It was unanimously voted by the Scioto County Commissioners to ask the voters to support an increase in the Children’s Services tax levy from 1 mill to 3 mills. If approved by the voters, this levy would last for the next 10 years.
Documents provided by the Commissioners indicate that the County Auditor has certified that Scioto County, Ohio, has a total current tax valuation of $1,230,751,490.
This millage will generate $3,600,000 per year in revenue.
Two weeks ago, SCDN spoke with Collin Docterman, Chairman of the local Democratic Party. Docterman predicted, “I believe that my party members will vote to endorse the increase in millage for children services at our August 25th meeting.”
This morning, we received this press release from the Scioto County Democratic Party.
On Thursday, August 25th, the Scioto County Democratic Party unanimously voted to endorse the levy increase to fund Children Services. The funding that Scioto County presently has, takes care of only 130 children. The current number of children in care is almost 3 times that number.
As we are all aware, our community was ravaged by the opioid crisis, which has left many broken families in its wake. The children negatively affected by the ravages of addiction need to be protected. Scioto Countians have always taken care of the most vulnerable in our community whether funding Senior Services or services for people with Developmental Disabilities.
Let this be no exception. We encourage our neighbors to vote yes for the Children Services Levy on November 8th.