Oppose Senator Seitz Proposal in the Ohio Budget

Senator Peterson,

As a County Commissioner I oppose the Seitz proposal.

It removes local control from County Commissioners, and it eliminates the current statutory and alternative formulas allowed to be used by a County. Counties in general, will receive less money to provide the same services to the Citizens of Ohio. This proposal is coming on the back of the 50% LGF, Local Government Fund, reduction that Counties absorbed over the past two years. This is a mandate to fix a set rate for revenue that a County may receive. If only it were easy to fix the expenses for providing quality services to my constituents, I would not be sending this note. I feel this proposal strips the last tool left to generate County revenue, and severely ties the hands of local officials.

Please oppose the proposal of Senator Seitz.

Commissioner Jeremy Shaffer