ELECTION2020
City is one of few in Ohio without an income tax.
BEAVERCREEK— wants voters to pass a 1% earned income tax on Nov. 3 thatwould be used to help pay for infrastructure needs in this Greene County city.
The city put the income tax on the November election ballot because city leaders say they don’t want to constantly come to the people of Beavercreek for moremoney via property tax levies. Beavercreek is one of four cities in Ohio without an income tax, nearby Bellbrook is another.
Ifpassed, the income taxwould take effffffffffffect on Jan. 1, 2022.
City Manager Pete Landrum said the city plans to use the roughly $14.5 million that would be generated from the income tax in the fifirst year to replace a street levy set to expire at the end of 2021 and also help the city tackle long overdue infrastructure projects. Landrum said Beavercreek has a backlog of infrastructure projects that will cost close to $200 million to fifix things like drainage, culverts, curbs and sidewalks in the city.
The total revenue in Beavercreek’s general fund is $4.48million, Landrum said.
Beavercreek residents opposed to the income tax say theywant to city to continue to come to them with levies because it keeps the city accountable for how they spend taxpayer money.
Tony Corvo, a Beavercreek resident and a member of the Beavercreek Tax Busters PAC, said he doesn’t think the city needs an income tax since it has gotten by without one for 40 years. Corvo said an income tax would be a “game changer” and the city might spend funds in a way that residents don’t want.
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