Mercer County Board of Elections



	PROPOSED TAX LEVY (ADDITIONAL) BUTLER TOWNSHIP A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage An additional tax for the benefit of Butler Township for the purpose of Providing Fire Protection at a rate not exceeding one and one half (1.5) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.15 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five years, commencing in 2009, first due in calendar year 2010. FOR THE TAX LEVY AGAINST THE TAX LEVY -------------- PROPOSED TAX LEVY (RENEWAL) MERCER COUNTY A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage A renewal of a tax for the benefit of Mercer County for the purpose of the maintenance and operation of a County Home at a rate not exceeding 1 mill for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.10 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a period of five years, commencing in 2009, first due in calendar year 2010. FOR THE TAX LEVY AGAINST THE TAX LEVY -------------- PROPOSED TAX LEVY (RENEWAL) DUBLIN TOWNSHIP A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. A renewal of a tax for the benefit of Dublin Township for the purpose of current operating expenses at a rate not exceeding one half (0.5) mill for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.05 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five years, commencing in 2009, first due in calendar year 2010. FOR THE TAX LEVY AGAINST THE TAX LEVY -------------- PROPOSED TAX LEVY (REPLACEMENT) FORT RECOVERY VILLAGE A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage A replacement of a tax for the benefit of Village of Fort Recovery for the purpose of the Payment of storm water control cost and expenses at a rate not exceeding two and five tenths (2.5) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.25 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five years, commencing in 2009, first due in calendar year 2010. FOR THE TAX LEVY AGAINST THE TAX LEVY -------------- PROPOSED LOCAL OPTION MENDON-UNION PRECINCT A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage Shall the sale of beer, wine and mixed beverages be permitted by Penny Zizelman, an applicant for a C-1-2 liquor permit who is engaged in the business of convenient mart/gas station, at 125 N. Main Street, Mendon, Ohio 45862 in this precinct? YES NO -------------- PROPOSED TAX LEVY (ADDITIONAL) MERCER COUNTY DISTRICT LIBRARY (Celina, St. Henry, and Marion Local School Districts) A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. An additional tax for the benefit of the Mercer County District Library for the purpose of current expenses at a rate not exceeding one half (0.5) mill for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.05 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for 5 years, commencing in 2009, first due in calendar year 2010. FOR THE TAX LEVY AGAINST THE TAX LEVY -------------- PROPOSED BOND ISSUE VANTAGE CAREER CENTER JOINT VOCATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage Shall bonds be issued by the Board of Education of the Vantage Career Center Joint Vocational School District, Counties of Auglaize, Mercer, Paulding, Putnam, and Van Wert, Ohio, for the purpose of PAYING THE LOCAL SHARE OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION UNDER THE STATE OF OHIO VOCATIONAL FACILITIES ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO SCHOOL FACILITIES, INCLUDING RENOVATIONS, ADDITIONS, EQUIPMENT, FURNISHINGS AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS, AND ALL NECESSARY APPURTENANCE THERETO, in the principal amount of Seventeen million Eight Hundred Sixty-Nine Thousand Dollars ($17,869,000) to be repaid annually over a maximum period of twenty-eight (28) years, and an annual levy of property taxes be made outside the ten-mill limitation, estimated by the county auditor to average over the repayment period of the bond issue one and five-hundredths (1.05) mills, for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to ten and one-half cents ($0.105) for each one hundred dollars of tax valuation, commencing in 2009, first due in calendar year 2010, to pay the annual debt charge on the bonds, and to pay debt charges on any notes issued in the anticipation of those bonds? FOR THE BOND ISSUE AGAINST THE BOND ISSUE -------------- 1 PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE TO ISSUE BONDS TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION TO VETERANS OF THE PERSIAN GULF, AFGHANISTAN, AND IRAQ CONFLICTS Text of proposed amendment (PDF) Final ballot language (PDF) Final explanation (PDF) Official argument for Issue 1 (PDF) Official argument against Issue 1 (PDF) Office of Budget and Management Financial Analysis (PDF) -------------- 2 PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO CREATE THE OHIO LIVESTOCK CARE STANDARDS BOARD TO ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT STANDARDS OF CARE FOR LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY Text of proposed amendment (PDF) Final ballot language (PDF) Final explanation (PDF) Official argument for Issue 2 (PDF) Official argument against Issue 2 (PDF) Office of Budget and Management Financial Analysis (PDF) -------------- 3 PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW FOR ONE CASINO EACH IN CINCINNATI, CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS, AND TOLEDO AND DISTRIBUTE TO ALL OHIO COUNTIES A TAX ON THE CASINOS Text of proposed amendment (PDF) Final ballot language (PDF) Official argument for Issue 3 (PDF) Official argument against Issue 3 (PDF) Office of Budget and Management and Ohio Department of Taxation Combined Financial Analysis (PDF) Ballot Board Certification Letter, August 18 2009(PDF)	Board Members: Owen Hall - Chair Betty Cook - Member Toni Slusser - Member Mark Uhlenhake - Member Director: Michael Lamm Deputy Director: Laura Bruns Meetings: The Mercer County Board of Elections meets on the third Monday of each month at 10:00 a.m. unless published otherwise. 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