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Hamilton County, OH March 4, 2008 Election
Directory of Hamilton County, OH Issues
Issues
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Issue 1. Option Election: Sunday Sale of Liquor -- Precinct Cincinnati 7-O (A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage)
122 / 52.1% Yes votes ...... 112 / 47.9% No votes
Shall the sale of wine and mixed beverages be permitted for sale on Sunday between the hours of ten a.m. and midnight by Kroger Limited Partnership I LP dba Kroger, a holder of a D-6 liquor permit, who is engaged in the business of operating a full-service grocery store and supermarket at 1864 Seymour Ave. Hillcrest Sq., Cincinnati, Ohio 45237 in this precinct?

Issue 2. Local Option on Sunday Sale of Liquor -- Precinct Cincinnati 9-F (Special Election by Petition - A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage)
108 / 56.0% Yes votes ...... 85 / 44.0% No votes
Shall the sale of wine and mixed beverages be permitted for sale on Sunday between the hours of ten a.m. and midnight by Kroger Limited Partnership I LP dba Kroger, a holder of a D-6 liquor permit, who is engaged in the business of operating a full-service grocery store and supermarket at 954 E. McMillan Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45206 in this precinct?

Issue 3. Local Option on Sunday Sale of Liquor -- Precinct Cincinnati 20-D (Special Election by Petition - A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage)
83 / 64.3% Yes votes ...... 46 / 35.7% No votes
Shall the sale of wine and mixed beverages be permitted for sale on Sunday between the hours of ten a.m. and midnight by Kroger Limited Partnership I LP dba Kroger, a holder of a D-6 liquor permit, who is engaged in the business of operating a full-service grocery store and supermarket at 3601 Warsaw Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45205 in this precinct?

Issue 4. Providing Fire & EMS Services -- City of Forest Park (Proposed Tax Levy Replacement - A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage)
3211 / 52.2% Yes votes ...... 2938 / 47.8% No votes
A replacement of two existing taxes for the benefit of the City of Forest Park, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES at a rate not exceeding nine and seven-tenths (9.7) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to ninety-seven cents ($0.97) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2008, first due in calendar year 2009.

Issue 5. About Ordinances & Resolutions -- City of Forest Park (Proposed Charter Amendment - A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage)
2146 / 40.6% Yes votes ...... 3137 / 59.4% No votes
Shall the proposed Amendment of Section 13.05 of the Charter of the City of Forest Park, to read ordinances and resolutions by title only, be adopted?

Issue 6. Sunday Sale of Liquor -- Precinct Forest Park M (Special Election by Petition - A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage)
141 / 53.4% Yes votes ...... 123 / 46.6% No votes
Shall the sale of wine and mixed beverages be permitted for sale on Sunday between the hours of ten a.m. and midnight by Kroger Limited Partnership I LP dba Kroger, a holder of a D-6 liquor permit, who is engaged in the business of operating a full-service grocery store and supermarket at 1212 W. Kemper Rd., Forest Park, Ohio 45240 in this precinct?

Issue 7. Sunday Sale of Liquor -- Precinct Norwood 2-A (Special Election by Petition - A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage)
210 / 60.3% Yes votes ...... 138 / 39.7% No votes
Shall the sale of wine and mixed beverages be permitted for sale on Sunday between the hours of ten a.m. and midnight by Kroger Limited Partnership I LP dba Kroger N371A, a holder of a D-6 liquor permit, who is engaged in the business of operating a full-service grocery store and supermarket at 4400 Montgomery Rd., Norwood, Ohio 45212 in this precinct?

Issue 8. Village Manager's Spending Caps -- Village of Amberley (Proposed Charter Amendment - A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage)
1138 / 67.9% Yes votes ...... 539 / 32.1% No votes
Shall the proposed amendment to Section 5 of Article V of the Charter to provide that Council may increase up to $15,000 the amount of Village Funds that may be expended by the Village Manager without Council Approval, be adopted?

Issue 9. Sunday Sale of Liquor -- Precinct Colerain J (Special Election by Petition - A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage)
280 / 58.7% Yes votes ...... 197 / 41.3% No votes
Shall the sale of wine and mixed beverages be permitted for sale on Sunday between the hours of ten a.m. and midnight by Kroger Limited Partnership I LP dba Kroger, a holder of a D-6 liquor permit, who is engaged in the business of operating a full-service grocery store and supermarket at 6401 Colerain Ave., Colerain Twp., Cincinnati, Ohio 45239 in this precinct?

