All,
See below e-mail and put your thinking caps on and forward any suggestions
to me ASAP (buy
no later than January 3). I will organize all of them to be submitted as one
batch from the Butler County Township Association. If you have any
questions, please let me know.
Happy New Year!
Christine Matacic
(513) 779-2659
(513) 652-2659 - cell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine Matacic" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 11:11 AM
Subject: [Fwd: Looking for Feedback from Township Officials]
> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> Subject: Looking for Feedback from Township Officials
> From: "Heidi Fought" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, December 27, 2010 10:21 am
> To:
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>
> IDEAS TO SAVE TOWNSHIPS MONEY
> As you may have read in your local papers or heard on your news casts, the
> State of Ohio is facing an $8 billion shortfall and will be looking at
> cutting expenses in every area possible to balance the budget.
> Governor-elect Kasich and members of the incoming 129th General Assembly
> have stated repeatedly that "raising taxes is not an option" and
> "everything will be considered for reduction and elimination."
>
> That being said, Governor-elect Kasich has requested that associations and
> individuals submit cost-saving ideas to his administration that would help
> state and local governments manage more efficiently and effectively. The
> OTA submitted a variety of ideas from our 129th Legislative Priorities,
> including increasing competitive bidding, prevailing wage and force
> account limits, eliminating multiple advertising in newspapers if township
> has a website, reducing the employer share of pension contributions,
> altering pay requirements for township trustees and fiscal officers, and
> studying the possibility of granting local governments access to the
> health insurance pool and rates of state employees.
>
> NOW WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
> Are there state laws in place that actually make the cost of doing
> business more expensive?
> Are there any state mandates that, if eliminated or reduced, would save
> the township money?
> Do you have any recommendations for state law or amendments to current
> state law that would assist your township in saving money, yet still allow
> you to provide quality services to your residents?
>
> We will compile the list of recommendations that we receive and share them
> with Governor-elect Kasich's staff and members of the general assembly.
>
> Thank you for taking a moment to respond to this survey. Happy New Year!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Heidi M. Fought
> Director of Governmental Affairs
> Ohio Township Association
> 6500 Taylor Road, Suite A
> Blacklick, OH 43004
> (614) 863-0045
> (614) 863-9751 Fax
>
>
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