Crawford County General Election November 6, 2012 Issues

State Issue 1

Ques­tion pre­sented pur­suant to Arti­cle XVI, Sec­tion 3 of the Con­sti­tu­tion of the State of Ohio “At the gen­eral elec­tion to be held in the year one thou­sand nine hun­dred and thirty-two, and in each twen­ti­eth year there­after, the ques­tion: ‘Shall there be a con­ven­tion to revise, alter, or amend the con­sti­tu­tion [,]’ shall be sub­mit­ted to the elec­tors of the state; and in case a major­ity of the elec­tors, vot­ing for and against the call­ing of a con­ven­tion, shall decide in favor of a con­ven­tion, the gen­eral assem­bly, at its next ses­sion, shall pro­vide, by law, for the elec­tion of del­e­gates, and the assem­bling of such con­ven­tion, as is pro­vided in the pre­ced­ing sec­tion; but no amend­ment of this con­sti­tu­tion, agreed upon by any con­ven­tion assem­bled in pur­suance of this arti­cle, shall take effect, until the same shall have been sub­mit­ted to the elec­tors of the state, and adopted by a major­ity of those vot­ing thereon.”

State Issue 2

To cre­ate a state-funded com­mis­sion to draw leg­isla­tive and con­gres­sional dis­tricts Pro­posed Con­sti­tu­tional Amend­ment Pro­posed by Ini­tia­tive Peti­tion To add and repeal lan­guage in Sec­tions 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 13 of Arti­cle XI, repeal Sec­tions 8 and 14 of Arti­cle XI, and add a new Sec­tion 16 to Arti­cle XI of the Con­sti­tu­tion of the State of Ohio.

Bucyrus City #3

Pro­posed Munic­i­pal Income Tax (Con­tin­u­a­tion) City of Bucyrus Shall the Ordi­nance pro­vid­ing for the con­tin­u­a­tion of an exist­ing one-half per cent levy on income, to be exclu­sively used for the con­struc­tion, gen­eral improve­ment and con­tin­ued main­te­nance, repair and upkeep of pub­lic streets, thor­ough­fares and alleys, curbs, gut­ters, catch basins and wheel­chair ramps within the City of Bucyrus, and for the pur­chase of such street equip­ment and machin­ery as deemed nec­es­sary to accom­plish same, for a period of 6 years, com­menc­ing July 1, 2013, be passed?

Bucyrus City #4

Pro­posed Munic­i­pal Income Tax (Increase) City of Bucyrus Shall the Ordi­nance pro­vid­ing for one-half per cent increase levy on income, to be used exclu­sively for the pro­vi­sion of gen­eral munic­i­pal oper­a­tion, main­te­nance of equip­ment, new equip­ment, exten­sion, enlarge­ment and improve­ment of munic­i­pal ser­vices, facil­i­ties and cap­i­tal improve­ments of the City of Bucyrus, for a con­tin­u­ing period of time, com­menc­ing Jan­u­ary 1, 2013, be passed?

Galion City – Amend­ment to Abol­ish Char­ter #5

Pro­posed Char­ter Amend­ment City of Galion

Shall the char­ter of the City of Galion, adopted Novem­ber 5, 1985, and as amended, be abol­ished effec­tive May 31, 2013 and the City of Galion, Ohio return to the gen­eral statu­tory plan for munic­i­pal cor­po­ra­tions under the Ohio Revised Code, effec­tive June 1, 2013 and if approved, an elec­tion for all offices pro­vided for by gen­eral statu­tory law be held on the first Tues­day after the first Mon­day in May 2013 for ini­tial terms of office as follows:

A. Mayor, Law Direc­tor and Audi­tor to be elected for ini­tial terms of four years and seven months com­menc­ing June 1, 2013 and expir­ing Decem­ber 31, 2017, and there­after for four year terms;

B. Pres­i­dent of Coun­cil and Coun­cil Mem­bers to be elected for ini­tial terms of two years and seven months com­menc­ing June 1, 2013 and expir­ing Decem­ber 31, 2015, and there­after for two year terms; and

C. Trea­surer to be elected for an ini­tial term of two years and seven months com­menc­ing June 1, 2013 and expir­ing Decem­ber 31, 2015, and there­after for four year terms.

Shall the pro­posed char­ter amend­ment, as reported by the City of Galion be adopted?

Galion 1A – Local Option #6

Spe­cial Elec­tion by Peti­tion Par­tic­u­lar Loca­tion Local Option Galion 1A Shall the sale of wine and mixed bev­er­ages and spir­i­tu­ous liquor be per­mit­ted for sale on Sun­day between the hours of ten a.m. and mid­night by Geyer’s Mar­kets, Inc. dba Geyer’s Super Valu an appli­cant for a D-6 liquor per­mit and a holder of a liquor agency store who is engaged in the busi­ness of oper­at­ing a gro­cery store at 230 Port­land Way, N., Galion, Ohio 44833 in this precinct?

Vil­lage of New Wash­ing­ton #7

Pro­posed Tax Levy (Renewal) Vil­lage of New Washington

A renewal of a tax for the ben­e­fit of the Vil­lage of New Wash­ing­ton for the pur­pose of pro­vid­ing and main­tain­ing fire appa­ra­tus and appli­ances and oper­a­tion of the fire depart­ment at a rate not exceed­ing 1.5 mills for each one dol­lar of val­u­a­tion, which amounts to $0.15 for each one hun­dred dol­lars of val­u­a­tion, for 5 years, com­menc­ing in 2013, first due in cal­en­dar year 2014.

