PUBLIC HOSPITAL LEVY 

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, A PETITION FOR A PUBLIC HOSPITAL LEVY HAS BEEN DENIED. 
THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS REPORTS THAT A CITIZEN-INITIATED PETITION TO PUT A PROPERTY TAX LEVY ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT FOR A PUBLIC HOSPITAL IN WEST DAYTON HAS BEEN DENIED BY DAYTON CITY COMMISSIONERS. THIS COMES AFTER THE CLERGY COMMUNITY COALITION HAD COLLECTED ENOUGH VALID SIGNATURES TO PLACE THE ONE MIL LEVY ON THE BALLOT. YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY), CITY COMMISSIONERS VOTED ON THE PETITION BUT THAT VOTE ENDED IN A TWO – TWO TIE WHICH MEANS THE ORDINANCE AUTOMATICALLY FAILS. COMMISSIONER DARRYL FAIRCHILD WOULD HAVE BEEN THE TIE-BREAKER BUT HAD TO RECUSE HIMSELF DUE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.