RESOLUTION #06 –2003
Ms Gilmore moved the adoption of the following resolution:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of Richfield Township that:
SECTION 1: This Board ratifies and confirms the creation of the Richfield
Township Fire District, consisting of the entire unincorporated territory of
Richfield Township.
SECTION 2: This Board finds and determines that:
(a) The amount of taxes that may be raised within the ten-mill limitation will
be insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the necessary requirements of
the Richfield Township Fire District.
(b) It is necessary to levy a tax in excess of the ten-mill limitation for the
purpose of providing fire-fighting and emergency medical services, by
contracting with other fire-fighting agencies or by providing those services
directly, including fire apparatus and buildings and payment of firefighters or
firefighting companies.
(c) The existing 2.72 mill levy for that purpose will last be collected in 2003.
(d) This Board proposes to replace that levy in its entirety at the rate at
which it is authorized to be levied.
SECTION 3: The question of the replacement of the necessary levy for the purpose
of providing funds for fire/EMS protection will be submitted to the electors of
the Richfield Township Fire District at the election to be held on May 6, 2003.
SECTION 4: The ballot form for the election must be as follows:
OFFICIAL QUESTION AND ISSUE BALLOT
PROPOSED TAX LEVY
RICHFIELD TOWNSHIP FIRE DISTRICT
A MAJORITY AFFIRMATIVE VOTE IS NECESSARY FOR PASSAGE
A replacement of a tax for the benefit of the Richfield Township Fire District
for the purpose of providing fire-fighting and emergency medical services, by
contracting with other fire-fighting agencies or by providing those services
directly, including fire apparatus and buildings and payment of firefighters or
firefighting companies at a rate not exceeding 2.72 mills for each one dollar of
valuation which amounts to 27.2 cents for each one hundred dollars of valuation
for three years, commencing in 2003, first due in calendar year 2004.
SECTION 5: The Board authorizes and directs the Clerk to certify a copy of this
Resolution to the Board of Elections of Summit County immediately after passage
for the submission of the ballot question herein contained to the electors of
the Richfield Township Fire District in accordance with Sections 5705.19(I) and
5705.192, Revised Code.
SECTION 6: All formal actions of the Board concerning and relating to the
adoption of the Resolution were taken at an open meeting of this Board and all
deliberations of the Board and of any of its committee that resulted in such
formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal
requirements.
SECTION 7: The Resolution shall go into immediate effect upon its passage and no
publication of it is necessary other than the notice of election.
Ms Mraz seconded the motion.
Upon roll call the vote to adopt this Resolution was as follows:
Date Shano Cica-Mraz, Trustee
Robert Hooper, Trustee
Laurie Peters Gilmore, Trustee
The foregoing is a true and correct excerpt from the minutes of the Board of
Trustees of Richfield Township following the adoption of this Resolution herein
set forth.
Mark Uhrich, Clerk/Treasurer, Richfield Township _____________________________
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