Apg ashland daily press2/25/2023 ![]() ![]() After five (5) years of hoping the problem would go away or at least level off, the County determined action had to be taken and is putting the referendum to the voters. To be able to raise money to cover these costs, the County needs by referendum, to ask the voter’s to increase their Operating Levy. With this increase comes increased costs most of them at the County level. Lastly, the substance abuse problem has continued to increase over the past five (5) years. Property valued at less than $100,000 would pay less, property valued in excess of $100,000 would pay more based on the property value. This means the County portion of a person’s overall tax bill for property valued at $100,000 would increase from $593.00 to $676.00 an increase of $83.00 for a period not to exceed five (5) years. The referendum would increase the Operating Levy from $5.19/thousand to $6.02/thousand with the total Tax Levy increase to $6.76/thousand assuming the Debt Levy Service remains the same. This means the County’s portion of the overall tax bill for a property valued at $100,000 was $593.00. In 2017, Ashland County’s Operating Levy was $5.19/thousand and their Debt Service Levy was $0.74/thousand for a total Tax Levy of $5.93/thousand of equalized value. Second, the County’s referendum question asks for an increase in the Operating Levy from $5.19/thousand of equalized value to $6.02/thousand of equalized value for a period of time NOT TO EXCEED FIVE (5) YEARS not for at least five (5) years as it was reported. These issues include: increased law enforcement costs due to increased jail population and longer stays in jail due to felonies, increased costs in our Court system costs due to more cases and increased Health and Human Services costs for issues affecting the children and families of people with substance abuse issues. I was disappointed in the way some of the facts were reported in the Daily Press article on Thursday, July 20th, 2018 titled “County Seeks $1M To Cover Addict Costs”.įirst, the increase in the Operating Levy that the County is asking for is to cover the costs borne by the County while dealing with issues caused by substance abuse, not to cover addict costs. You can read the letter in its entirety below: The letter has not been published as of today, July 26, 2018" Beirl stated at the end of the press release that "this letter was submitted to the Daily Press at 11:30 am on Tuesday, Jto clarify some of the confusion created by the Daily Press article regarding the Ashland County Referendum. ![]() The Ashland County Sheriff's Office also published information on their Facebook page. Beirl issued a press release today in response to a recent article published by APG Media's, Ashland Daily Press. A Maintenance fee may be added to subscriptions to accommodate for increased business expenses during the year.ASHLAND COUNTY - Ashland County Administrator Jeffrey A. ![]() The publisher reserves the right to change subscription rates during the term of any subscription. ![]() All subscriptions will automatically include up to six premium content editions, there will be a charge for these premium editions, which will shorten the length of your subscription. If we issue a refund or credit, we are under no obligation to issue the same or similar refund or credit in the future. We reserve the right to issue refunds or credits at our sole discretion. PRE-PAYMENT: if you choose the convenience of prepay, price changes, premiums and/or surcharges during the pre-payment term may apply, this could reduce or extend the pre-payment term. This subscription grants you a FULLY PREPAID, NON-REFUNDABLE license to receive and access the subscription materials for the duration of the subscription term. Future SUBSCRIPTION TERM prices and publication days are subject to change. Notice of cancellation must be provided before the end of this SUBSCRIPTION TERM to avoid charges for an additional term. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: An EZ-Pay subscription is considered a CONTINUOUS SUBSCRIPTION, which means it will automatically renew at the end of the initial term. ![]()
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