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Clermont County mental health director asks commissioners to place 0.5-mil levy increase on November ballot
Summary
Director Leeann Watson told the Board of Clermont County Commissioners the county’s publicly funded behavioral-health system is facing rising demand and flat levy revenue; she asked the board to put a 0.5-mil renewal and increase on the November ballot so a planned crisis receiving center can operate 24/7.
Dr. Leeann (Leanne) Watson, director of the Clermont County Mental Health and Recovery Board, told the Board of Clermont County Commissioners on May 14 that rising demand for behavioral-health services and flat local levy revenue mean the board will seek a 0.5-mil levy renewal and increase on the November ballot.
Watson said the board would not ask for the levy unless it was necessary and described local service trends and funding limits that prompted the request. “So we are the mandated behavioral health authority under, o ORC 3 40,” Watson said, and she asked commissioners to support placing the measure before voters so the county can keep and expand crisis services.
Why it matters: commissioners’ support is the first step toward placing a tax levy on the ballot; the levy would fund services that Watson…
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