A renewal tax is up on Tuesday’s primary for the Village of Newcomerstown.
Mayor Pat Cadle says this existing tax is connected to income and not property.
“It raises about $400,000 for us per year just to pave roads, alley’s, fix curbing, fix storm sewers. It really is the backbone of being able to keep the town streets in good shape.”
He says this funding is vital since without it the village would only be able to appropriate a fourth of that revenue.
“Just look at our main streets, that would be the biggest thing to keep up the main streets, and the alleys would go to potholes. It would dramatically reduce what we would be able to do. We want our town to look nice. We have a nice town. it’s come a long way, and you just want to keep that progress moving and in order to have that progress you’ve got to have decent streets. For the residents, they don’t want to drive through potholes, so it helps us dramatically to keep up with those repairs and redoing those roads when it gets bad or its time is up.”
The income tax, if approved, would be for 10-years, and Cadle stresses that this has been voter approved many times.
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