Pike Township to see road levy on May 3 ballot
PIKE TWP. - Township officials are sending voters a request to approve an additional 1-mill property tax to generate revenue for road maintenance.
The tax issue will be on the May 3 election ballot. If approved, the levy would generate $143,202 annually over its five-year life cycle.
If voters approve the tax issue, the owner of a house valued at $100,000 would pay $35 a year in support of the levy.
"Cost of everything is going up," township Trustee Doug Baum said. "The cost of doing business is going up."
What is largely driving township officials to seek a new road maintenance levy is the loss of compensation payments from operators of Republic Services Countywide Landfill.
The landfill operators agreed to pay Pike Township $270,000 annually over a 10-year period to compensate for stress put on township roads from the trucks coming and going from the waste burial facility at 3619 Gracemont St. SW.
"We were getting money every year to subsidize us taking care of the roads and buying equipment," township Fiscal Officer Steven Knox said. "Per the agreement, the payments are coming to an end."
Pike Township has an existing property tax for road maintenance. That levy generates $128,600 annually.
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This article originally appeared on The Repository: Pike Township voters to consider new 1-mill road levy