Vil­lage of New Wash­ing­ton #8

Pro­posed Tax Levy (Renewal) Vil­lage of New Wash­ing­ton A renewal of a tax for the ben­e­fit of the Vil­lage of New Wash­ing­ton for the pur­pose of pro­vid­ing and main­tain­ing ambu­lance, res­cue and emer­gency appli­ances and oper­a­tion of the same by the fire depart­ment 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 3 years com­menc­ing in 2013, first due in cal­en­dar year 2014.

Vil­lage of North Robin­son #9

Pro­posed Tax Levy (Replace­ment) Vil­lage of North Robinson

A replace­ment of a tax for the ben­e­fit of the Vil­lage of North Robin­son for the pur­pose of cur­rent expenses at a rate not exceed­ing 2.5 mills for each one dol­lar of val­u­a­tion, which amounts to $0.25 for each one hun­dred dol­lars of val­u­a­tion, for 5 years, com­menc­ing in 2013, first due in cal­en­dar year 2014.

Vil­lage of Tiro #10

Pro­posed Tax Levy (Addi­tional) Vil­lage of Tiro

An addi­tional tax for the ben­e­fit of the Vil­lage of Tiro for the pur­pose of cur­rent oper­at­ing expenses at a rate not exceed­ing 2 mills for each one dol­lar of val­u­a­tion, which amounts to $0.20 for each one hun­dred dol­lars of val­u­a­tion, for 5 years, com­menc­ing in 2012, first due in cal­en­dar year 2013.

Chat­field Town­ship #11

Pro­posed Tax Levy (Renewal) Chat­field Township

A renewal of a tax for the ben­e­fit of Chat­field Town­ship for the pur­pose of cur­rent oper­at­ing expenses at a rate not exceed­ing 1.5 mills for each one dol­lar of val­u­a­tion, which amounts to $0.15 for each one hun­dred dol­lars of val­u­a­tion, for 3 years, com­menc­ing in 2012, first due in cal­en­dar year 2013.

Chat­field Town­ship #12

Pro­posed Tax Levy (Addi­tional) Chat­field Township

An addi­tional tax for the ben­e­fit of Chat­field Town­ship for the pur­pose of road main­te­nance and improve­ment at a rate not exceed­ing 1.5 mills for each one dol­lar of val­u­a­tion, which amounts to $0.15 for each one hun­dred dol­lars of val­u­a­tion, for 5 years, com­menc­ing in 2012, first due in cal­en­dar year 2013.

Jack­son Town­ship #13

Pro­posed Tax Levy (Renewal) Jack­son Township

A renewal of a tax for the ben­e­fit of Jack­son Town­ship for the pur­pose of fire pro­tec­tion and to pro­vide emer­gency med­ical ser­vices at a rate not exceed­ing 1.75 mills for each one dol­lar val­u­a­tion, which amounts to $0.175 for each one hun­dred dol­lars of val­u­a­tion, for 3 years, com­menc­ing in 2013, first due in cal­en­dar year 2014.

Lykens Town­ship #14

Pro­posed Tax Levy (Renewal) Lykens Township

A renewal of a tax for the ben­e­fit of Lykens Town­ship for the pur­pose of cur­rent expenses 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 3 years, com­menc­ing in 2012, first due in cal­en­dar years 2013.

Galion City School Dis­trict #15

Pro­posed Tax Levy (addi­tional) Galion City School District

An addi­tional tax for the ben­e­fit of the Galion City School Dis­trict for the pur­pose of cur­rent expenses and ongo­ing per­ma­nent improve­ments at a rate not exceed­ing 8 mills for each one dol­lar of val­u­a­tion, which amount to $0.80 for each one hun­dred dol­lars of val­u­a­tion, for 5 years, com­menc­ing in 2012, first due in cal­en­dar year 2013.

Out of County

Mohawk Local School Dis­trict #16

Pro­posed Tax Levy (Addi­tional) Mohawk Local School District

An addi­tional tax for the ben­e­fit of the Mohawk Local School Dis­trict for the pur­pose of pro­vid­ing funds for per­ma­nent improve­ments at a rate not exceed­ing one and one-half (1.5) mill for each one dol­lar of val­u­a­tion, which amounts to fif­teen cents ($0.15) for each one hun­dred dol­lars of val­u­a­tion, for a period of five (5) years, com­menc­ing in 2012, first due in cal­en­dar year 2013.

Tri-Rivers Joint Voca­tion School #17

Pro­posed Tax Levy (Addi­tional) Tri-Rivers Joint Voca­tional School District

An addi­tional tax for the ben­e­fit of Tri-Rivers Joint Voca­tional School Dis­trict, Mar­ion, Craw­ford, Delaware, Hardin, Mor­row, Union and Wyan­dot Coun­ties, Ohio for the pur­pose of pur­chas­ing a site or enlarge­ment thereof and for the erec­tion and equip­ment of build­ings and for enlarg­ing, improv­ing, or rebuild­ing thereof at a rate not exceed­ing 0.5 mill for each one dol­lar of val­u­a­tion, which amounts to $0.05 for each one hun­dred dol­lars of val­u­a­tion, for 10 years, com­menc­ing in 2012, first due in cal­en­dar year 2013.

Willard City School Dis­trict #18

Pro­posed Tax Levy (Renewal) Willard City School District

A renewal of a tax for the ben­e­fit of the Willard City School Dis­trict for the pur­pose of per­ma­nent improve­ments at a rate not exceed­ing one (1) mill for each one dol­lar of val­u­a­tion, which amounts to ten cents ($0.10) for each one hun­dred dol­lars of val­u­a­tion, for a period of five (5) years, com­menc­ing in 2012, first due in cal­en­dar year 2013.

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