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30

[updated] Local news: Vote FOR Pepper Pike Fire Levy


I attended a state of the city kind of event on Tuesday evening at which Mayor Bruce Akers spent a few minutes talking about and addressing questions regarding Issue 9, which will be on the ballot for Pepper Pike voters this coming Tuesday, May 5 (please don’t forget to vote!).

I will be voting for Issue 9, which is a replacement fire levy, as opposed to a renewal.

My only concern derives my desire to be sure that the fire department gets everything it needs and so I’ve wondered (and gotten some answers from the council members) about whether 2009 home values will in fact be higher than they were in 2004, which is what the current fire levy is based on (and is what a renewal, rather than a replacement, would keep it pegged to).

I’ve been assured that although 2005 was the high point for home values around here, it is very unlikely that 2009 values will give rise to a decline in overall revenue from the levy (I’ve confirmed that there would be a shortfall in what the levy raises if the 2009 values are lower, but I’m told that that scenario is extremely unlikely).  Obviously the only way we’ll know for sure is after the revenues are collected, but again, I’ve been told that the home values have been looked at and so there’s little concern that the 2009 values will in fact be below the 2004, and therefore, little concern that the replacement will not bring in at least as much as the renewal, if not, hopefully, a little more.

You can read about the levy in this editorial from the Sun papers today. A letter came to residents from the Mayor about the levy but I don’t see it yet on the city website – I’ll check on that and update with a link if there is one. and you can read that letter from the Mayor, City Council and the MERC team here (you’ll have to open a pdf).

And, again, please do get out and vote!

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:20 pm April 30th, 2009 in Pepper Pike, Taxes 

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