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Mayors, commissioners and auditors push for bigger local government fund and new public‑safety fund in state budget
Summary
Representatives from the Ohio Mayors Alliance, Ohio Municipal League, several city officials and county commissioners told the committee they support increasing the Local Government Fund and proposed a dedicated public safety fund to help cities pay police and fire payroll and equipment costs.
Carrie McCarthy, executive director of the Ohio Mayors Alliance, Don Mason of the Ohio Municipal League, and local officials from Grandview Heights, Bucyrus and other cities told the Senate committee that local governments are facing rising costs for public safety and infrastructure and urged restoring or increasing the Local Government Fund (LGF).
McCarthy, representing the mayors of Ohio’s 30 largest cities, proposed a new dedicated public safety fund that would allocate an additional 0.5 percentage point of the state General Revenue…
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