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The Clermont The last day Child Focus to register to Head Start vote in the offers free General meals to Election is learners Oct. 5 Page 16 THE CLERMONT SUN 192nd Year, Number 14 clermontsun.com Thursday, September 24, 2020 • $1 Clermont GOP Annexation approved cleared in Open With the village of going to do for the people Adele Evans, township sight of their purpose and of the village. administrator, objected to try to raise revenue to im- Batavia council’s Dennis Nichols, village the annexation, and argued prove services or spread Meetings case administrator, said the de- that annexation statues in costs over a larger base to BY BRETT MILAM well passed a note to approval, 700-800 velopment brings in people Ohio need to change to pro- lower their taxes." Editor Cooper in violation of the who will be part of the com- tect townships from "ag- The village argues that OMA, and that the vote it- residential units munity, and it also creates a gressive villages wanting to the CRA abates real estate The Clermont County self violated the OMA. market that could make the expand their territory and taxes on improvements, but Republican Party has been Kidwell had written the could be coming village more attractive to not being about the greater not on land, so the buyers cleared of any wrongdoing following motion on a bringing in businesses. good." would still pay full taxes on in the appointment of Je- piece of paper, "Mr. Chair- BY BRETT MILAM Evans' concern is the ex- the land value, and when remy Evans as County En- man, in light of Candidate Editor Background on the an- pected addition of the com- lots are sold beginning in gineer, according to a [Mark] Maly's withdrawal nexation munity reinvestment area 2021 and start paying taxes decision in Clermont from consideration and en- The village of Batavia An annexation more than program on the build, in 2023, the property would County Common Pleas dorsement of Candidate has officially accepted the six years in the making, the which gives the builder a bring in $400,000 in taxes. Court on Sept. 18. Evans, I move to vote im- annexation of 157.3 acres property was annexed from direct incentive tax exemp- Funds from the lot Filed by Lewis Carter, a mediately on the appoint- that could bring 700 to 800 Batavia Township, and be- tion for up to 15 years. monies would go, in part, to Miami Township resident, ment." He then passed that residential units from Fis- gins on Batavia Road near She argued the 100 per- CJFED, the schools, and on Sept. 11, 2019 with note to Cooper upon re- cher Homes to the village. Batavia Schools and contin- cent tax abatement on the community tax levies. Judge Jerry McBride, the quest so as to keep an ac- About half of those units ues across state Route 32 on proposed development "Without annexation, the complaint alleged that the curate record of the are expected to be single- the northern side. would mean "little to no re- property will remain idle Clermont County Republi- meeting. family and the other half The township enacted a imbursement to the until something changes," can Central Committee — There were 55 CCRCC condominiums, with den- commercial tax increment schools." the document states. Dennis Cooper, Richard members at the meeting, sity not to exceed six units financing district on the With a CRA, school Beyond the tax abate- Maus, Greg Simpson, and the vote was con- per acre. property in 2013, and origi- board approval is not ment and basic services, the Richard Grant, Jeannie ducted by having members At a socially distanced nally intended it for indus- needed, but it would bring village would be under no Zurmehly, Chris stand up and sit down, ac- packed special meeting on trial use. potentially hundreds of stu- further obligation in the Mehlman, Bryon Baxter, cording to court docu- Sept. 21, the village ap- At its June 3 meeting, the dents to Batavia and Cler- agreement with Kubicki. Jeannette Schmidt, and ments. Initially, Cooper proved the Charles Kubicki BCC held a public hearing mont Northeastern Schools. Nichols said the village James Kidwell were announced the results as LLC. annexation, which for the annexation case. The In addition, Evans voiced would extend Batavia named individually in the 52 "yes" votes, two "no" had been approved by the annexation was filed with concern about the added Road, but it would be the suit as members — vio- votes, and one vote for Clermont County Commis- the county in March. weight of services on the property owners' responsi- lated the Ohio Open Meet- "abstain." However, sioners in June, by a four- Mike Minniear, lawyer Central-Joint Fire and EMS bility to pay for the road. ings Act at its Aug. 6, 2019 Cooper was incorrect be- to-two