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The township s Zoning Commission will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. to tackle the issue.
The site, located in the 4000 block of Addison Avenue NE, is vacant since the school building was razed about a decade ago. A limited liability corporation called Fairhope Properties acquired the property from the Louisville City Board of Education.
Its plans are not clear. They did file an application that they want to rezone, township Zoning Inspector Jeff Shipman said. They are going to bring their ideas to us. But no specifics (yet).
Jay Barton, a local accountant who is an agent for Fairhope Properties, did not have much to say about plans for the property.
The changes were introduced earlier this month and approved on emergency Friday.
Councilman Mark Cerreta, at-large, has been the lone dissenting vote on the DORA , describing it as mirage legislation. It s trying to be something we re not right now, he said at Monday s council meeting.
Council also approved adjusting the language of potential fire and EMS levies that could appear on the ballot in November, following discussions with the Stark County Auditor s Office.
The proposed EMS levy would now ask voters to approve a five-year levy renewal and a increase of 3.3 mills for ambulance and emergency medical services.
The proposed fire levy would now ask voters to approve a five-year 1.5-mill levy for fire equipment and personnel costs.
Monday meeting
KEY ACTION: In a 2-1 vote, agreed to move forward with increasing the motor vehicle license tax.
DISCUSSION: Trustee Shawn Lockhart cast the dissenting vote, saying he didn’t want to burden vehicle owners with another tax as the nation comes out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two public hearings on the $5 increase will be held before July 1. Dates have not yet been scheduled for those hearings. If approved by the trustees, the additional tax revenue would not be collected until July 2022.
OTHER ACTION:
In a 2-1 vote, with trustee Les Kamph dissenting, agreed to spend $7,200 to conduct a special election Aug. 3. Two five-year renewal fire levies will be on the ballot. If approved by voters, a 0.5-mill levy would raise just over $77,000 a year, and a 1.9-mill levy would generate $293,250 annually, according to the Stark County Auditor s Office.