ETNA TOWNSHIP ROAD AND BRIDGE LEVY Why is the levy needed? Due to the State's reduction in the Local Government Fund distribution, along with the elimination of the Estate Tax and the Tangible Personal Property Tax, Etna no longer has the funds available that it did in the past for road reconstruction, snow removal, and equipment maintenance. Costs for road repaving have continued to increase and equipment replacements have been postponed as long as possible. Etna has been able to operate without a road levy for many years, but is no longer able to keep pace with the rising costs and demands. What would it cost? The tax levy rate would be set at 1.5 mills or $52.50 per $100,000 of property valuation per year. What is the levy for? ROADS, ROADS AND ROADS!!! The funds can only be used for the general construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, and repair costs of Etna Township streets, roads and bridges. One question that we received recently is whether or not the funds would be used for the SR310-IR70 bridge project. The funds will not, and in fact are not legally permitted to be used for the bridge project as that is an ODOT project funded with State and Federal funds. Are grant funds being sought? Yes! Etna continues to seek out grant funding options as they become available. We have been successful in the past in securing federal funding from the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission as well as state funding through the Ohio Public Works Commission. Competition for grants continues to increase as availability decreases. What will the ballot say? The approved ballot language will look like this: PROPOSED TAX LEVY (ADDITIONAL) ETNA TOWNSHIP An additional tax for the benefit of Etna Township, Licking County, OH, for the purpose of general construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, and repair of streets, roads and bridges at a rate not exceeding one and one-half (l.5) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to fifteen cents ($0.15) for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2015, first due in calendar year 2016. FOR THE TAX LEVY AGAINST THE TAX LEVY