Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

Fix and Shaver

Mr. Sabatino: Well, what my question to you once again is, since you so skillfully said a lot of things, but you didn?’t answer my question, what does-- Mr. Hansley stated that this ?– he can?’t see where this has anything to do with this agreement so ?– and I believe ?– I could be wrong, but I thought he told me that he told you that, and I don?’t want to put words in his mouth, maybe he did, maybe he didn?’t, but what my question to you, Jeff, is, if someone that has all this amount of experience in this area says that he doesn?’t see the relevance to it, does that not cause you some concern?
Mr. Fix: First of all, I?’ve not heard him say that, so I don?’t know?—
Mr. Hackworth: I have.
Mr. Fix: --I don?’t know if he said it or not. It?’s not-- Well, the point of the matter is, as I just explained to you, the Township said, ?“Here?’s the things that we want in exchange for what you want.?” And what they asked for?—
Mr. Sabatino: And what you ?– what you want was something that was defined by you, correct?
Mr. Fix: No. What I-- no-- what I?—
Mr. Sabatino: Who defined what we wanted?
Mr. Fix: The mayor gave me instruction on what we were, what we were going to--
Mr. Sabatino: So this is David Shaver?’s idea then?
Mr. Fix: No. It?’s something that he and I discussed at length and worked on together. Okay? What we want is to be included--
Mr. Sabatino: You and David Shaver together?
Mr. Fix: Yeah. And there are people on this Council who believe in that, Michael. Okay? I?’m sorry that you don?’t. Okay? But the paint this as a Jeff Fix only thing is just not right.
Mr. Sabatino: No. I know it?’s not Jeff Fix only thing. It?’s a David Shaver and Jeff Fix thing.
Mr. Fix: Okay.
Mr. Sabatino: Because David Shaffer was?…two years ago had the do not annex and the don?’t conform the boundaries on this two-year deal that never got ratified because there weren?’t any JEDDs then to bring forward. So, what my question to you, Jeff, is, you know, what relevance does this particular request of the Township have with the viability of this agreement?

Not knowing is danger ahead

Clearly Mr. Fix is the most dangerous person in Pickerington right now. Here is a man negotiating an agreement with the township on the city?’s behalf and he doesn?’t any of the issues and the taxation. Yet he is promoting his FOUR candidates for City council and Mayor and they will do what he says. Give away to the Township

Mr. Hackworth: One of the issue that this does not address. Currently the City of Pickerington, our taxpayers have a .6 inside mill levy. I?’ve asked a couple of times what that millage goes for, but it goes to the township. This year if our assessed value increases to $388 million like it?’s predicted, our city taxpayers will send the township $232,000. That?’s three police officers. I don?’t know why 40 percent of the township must subsidize the other 60 percent.
Mr. Fix: Explain that again, please? DUHHHH!
Mr. Hackworth: We pay, in the City of Pickerington, a .6 mill inside millage and I think it?’s listed as administrative millage. If you multiply that times the $388 million dollar assessed value that we?’re expected to move to in 2007, then that works out that our taxpayers will pay directly to the trustees $232,000.
Mr. Fix; Ted, I?’m going to ask, because I don?’t?…we need to have either Linda
Fersch or Ed Laramee here to discuss that, because I?’m not real clear on exactly what it is you?’re talking about.
Mr. Hackworth: It?’s an inside millage. It?’s a .6 mill--
Mr. Sabatino: I think the City Manager probably would be in a position to give you a qualified answer on that.
Mr. Hackworth: I?’ve asked Linda Fersch what it goes for and she doesn?’t know, and I?’ve asked Judy, and I don?’t know, was it a cemetery or something they--
Ms Gilleland: It?’s part of our inside millage that we pay the 2 point some mills, .6 goes to the township?–
Mr. Fix: And, is that by state law?
Mrs. Gilleland: Yes.
Mrs. Hammond: Yes.
Ms Gilleland: They would argue, or they would claim, that they have administrative costs because we are part of the township, that Bill Yaple will spend time with the Fire Department for instance, things that affect the township and the city and it?’s just--
Mr. Fix: That?’s by state law?
Mr. Hackworth: That isn?’t by State law, that?’s determined every year by the budget committee, isn?’t it?
Mrs. Hammond: But all townships and cities have that kind of thing going on. Not just us, it?’s all over the state.
Ms Gilleland: Right. It?’s state-wide.
Mr. Sabatino: Do you have any idea, Judy, how much we?’ve given them for this year?
Ms Gilleland: I?’m sure it?’s right around $200 and some odd thousand.
Mr. Hackworth: I figured it up, about $209,000 for this year.
Mr. Fix: It?’s something that?’s required by state law.
Ms Gilleland: If you are part of your township then you would?–
Mr. Sabatino: So, the City of Columbus doesn?’t pay that to Franklin County?
Mr. Hackworth: No, they don?’t pay it to any of the townships underneath them because they formed paper townships.
Ms Gilleland: Right.
Mr. Sabatino: Right, that?’s my point.
Mr. Hackworth: And there?’s multiple townships there?….
Ms Gilleland; We had the same discussions when I was in Centerville, we were a part of Washington Township and we paid them the, I will call it the administrative overhead, inside millage, and it goes into the township?’s General Fund.
Mr. Sabatino: And, Judy, how much road and bridge money have we paid the township this year?