Berlin Township fire levy still a loser after recount

BERLIN — Berlin Township officials know “every vote counts” isn’t just an old saying.

Voters rejected the township’s 2-mill additional tax levy for a new fire truck by one vote: 213 to 212.

The levy lost 212 to 211 when ballots were counted May 4, the date of the primary election.

Five township residents cast provisional ballots, which the Mahoning County Board of Elections finished counting today.

Of the five, one voted in favor of the levy, one against it, and three voted on other issues and/or candidates, but not on the township fire tax measure, said Joyce Kale-Pesta, the board’s deputy director.

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