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AMELIA, Ohio, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Outraged villagers in Amelia, Ohio, say they are considering whether to wipe their hamlet off the map after officials there proposed a 1 percent earnings tax.
The tax proposal will be decided at the Village Council meeting next week, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported Sunday.
Opponents are collecting the 316 valid signatures needed to put a measure on the November 4 ballot that would dissolve the community of about 4,000 residents.
"It's the only way we know of to have a voice in what happens in our village," said Pam Barker, chairwoman of Amelia Residents for Fiscal Responsibility, which opposes the tax plan.
About 250 signatures have been collected so far, Barker said.
If the village is declared to be no more, the land would be absorbed by neighboring Pierce Township and
Batavia Township, the newspaper reported.
Amelia has an annual budget of about $2.8 million. Officials say a 1 percent earnings tax could raise about
$560,000 a year for the village.
Amelia Administrator Mark Menz said the earnings tax is needed to replace an expiring waste collection levy and to bankroll some road repairs.
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