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> Subject: OTA Information Alert
> From:    "Heidi Fought" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date:    Fri, November 12, 2010 3:04 pm
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> DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION SURVEY REQUEST
> Beginning in 2009, businesses are no longer subject to the Tangible
> Personal Property (TPP) tax, meaning that the local governments no longer
> receive that revenue. Currently local governments are being reimbursed by
> the state for revenues they would have received from the tax, but these
> reimbursements will soon begin to be phased-out and will end in 2018.
>
> With this in mind, the Ohio Department of Taxation is looking to learn
> more about the importance of the TPP tax to local governments and the
> effects that the phase-out will have on local governments. This request
> grew out of ongoing discussion with a variety of local government
> representatives, including OTA staff.  The Tax Department is distributing
> surveys via e-mail requesting information on the amount of money each
> locality receives by purpose and asking for the total amount of money
> spent on specified purposes.
>
> It is the Tax Department's hope that the information local governments
> provide will allow them to have a more accurate idea of the significance
> of the TPP tax revenues to local governments.  In order to do this, the
> Tax Department is looking for spending and revenue data by purpose.
> Surveys will be distributed via e-mail and the Tax Department requests
> that you please return the Excel file with your township's information as
> soon as possible.
>
> The OTA strongly encourages you to complete and return the survey to the
> Tax Department.
>
> If you have any questions about the survey the Tax Department has sent or
> the research they are conducting, feel free to email
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
>
>
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>
> OHIO DEPARTMENT OF Natural ResourceS
> The agency seeks grant proposals for community programs for litter
> prevention, beautification and waste reduction. The deadline to apply is
> Nov. 15.
>
> The Division of Recycling and Litter Prevention will grant competitive
> awards up to $2,000 to support litter clean-up activities that involve the
> work of volunteers. Last year, ODNR's 83 grant awards totaled $155,015 and
> generated nearly $1.1 million-worth of local volunteer hours, and $238,074
> worth of goods and services and private contributions, according to the
> agency.
>
> The projects funded through this grant program must take place during
> March, April or May of 2011, and grant recipients are to incorporate Keep
> Ohio Beautiful Month programming into their community awareness and
> promotional activities.
>
>
>
> 2011 Clean Ohio Agricultural Easement Purchase Program Landowner Meetings
>
> Farmland owners have the opportunity to learn how to apply for Clean Ohio
> Agricultural Easement Purchase Program funds during upcoming information
> sessions offered by the Ohio Department of Agriculture:
>
> Northwest
> Nov. 29, 6 - 8 p.m.
> WW Knight Nature Preserve, Great Room
> 29530 White Road
> Perrysburg, Ohio
> Local partners: Black Swamp Conservancy
>
> Southeast
> Dec. 7, 6 - 8 p.m. (refreshments at 5:30 p.m.)
> Kenyon College Athletic Center Theater, Second Floor
> 221 Duff St.
> Gambier, Ohio
> Local partners: Philander Chase Corporation and Owl Creek Conservancy
> RSVP to Dorothy Michalski at [log in to unmask] or 740-427-5154
>
> Southwest
> Dec. 7, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
> Warren County Administration Building
> 406 Justice Drive
> Lebanon, Ohio
> Local partners: Three Valley Conservation Trust
>
> The landowner meetings will include a presentation by the Ohio Department
> of Agriculture (ODA) and remarks from the sponsoring partners. In
> addition, landowners that have participated in the program will be there
> to answer questions.
>
> Agricultural easements are voluntary legal agreements restricting
> non-agricultural development on farmland, with the land itself remaining
> on the tax rolls and under private ownership and management. Landowners
> may undertake any agricultural activity permitted under Ohio law, and they
> can sell their farm or pass it along as a gift to others. However, the
> easement remains with the land, prohibiting any future non-agricultural
> development to make certain that it remains used for agricultural
> purposes.
>
> Please help us to promote this event to landowners in your area! Also, to
> our Local Sponsor Partners - Don't forget to RSVP for the Local Sponsor
> Training that will be held at ODA on Tuesday, December 14th from
> 10am-Noon. To RSVP for the Local Sponsor Training, contact Amanda Bennett
> at [log in to unmask]
>
> The next application round for the department's Agricultural Easement
> Purchase Program is tentatively scheduled to open on Jan. 5, 2011. For
> more information about the program and the Ohio Department of
> Agriculture's Office of Farmland Preservation, visit
> www.agri.ohio.gov<http://www.agri.ohio.gov/>.
>
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>
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