vote. Council representing the petitioner, Department. In addition, he said the meeting when appointing cause he abstained, as did members Robert Handra said the annexation would Commissioners approved village is asking the owner Evans to replace Pat Bryon Baxter, parliamen- and Kathleen Turner voted not have any negative im- the annexation at the June to exclude future school Manger as County Engi- tarian, so two "yes" votes no. pact on the remainder of the 24 meeting. bond issues from the waiver neer. Carter attended the were changed to two "ab- The prior two readings of township. At its Sept. 14 meeting, of taxes, meaning home meeting in question. stain" votes. the ordinance happened at a Donald Kellerman, who the village provided a four buyers would pay the full In May 2020, the court In his ruling, McBride special meeting of council owns 10 acres adjacent to page, seven-point document new bond issue taxes on the issued a decision that dis- said the OMA does not three days prior on Sept. 18, the property and was origi- outlining the rationale for full value of their proper- posed of all defendants ex- prescribe how a "public and at the regular council nally going to be part of the the annexation. ties. cept the CCRCC, Kidwell, body may communicate." meeting on Sept. 14. The annexation in talks with the "The purpose of new de- As for the rationale for and Cooper. In quoting the Ohio village of Batavia contains village dating back to fall of velopment is to build com- doing three readings in a Manger resigned June Supreme Court, McBride 1,881 acres, with the added 2019, and instead voiced munity — first for existing week rather than across 28, 2019 and pleaded said it would certainly be acreage representing a 12 opposition to the annexa- members, and then for three months as is custom- guilty to one misdemeanor problematic if the mem- percent increase. tion at the public hearing. those who will join us," the charge of soliciting or ac- bers were whispering or At the outset, a village Kellerman's interest is in in- document states. "Some- cepting improper compen- speaking only in Latin so resident wanted to know dustrial, not residential. times communities lose Annexation, Page 9 sation in the amount of as to conceal their deliber- what the development was $3,000 while in office. The ations from the public. But following month, Manger that's not what happened was ordered to pay $250 to here. As for the note, pass- the Literacy Council of ing notes during the meet- Batavia Schools’ COVID: Reflections Clermont and Brown ing would be an OMA Counties, along with violation, but that's also $3,000 in restitution. It fell not what happened here. building project is on past month since upon the CCRCC to ap- Instead, it was a written point a person to hold the motion upon which office, and Evans was the Cooper requested to see it. still moving ahead school reopened only one who submitted "Stated differently, all of BY MEGAN ALLEY but now, all of that will be BY MEGAN ALLEY interest for consideration the evidence in the record Sun Reporter done in April/May 2021. Sun Reporter (two others withdrew). demonstrates that the 'note' “The project got pushed During the meeting, was a written motion, While the COVID-19 about seven or eight It’s been almost a month Carter claimed in his com- which had already been pandemic has extended the months,” Millard said. since Batavia Local plaint that no discussion or read aloud at the meeting, timeline for the Batavia Now, the goal is to have Schools returned to in-per- questions were allowed and nothing more," Local Schools' building everything ready to go out son learning, and the during the public meeting McBride said. project, plans are still mov- to bid for construction in school district's superin- and as such, that violated There is no OMA re- ing ahead, and a new con- late January or early Febru- tendent recently reflected the OMA, and was seek- quirement to describe doc- struction schedule has been ary 2021. on how it’s going. ing injunctive relief to uments members receive, announced. Millard shared the fol- Batavia Local Schools, compel the CCRCC to either. As to the vote, The building project, lowing timeline on the which consists of an ele- comply with the OMA, McBride said it wasn't via made possible through school district's website: mentary school, middle and declaratory judgment a secret ballot, which voter approval of a 7-mill – Late January - early school and high school, under the OMA to request would violate the OMA. PHOTO / PROVIDED levy passed in November February 2021: project bid- started the school year on a determination of the va- "In addition to being Batavia Local Schools 2018, will bring a new high ding.
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