- We made it unlawful for sex offenders to move into Deerfield homes near parks,
schools, daycare facilities, and other places where children congregate.
- We established a policy that prohibits
doing business with companies that employ illegal aliens or that have violated
immigration law.
- We conducted a comprehensive restructuring of the Fire
Department budget and operating structure that conserved over
$200,000 and allowed us to postpone a 2006 levy request and
saved taxpayers $1.2 million.
- We negotiated a collaborative
agreement with Mason to improve fire service in our northwest quadrant that could save us over $1 million and significantly reduce response times
for both departments.
- We reviewed our crisis response plan and participated in
several emergency drills. We continue to practice and improve our plans.
- We doubled our financial support of the Warren County Drug
Task Force which has resulted in numerous arrests and convictions of
serious drug offenders and taken an enormous amount of illegal drugs off our streets.
- With the help of the Warren County Sheriff, we added personnell to our Sheriff's detachment for improved
management and better crime reduction/prevention.
- Assisted Warren County with implementing Enhanced 911
wireless phone emergency response.
- Served on Warren County Jail Task Force, identifying an
innovative and comprehensive plan to deal with overcrowding in our Criminal Justice
System.
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- Since 2006, we have restructured, reorganized and
re-prioritized the Township budget, stretching every last dollar of tax money BEFORE asking for a single extra dollar of additional taxes.
- We completed a thorough audit of our
fiscal activity through 2007 and made significant changes to our accounting
processes that will enhance control and efficiency.
- We enacted new ethics policies to to
ensure ethical conduct and the avoidance of real or perceived conflicts of interest for
employees and elected officers of the Township.
- We temporarily halted annexation of
several hundred acres of land worth $3.4 million in annual taxes, retaining the tax
base and control of its current and future development.
- We obtained a Aa3 credit rating from
Moody's (a great rating) to improve our access to capital and lower future cost of
borrowing.
- We restructured the Township budget and debt service which
will save more than $800,000 in finance costs.
- We re-negotiated our local cable access & broadcasting
deal, saving $85,000 per year.
- We enacted new equipment and travel
policies to ensure accountability and efficiency.
- We did a very thorough review of the Fields Ertel Corridor
and enacted a business redevelopment district with stronger
zoning and building rules and more controls that improve our chances of developing a solid
commercial sector.
- Completed the first-ever Deerfield comprehensive plan that will result in a major revision of our zoning
code. This is the plan that will guide development and re-development of Deerfield
for the next 20 years.
- We joined Cincinnati
USA Partnership for Economic Development, a regional business consortium, to stimulate
economic growth in Deerfield.
- We are working to improve our
relationship with Mason City Council. Our goal is to forge a healthier,
long-term relationship that enhances our economies and improves services.
- We are working with Warren County to fund the realignment of Irwin Simpson
Road near Wilkens, which should begin this year.
- We continue to work hard with Warren County to improve
the Fields Ertel I-71 exit. Some preliminary studies show a fix is possible and
within the reach of local funding.
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- We've improve monthly meetings, eliminated
some of the public rancor, and enhancing our iimage.
- We negotiated a deal with Xavier University
to begin offering its award winning MBA program in the
Township in 2007.
- We finished construction of Wilkens
Blvd, improving north-south traffic in the commercial corridor.
- Primary and secondary roads
have been re-surfaced throughout the Township.
- The Montgomery
Road widening project is underway. To improve the look of the road, we
contributed additional money to ODOT for beautification projects and used
$200K of local taxes to get over $1 million worth of sidewalk along Montgomery Road
(both sides of the street from Fields Ertel to the Little Miami bridge).
- We coordinated the funding of Deerfield Regional
Stormwater District to meet federal and state stormwater mandates while reducing the planned cost by over half.
- We've made significant improvements to our parks.
- We purchased 110 acres of land including
the Kingswood
Golf Course, primarily to avoid annexation by Mason, but it will also help
improve parks and roadway plans and make a substantial economic impact.
- We finished almost $1 million worth of
improvements to Cottell Park.
- We purchased 40 acres of mostly
pristine parkland in Loveland Park along the Little Miami River at well below
market value prices.
- We invested $2 million to build
Fleckenstein
Park
- We opened a new
stretch of bike path along Socialville Foster connecting neighborhoods with shopping
and entertainment options.
- We completed a sidewalk connecting two neighborhoods with
Cottell Park.
- We helped coordinate the opening of the area's only YMCA
Express, saving the Township more than $6 million compared to
previous plans.
- We've held four neighborhood consortium meetings, sharing information and building
contacts throughout the Township.
- Based on input from
residents, we expanded the Township Recycling Program, substantially increasing the volume and
types of items that can be recycled.
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