5-02-2023 10:29pm

Warren County Voters Passed All Issues That Were On The May 2023 Ballot

Beth Callahan Editor

LEBANON, OH -- Of the 28,190 registered voters in Warren County 3,719 ballots were cast. They were broken down as follows:

Election Day - 3,272
Early Voting - 136
Mail Ballots - 311
Provisional - 0

BLANCHESTER Local School District

Four different counties help make up the Blanchester Local School District. They are Brown, Clermont, Clinton and Warren counties. While Warren County voters voted to approve both issues, voters in Clermont County voted against both issues. The unofficial results show:

The 1% Income Tax PASSED:

FOR - 732
- Brown County - 2
- Clermont County - 97
- Clinton County - 603
- Warren County - 30
AGAINST - 716
- Brown County - 0
- Clermont County - 125
- Clinton County - 571
- Warren County - 20

The 5-year 5.2 mills LSD Tax Levy FAILED:

AGAINST - 743
- Brown County - 1
- Clermont County - 137
- Clinton County - 583
- Warren County - 22
FOR - 709
- Brown County - 1
- Clermont County - 85
- Clinton County - 594
- Warren County - 29

CARLISLE Local School District

Two counties help make up Carlisle Local School District and the voters in both Montgomery and Warren counties voted yes to renewing an existing levy for the purpose of avoiding an operating deficit.

FOR - 426
- Montgomery County - 57
- Warren County - 369
AGAINST - 359
- Montgomery County - 48
- Warren County - 311

FRANKLIN City School District

Franklin voters passed tax levy substituting for an existing levy for the purpose of providing for the necessary requirements of the school district in the initial sum of $7,750,000, and a levy of taxes be made outside of the ten- mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to require 13.920 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $488 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value for the initial year of the tax, for a period of 5 years. The results were:

FOR - 1,717
AGAINST - 857

LOVELAND City School District

The three counties the help make the Loveland School District all voted for the additional 4.9 mills for the purpose of current operating expenses. The results were:

FOR - 3,561
- Clermont County - 2,933
- Hamilton County - 558
- Warren County - 70
AGAINST - 2,457
- Clermont County - 2,027
- Hamilton County - 368
- Warren County - 62

XENIA Community City School District

While there are residents in Warren County who are in the Xenia School District, no warren county residents came to vote on the proposed income tax renewal. The renewal did pass, however, in Greene County. The result was:

FOR - 2,127
- Greene County - 2,127
- Warren County - 0
AGAINST - 1,595
- Greene County - 1,595
- Warren County - 0

MASON Precinct 52

Ninety two percent of the voters in Precinct 52 voted yes that the sale of wine and mixed beverages and spirituous liquor be permitted for sale on Sunday by Wok India, L.L.C., a D-6 liquor permit. The results were:

FOR - 23
AGAINST - 2

MIDDLETOWN

Voters in the city limits of Middletown in both Butler and Warren Counties agreed for both the Electric and Gas Aggregation, which will allow the city to have the authority to aggregate the retail electric loads and natural gas located in the City of Middletown.

Electric Aggregation

FOR - 651
- Butler County - 529
- Warren County - 122
AGAINST - 570
- Butler County - 476
- Warren County - 94

Gas Aggregation

FOR - 654
- Butler County -532
- Warren County - 122
AGAINST - 564
- Butler County - 471
- Warren County - 93

SOUTH LEBANON

After the 2020 Census, South Lebanon became a city and needed to create a charter. After Tuesday's vote the charter was adopted by over 84% of its voters.

FOR ADOPTING CHARTER - 163
AGAINST ADOPTING CHARTER - 30

Voters also agreed to give the city the authority to aggregate the retail electric loads located in the City of South Lebanon and enter into service agreements to facilitate for those loads the sale and purchase of electricity.

FOR - 149
AGAINST - 41

Voters also agreed to give the city the authority to aggregate the retail natural gas loads located in the City of South Lebanon and enter into service agreements to facilitate for those loads the sale and purchase of natural gas.