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Hamilton County, OH November 5, 2013 Election
Directory of Hamilton County, OH Issues
County Results as of Jan 15 7:15pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (545/545)

Issues
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Issue 1. Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal) -- Hamilton County (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 130025 / 80.33% Yes votes ...... 31835 / 19.67% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County for the purpose of PROVIDING FUNDS FOR OPERATING EXPENSES AND CAPITAL 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 ten (10) years, commencing in 2014, first due in calendar year 2015.

Issue 2. Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal) -- Hamilton County (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 130707 / 80.26% Yes votes ...... 32139 / 19.74% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. A renewal of a tax for the benefit of Hamilton County, 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 2013, first due in calendar year 2014.

Issue 3. Referendum on Ordinance No. 12-38 (By Petition) -- City of Cheviot (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 990 / 70.01% Yes votes ...... 424 / 29.99% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. Shall the Ordinance passed by the Council of the City of Cheviot to enact a fee for the provision of trash collection services, effective January 1, 2013, be approved?

Issue 4. Proposed Charter Amendment (By Petition) -- City of Cincinnati (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 12397 / 21.78% Yes votes ...... 44527 / 78.22% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.

An Amendment to the Charter of the City of Cincinnati to Add Provisions Relative to Pension and Retirement Plans for City Employees.

Shall the Charter of the City of Cincinnati be amended to add Article XVII that would:

1. Require the City of Cincinnati to pay forecasted pension obligation shortfalls by creating sufficient new revenues, which may include new or additional taxes and fees, and/or other revenue sources, and/or by implementing sufficient cost savings, which may include cuts to city programs or services, to fund any projected shortfall of the Cincinnati Retirement System which, as determined by an independent financial audit, would result in insufficient funds being available to pay forecasted future obligations of the Cincinnati Retirement System within ten years from the date of the audit's completion;

2. Require current City employees to choose to continue to participate in a defined benefit plan with maximum allowable percentages of salary provided pursuant to retirement benefits of individual employees or enroll in a defined contribution plan under which the aggregate retirement benefits paid by the Cincinnati Retirement System may not exceed the aggregate of: a) the employee's individual contributions, which can be made at any level, b) the City of Cincinnati's contributions, which shall not exceed the employee's individual contributions, and shall not exceed nine percent; and c) the return on an investment plan to which employee and employer contributions are made. Employees may increase or decrease their retirement savings through investments.

No employee hired after the date of the Amendment shall maintain a property or contractual right to any retirement funds above and beyond those which he or she has contributed, along with the investment return earned by those funds. City Council and Voters maintain the right to reduce future benefits, as required by this Amendment or otherwise. Even the first dollar of City investments is entirely voluntary, and the City can decide at any time to end its contributions, even retroactively.

3. Provide future City employees with only the defined contribution plan described herein;

4. Provide that no past or present City employee shall be entitled to collect retirement benefits while simultaneously earning income from the City or any other political subdivision or government agency or entity;

5. Provide for a potential cost of living adjustment for beneficiaries of the Cincinnati Retirement System not to exceed the increase in the consumer price index, but which shall not exceed a simple rate of 3% per annum, which cost of living adjustment may be temporarily suspended when necessary at the discretion of the City of Cincinnati;

6. Provide for enforcement of this amendment to the extent permitted by law and further provide that any Cincinnati resident, whether injured or not, shall have the right to bring a civil or equitable action to enforce this amendment, and be entitled to have their attorneys fees and expenses paid by the City if they prevail?

SHALL THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT BE ADOPTED?

Issue 5. Proposed Natural Gas Aggregation -- City of Mount Healthy (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 501 / 64.31% Yes votes ...... 278 / 35.69% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. Shall the City of Mount Healthy have the authority to aggregate the retail natural gas loads located in the City of Mount Healthy, and for that purpose, enter into service agreements to facilitate for those loads the sale and purchase of natural gas, such aggregation to occur automatically except where any person elects to opt out?

Issue 6. Proposed Electric Aggregation -- City of Mount Healthy (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 499 / 64.22% Yes votes ...... 278 / 35.78% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. Shall the City of Mount Healthy have the authority to aggregate the retail electric loads located in the City of Mount Healthy, and for that purpose, enter into service agreements to facilitate for those loads the sale and purchase of electricity, such aggregation to occur automatically except where any person elects to opt out?

Issue 7. Proposed Tax Levy (Additional) -- City of North College Hill (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 886 / 60.56% Yes votes ...... 577 / 39.44% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. An additional tax for the benefit of the City of North College Hill, County of Hamilton, Ohio, 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 OR PART-TIME POLICE, COMMUNICATIONS, OR ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL TO OPERATE THE SAME, INCLUDING THE PAYMENT OF ANY EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED FOR SUCH PERSONNEL UNDER SECTION 145.48 OR 742.33 OF THE REVISED CODE, at a rate not exceeding four and nine-tenths (4.9) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to forty-nine cents ($0.49) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five (5) years, commencing in 2013, first due in calendar year 2014.

Issue 8. Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal) -- Village of Golf Manor (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 464 / 79.32% Yes votes ...... 121 / 20.68% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Village of Golf Manor, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES at a rate not exceeding two (2) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to twenty cents ($0.20) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five (5) years, commencing in 2013, first due in calendar year 2014.

Issue 9. Proposed Charter Revision -- Village of Greenhills (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 572 / 71.68% Yes votes ...... 226 / 28.32% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. Shall the proposed Revision of the Charter of the Village of Greenhills be adopted?

