Poland Twp. voters to face tax levy in Nov.

Poland Twp. voters to face tax levy in Nov.

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Township voters will be asked in November to approve a five-year, 2-mill replacement levy for general operating expenses.

The levy originally passed in 1978 and generates about $200,000 annually. If approved, the replacement levy would bring in about $400,000 per year, said James Scharville, township administrator.

The levy would cost the owner of a $100,000 home about $46 per year, he said.

Salem annexes land in Green and Perry

SALEM

Ninty-nine acres of Perry Township and Green Township were annexed into Salem during a council meeting Wednesday night, a move allowed after a Columbiana County common pleas judge ruled against the plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking to halt the annexation.

Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge David Tobin on Tuesday ruled against the challenge by the Green Township trustees. City Law Director Brooke Zellers said at Wednesday’s meeting that council’s final passage of the annexation ordinance changed the legal situation so any appeal of the judge’s ruling would be moot. Mayor Jerry Wolford wanted the 99.8-acre annexation to allow the city to grow.

Road closing delayed

NEW GARDEN

The Ohio Department of Transportation has announced that the closing of state Route 9 planned for Monday north of New Garden in Columbiana County has been postponed to June 28 because of heavy rains. The road will be closed for 14 days, while ODOT’s contractor, Bud’s Inc., of Nashport, Ohio, replaces the existing slab bridge over an unnamed tributary to Guilford Lake with a precast concrete box culvert. The detour will begin at the intersection of state Route 9 and state Route 172. Traffic will be detoured east on state Route 172 to U.S. 30, east to state Route 45, north back to state Route 9, and the reverse. The cost for the project is $178,843, and the completion date is Aug. 31, 2010.

Recycling event at lake rescheduled to Aug. 14

LAKE MILTON

The recycling regatta planned for Saturday has been rescheduled to Aug. 14 at Lake Milton State Park.

All boats entered in the regatta must be made of at least 70 percent recycled product and must be able to be broken down and recycled after the event.

Nails, 55 gallon drums, containers that held household hazardous waste, boogie boards, surfboards and motors may not be used.

For recycled products to use, contact the Green Team, ReCreate, Youngstown Litter Control & Recycling or your local school.

For more information or entry forms, call the Mahoning Soil & Water Conservation District at 330-740-7995.

Entry and release forms must be submitted by Aug. 10.