Friday, January 6, 2012
Find out how this happened and where you can check how much it will cost a homeowner.
The 6.57-mill emergency school levy voters passed in November will be collected at 7.14-mills in 2012, thanks to a 7.42 percent drop in home values across Summit County. On Aug. 5, the Stow-Munroe Falls School District asked for a certified copy of its resolution requesting the Summit County Fiscal Officer to certify the current tax valuation based on the 2012 year and the mills necessary to produce $6.5 million for 10 years of revenue, which at the time, calculated to 6.57 mills, said Nikki Sipe, director of administration for Summit County Fiscal Officer Kristen Scalise's office. Issue 20 was passed Nov. 8, in a 8,047 to 7,490 vote. Between the time when the district asked for the tax valuation and the day the levy passed, home values …
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Find out how many votes each of the eight school board candidates received.
At the first Stow-Munroe Falls Board of Education of the new year, residents will see Fred Bonacci, Rod Armstrong and Karen Powers (incumbent) sitting on the board. Incumbent Boardmembers Denny Mariola and Pat Matthews were not re-elected and will finish their terms Dec. 31. Here are the final but unofficial results according to the Summit County Board of Elections: Statement from Powers: "I would like to sincerely thank all of my supporters and those who voted for me, as well as those who voted to pass our levy. I am truly humbled by the faith and trust that they have shown in me in two elections. I am genuinely excited to start my second term particularly since our levy has passed. It will be wonderful to finally work under conditions …
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The levy passed, according to final but unofficial results from the Summit County Board of Elections.
Voters approved Issue 25, a 4.5-mill renewal levy requested by the Summit County Developmental Disabilities Board. Here are the final but unofficial vote tallies from the Summit County Board of Elections: For the levy: 114,614 Against the levy: 48,945 An election watch party Tuesday evening at the Red Fox Party Center in Cuyahoga Falls attracted a large number of Summit DD employees, people who receive services and their families. "Thanks to the many voters who approved this, 4,000 people with developmental disabilities will continue to receive services. Summit County is a place where there is no waiting for services," said Kevin McGee, director of public and community relations for Summit DD. He gives a great deal of credit to the …
The final, unofficial results from the Summit County Board of Elections is in. Find out who won the at-large, Wards 1, 2, 3 and 4 council races.
Here's the results for all of the Stow City Council races. All results are final, but unofficial, according to the Summit County Board of Elections. At-Large: Pribonic, Rasor and D'Antonio are the new at-large councilmembers. (30 of 30 precincts counted) Statement from Rasor: "I think the biggest problem with Stow's elections are that candidates are unwilling to discuss the issues, and how they would resolve them. Without such a contrast, often it becomes a name recognition game. Regardless of the forces at play with my re-election in particular, I am very grateful for the strong support. I will continue to fight for efficient use of government dollars and for transparency at city hall." Statement from D'Antonio: "I would like to thank the…
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Issue 20 passed by 557 votes and busing for high school students will be re-instituted Monday.
Issue 20, a 6.57-mill 10-year operating levy, was passed in Stow by 557 votes Nov. 8. Here are the final but unofficial voting results from the Summit County Board of Elections: (39 of 39 precincts counted) "We're very apreciateive of the support of the community. We have cut $8 million from budget and reached academic highs that the districts never achieved before in terms of an 'Excellent' rating, all time high ACT scores and being on the AP honor roll," said Superintendent Russ Jones. "I think the community has recognized our 'excellence' in academics and voted to support that — we appreciate that." Further cuts will not be made, instead busing, in the form of cluster stops, will be instituted for high school students starting Monday…
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Sara Drew received the most votes Nov. 8, according to the final but unofficial results from the Summit County Board of Elections.
The results are in and Stow's new mayor is Sara Drew. Here's how many votes each candidate received, according to the final but unofficial results from the Summit County Board of Elections. (30 of 30 precincts counted.) Statement from Drew: "I am excited, overwhelmed, thrilled and grateful ... I am a lot of things. I am just thrilled!" Drew said. "I would like to say thank you to the voters of Stow for their confidence in me. I'm honored to be able to serve our community as mayor and I look forward to working with new city council and employees of the city. I will make sure Stow remains an outstanding place to call home." Statement from Buck: "I would like to say thank you to all the people who supported me throughout the campaign. I …
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Stow Finance Director John Baranek ran unopposed Nov. 8. His comments are below and election results will be posted when they are available tonight.
John Baranek is "very excited" to start his fifth term as finance director in Stow after running unopposed Nov. 8. Baranek received 8,258 votes, accoring to the final but unofficial results from the Summit County Board of Elections. The city's finance director said he is looking forward to continuing the work he's done for years in his department. Three areas he said he wants to focus on are: While continuing to focus on those three goals, Baranek said there are a few changes he'd like to see. "The main thing that I would like to see change is how residents and other customers can access our services that the city offers especially in the area of making payments online on their utilities, income taxes, permits, park/recreation programs, …
Take a look at the voting action in Stow today. Feel free to upload your own election day photos to this post! Look for streaming and final results on the site tonight.
Voters flocked to the polls in greater numbers than in other off-year elections
Updated at 9:45 p.m. Northeast Ohio elections officials say the unofficial, final voter turnout is higher than expected. With 100 percent of the vote counted in Lake County, for example, the voter turnout totaled 52 percent, according to final, unofficial results. Earlier in the day, Lake County Board of Elections Director Janet F. Clair said voter turnout was very steady and expected a voter turnout of 35 percent. Traditionally, in an odd year election, voter turnout is about 18 percent to 24 percent. Nevertheless, Scott E. Daisher, deputy director of the Lake County Board of Elections, would not call it a record high voter turnout but said it is a "larger than usual off year election." "It's been a very large (turnout) and I know a …
Voters are making a difference today by casting a ballot, but we want to know ... what's the biggest issue or position on the ballot today? Take our poll.
If you aren't sick of voting, take our poll to help us identify the most important item on Stow's ballot today. Then, tell us why you think it is important and who you voted for, or if you voted "for" or "against" something. Before voting and participating in our poll here, check out The Patch Voter Guide to read about the issues and candidates.
Debbie S.
11:35 pm on Saturday, January 7, 2012
If this situation upsets you, please direct your ire at the state of Ohio and its school funding system, which has been ruled unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court no less than 4 times over the past 14 years (the DeRolph decision was the first, in 1997). Do not fault the district as it has NOTHING to do with the property tax situation. As a matter of fact, the link between property values … more ›