Issue 10. Emergency Requirements of the School District -- Cincinnati City School District (Proposed Tax Levy - A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage)
49771 / 52.0% Yes votes ...... 45925 / 48.0% No votes
Shall a levy be imposed by the Cincinnati City School District, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of PROVIDING FOR THE EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT in the sum of $51,500,000 and a levy of taxes to be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to average seven and eighty-nine hundredths (7.89) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to seventy-eight and nine-tenths cents ($0.789) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five (5) years, commencing in 2008, first due in calendar year 2009?

Issue 11. School District Current Expenses -- Loveland City School District (Proposed Tax Levy - A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage)
2192 / 39.1% Yes votes ...... 3417 / 60.9% No votes
An additional tax for the benefit of the Loveland City School District, Counties of Hamilton, Clermont and Warren, Ohio, for the purpose of CURRENT EXPENSES at a rate not exceeding eight and five-tenths (8.5) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to eighty-five cents ($0.85) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2008, first due in calendar year 2009.

Issue 12. Current Operating Expenses -- Milford Exempted Village School District (Proposed Tax Levy - A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage)
0 / 0.0% Yes votes ...... 1 / 100.0% No votes
An additional tax for the benefit of Milford Exempted Village School District, Clermont and Hamilton Counties, for the purpose of CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES at a rate not exceeding five and nine-tenths (5.9) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to fifty-nine cents ($0.59) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2008, first due in calendar year
2009.

Issue 13. New Construction Middle & High Schools -- Princeton City School District (Proposed Bond Issue - A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage)
6538 / 49.2% Yes votes ...... 6763 / 50.8% No votes
Shall bonds be issued by the Princeton City School District, Counties of Hamilton, Butler and Warren, Ohio, for the purpose of NEW CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO SCHOOL FACILITIES AND PROVIDING EQUIPMENT, FURNISHINGS, LAND ACQUISITION AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS THEREFOR in the principal amount of One Hundred Forty One Million Eight Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($141,860,000), 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 five and thirty-seven hundredths (5.37) mills for each one dollar of tax valuation, which amounts to fifty-three and seven-tenths cents ($0.537) for each one hundred dollars of tax valuation, commencing in 2008, first due in calendar year 2009, to pay the annual debt charges on the bonds, and to pay debt charges on any notes issued in anticipation of those bonds?

Issue 14. New School Construction -- Reading City School District (Proposed Bond Issue - A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage)
1607 / 46.2% Yes votes ...... 1873 / 53.8% No votes
Shall bonds be issued by the Reading Community City School District, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of NEW CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO SCHOOL FACILITIES AND PROVIDING EQUIPMENT, FURNISHINGS AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS THEREFOR in the principal amount of Sixteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($16,700,000), to be repaid annually over a maximum period of twenty-nine (29) 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 four and ninety-six hundredths (4.96) mills for each one dollar of tax valuation, which amounts to fortynine and six-tenths cents ($0.496) for each one hundred dollars of tax valuation, commencing in 2008, first due in calendar year 2009, to pay the annual debt charges on the bonds, and to pay debt charges on any notes issued in anticipation of those bonds?

Issue 15. Emergency Requirements -- Saint Bernard - Elmwood Place City School District (Proposed Tax Levy Renewal - A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage)
1132 / 58.9% Yes votes ...... 790 / 41.1% No votes
Shall a levy renewing an existing levy be imposed by the St. Bernard-Elmwood Place City School District, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of PROVIDING FOR THE EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT in the sum of $1,050,555 and a levy of taxes to be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to average four and eighty-seven hundredths (4.87) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to forty-eight and seven-tenths cents ($0.487) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five (5) years, commencing in 2008, first due in calendar year 2009?

Issue 16. Current Operating Expenses -- Winton Woods City School District (Proposed Tax Levy - Additional - A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage)
4291 / 44.2% Yes votes ...... 5425 / 55.8% No votes
An additional tax for the benefit of the Winton Woods City School District, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES at a rate not exceeding seven and ninety-five hundredths (7.95) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to seventy-nine and five-tenths cents ($0.795) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2008, first due in calendar year 2009.

Issue 17. Zoo Park Services -- Hamilton County (Proposed Tax Levy Renewal & Increase - A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage)
144348 / 58.8% Yes votes ...... 101155 / 41.2% No votes
A renewal of 0.4 mill and an increase of 0.06 mill to constitute a tax for the benefit of the County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of PROVIDING OR MAINTAINING ZOOLOGICAL PARK SERVICES AND FACILITIES at a rate not exceeding forty-six hundredths (0.46) mill for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to four and six-tenths cents ($0.046) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five (5) years, commencing in 2008, first due in calendar year 2009.

 
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