Issue 10. Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal) -- Village of Mariemont (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 530 / 84.94% Yes votes ...... 94 / 15.06% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Village of Mariemont, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES at a rate not exceeding three and eight-hundredths (3.08) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to thirty and eight-tenths cents ($0.308) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five (5) years, commencing in 2013, first due in calendar year 2014.

Issue 11. Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal) -- Village of Mariemont (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 516 / 83.36% Yes votes ...... 103 / 16.64% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Village of Mariemont, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of PROVIDING FUNDS FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES OF THE MARIELDERS, INC. 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 five (5) years, commencing in 2013, first due in calendar year 2014.

Issue 12. Proposed Natural Gas Aggregation -- Village of North Bend (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 262 / 80.86% Yes votes ...... 62 / 19.14% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. Shall the Village of North Bend have the authority to aggregate the retail natural gas loads located in the Village of North Bend, and for that purpose, enter into service agreements to facilitate for those loads the sale and purchase of natural gas, such aggregation to occur automatically except where any person elects to opt out?

Issue 13. Proposed Tax Levy (Additional) -- Village of North Bend (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 206 / 58.69% Yes votes ...... 145 / 41.31% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. An additional tax for the benefit of the Village of North Bend, County of Hamilton, Ohio, 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 FIREFIGHTING COMPANIES OR PERMANENT, PART-TIME, OR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTING, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE, ADMINISTRATIVE, OR COMMUNICATIONS PERSONNEL TO OPERATE THE SAME, INCLUDING THE PAYMENT OF ANY EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED FOR SUCH PERSONNEL UNDER SECTION 145.48 OR 752.34 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 at a rate not exceeding two and twenty-nine hundredths (2.29) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to twenty-two and nine tenths cents ($0.229) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five (5) years, commencing in 2013, first due in calendar year 2014.

Issue 14. Proposed Tax Levy (Additional) -- Village of Terrace Park (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 337 / 62.99% Yes votes ...... 198 / 37.01% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. An additional tax for the benefit of the Village of Terrace Park, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES at a rate not exceeding two and five-tenths (2.5) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to twenty-five cents ($0.25) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for five (5) years, commencing in 2013, first due in calendar year 2014.

Issue 15. Proposed Resolution 13-10 and Contract -- Columbia Township (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 716 / 82.58% Yes votes ...... 151 / 17.42% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. Shall the resolution of the Board of Township Trustees of the Township of Columbia approving the contract with the Village of Fairfax, Ohio, for the designation of the Columbia Township Joint Economic Development Zone (JEDZ) be approved?

Issue 16. Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal) -- Green Township (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 14024 / 85.01% Yes votes ...... 2472 / 14.99% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. A renewal of a tax for the benefit of Green Township, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of FIRE AND POLICE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES at a rate not exceeding one and nine-tenths (1.9) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to nineteen cents ($0.19) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2013, first due in calendar year 2014.

Issue 17. Proposed Resolution 2013-133 and Contract -- Sycamore Township (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2879 / 78.45% Yes votes ...... 791 / 21.55% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. Shall the resolution of the Board of Township Trustees of the Township of Sycamore approving the contract with the City of Deer Park, Ohio, for the designation of the Sycamore Township JEDZ Kenwood-Northwest Joint Economic Development Zone be approved?

Issue 18. Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal) -- Symmes Township (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2051 / 80.31% Yes votes ...... 503 / 19.69% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. A renewal of a tax for the benefit of Symmes Township, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of PROVIDING NECESSARY FUNDS FOR THE GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, RESURFACING AND REPAIR OF STREETS, ROADS AND BRIDGES WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP AND FOR CONSTRUCTING, REHABILITATING, REPAIRING OR MAINTAINING SIDEWALKS, WALKWAYS, TRAILS, BICYCLE PATHWAYS, OR SIMILAR IMPROVEMENTS, OR ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN LAND NECESSARY FOR THE FOREGOING IMPROVEMENTS at a rate not exceeding nine-tenths (0.9) mill for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to nine cents ($0.09) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for seven (7) years, commencing in 2013, first due in calendar year 2014.

Issue 19. Proposed Tax Levy (Additional) -- Deer Park Community City School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1801 / 61.45% Yes votes ...... 1130 / 38.55% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. An additional tax for the benefit of the Deer Park Community City School District, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES AND GENERAL ONGOING PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS at a rate not exceeding seven and nine-tenths (7.9) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to seventy-nine cents ($0.79) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2013, first due in calendar year 2014.

Issue 20. Proposed Tax Levy (Additional) -- Oak Hills Local School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 11499 / 56.79% Yes votes ...... 8750 / 43.21% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. Shall a levy be imposed by the Oak Hills Local School District, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of AVOIDING AN OPERATING DEFICIT in the sum of $5,275,000 per year, and a levy of taxes to be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to average four and eighty-two hundredths (4.82) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to forty-eight and two-tenths cents ($0.482) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a period of five (5) years, commencing in 2013, first due in calendar year 2014?

Issue 21. Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal) -- Three Rivers Local School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2706 / 63.78% Yes votes ...... 1537 / 36.22% No votes
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Three Rivers Local School District, County of Hamilton, Ohio, for the purpose of CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES at a rate not exceeding four and ninety-five hundredths (4.95) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to forty-nine and five-tenths cents ($0.495) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2014, first due in calendar year 2015.

 
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