Austintown trustees seeking financials on 2 possible levies

AUSTINTOWN

Austintown trustees have asked the Mahoning County auditor for revenue information about two potential township levies.

Trustee Jim Davis said one levy is a 1-mill additional levy for road repairs. The other is a 1-mill additional levy that would provide for maintenance of police motor vehicles, equipment and personnel.

Township Administrator Mike Dockry said Austintown has four police levies generating $4.3 million annually and two road levies generating $1.1 million.

The auditor will tell township officials the amount each levy would generate and what they would cost residents annually.

“We’re not doing this to hire another 20 police officers,” Davis said. “We are saying, ‘Pass this levy because the state has cut our budget between $1.2 and $1.5 million.’ [Gov.] John Kasich has a beautiful rainy-day fund, but has passed this [additional costs] on to the backs of taxpayers.”

Read more about the matter in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.