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Bellbrook councilman says proposed public-safety levy needed to avoid cuts, warns SROs could be lost if it fails

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Bellbrook City Councilman Logan Ashley told the school board on Oct. 9 that a proposed 2.2-mill public-safety levy would generate about $610,000 annually and is needed to avoid cuts to police, fire and EMS; he warned that failing the levy could lead to the elimination of school resource officers at district buildings.

Logan Ashley, a Bellbrook city councilman and chair of the city's public safety committee, addressed the Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Board of Education during the Oct. 9 public-comment period to explain a proposed municipal public-safety levy and to describe possible effects on school services if the levy fails.

Ashley said the city faces an approximately $600,000 shortfall in its public-safety fund and is proposing a 2.2-mill levy that…

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