It is necessary to levy an additional tax of Three and Nine-Tenths (3.90) mills for the purposes set forth in Ohio Revised Code Section 5705.19 (JJ) as follows: for the purpose 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 firefighters or firefighting companies to operate the same, including the payment of the firefighter employers' contribution required under section 742.34 of the Revised Code, or the purchase of ambulance equipment or the provision of ambulance, paramedic or other emergency medical services operated by a fire department or firefighting 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 officer employers' contribution required under section 742.33 of the Revised Code or the payment of the costs incurred by townships 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; which amounts to Thirty-Nine cents ($0.39) for each one hundred dollars ($100.00) of valuation for a continuing period pursuant to Revised Code Section 5705.19.
SECTION 2. That the levy be placed upon the tax lists, commencing in 2005, first due in calendar year 2006, in compliance with Ohio Revised Code section 5705.34, if a majority of the electors voting thereon vote in favor thereof.
SECTION 3. That the question of such tax levy shall be submitted to the electors of Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio at the election to be held therein on November 8, 2005.
SECTION 4. That the Acting Clerk is hereby directed to certify a copy of the resolution to the County Auditor. The Board of Trustees of Miami Township hereby requests that the County Auditor certify to the Board the total current tax valuation of Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio and the dollar amount of revenue that would be generated by Three and Nine-Tenths (3.90) mills if approved by the electors.
SECTION 5. That the Board does herby dispense with the requirement that the Resolution be read on two separate days, pursuant to Revised Code Section 504.10 and authorizes the adoption of this resolution on the first reading.
SECTION 6. That the Board finds and determines that all formal actions relative to the passage of this resolution were taken in an open meeting and that all deliberations of the Board which resulted in the passage of this resolution, were taken in meetings open to the public, in full compliance with all legal requirements including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.
SECTION 7. That this resolution shall take effect at the earliest period allowed by law.
First Reading: August 16, 2005
Second Reading: Dispensed with
Effective: September 15, 2005
MRS. WOLFF seconded the motion to adopt the Resolution. On the roll call being called the vote resulted as follows:
Mrs. Wolff AYE
Mr. Humphrey AYE
Mr. Tracy NAY
Resolution 2005-31 adopted August 16, 2005.