Reynolds Has Now Returned $10.02 Million in Fee Money

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1 News Release Sept. 12, 2016 Reynolds Has Now Returned $10.02 Million in Fee Money Latest $2 Million Giveback to Communities Most Ever HAMILTON, Ohio The Auditor s Office could have purchased a lot of gadgets, contracted a lot of services, padded a lot of salaries and hired a lot of people with an additional $10 million over the past eight years. Instead, Auditor Roger Reynolds has now returned that amount of money to local governments with this year s record-breaking $2 million giveback. Since becoming Auditor in 2008, Reynolds has now returned a total of $10.02 million to local governments such as schools, cities, townships, libraries and parks. Instead of using that money for office operations, it has gone back to help educate children, build roads, fund police and fire, and directly benefit local taxpayers. The Real Estate department was spending $4 million annually before Reynolds took office. Now the annual expenses are running at about $2 million. The formula to this success is no secret professional staff, new technology and conservative principles. Through sound management and innovation, the office serves taxpayers at a high level and meets all statutory obligations. Speaking personally, I d rather my tax money go toward a real need and not administrative costs, said Auditor Reynolds. We continue to prove the size of government can be reduced and still operate at a high level. Under Reynolds leadership, the Auditor s Office has returned surplus real estate fund money every year something done only once previously, in This year s return of $2 million is the highest ever. Reynolds returned $1.99 million last year and $1.93 million in For calculating and distributing real estate tax collections to local governments, the state legislature sets the fee that county auditors collect from levy funds to pay for those administrative costs as well as much of the real estate operations of county auditor offices. The areas with higher property taxes see more of the return but the percentage is equal. The Lakota Local School District is receiving $462,480 in refunded fee money this year, followed by Butler County s various levies and the general fund which will receive $301,593 collectively. The Fairfield City School District will also collect more than $200,000 with a refund of $229,570. Three other entities will be collecting more than $100,000 West Chester Township, $170,589; Middletown City Schools, $129,466; and Hamilton City Schools, $118,232.

2 Over the course of the last nine tax years, Reynolds has returned $2.3 million to Lakota Schools; $1.5 million to Butler County s various levies and the general fund; $1.1 million to Fairfield Schools; $804,000 to West Chester Township; 663,000 to Middletown Schools; and $617,000 to Hamilton Schools. All schools combined have received nearly $6.2 million, townships nearly $1.4 million and cities and villages $462,000. Fees Returned to Taxing Districts Tax Year 2015 Collect 2016 Butler County: Children Services Agency $89, Mental Health Board 65, Developmental Disabilities Board 62, Senior Citizens 42, County General Fund 41, Total Butler County: $301, Townships: West Chester Township $170, Liberty Township 67, Fairfield Township 24, Ross Township 7, Morgan Township 4, Madison Township 4, Hanover Township 3, St. Clair Township 3, Oxford Township 2, Milford Township 1, Wayne Township 1, Reily Township 1, Lemon Township 1, Total Townships: $296, School Districts: Lakota CSD $462, Fairfield CSD 229, Middletown CSD 129, Hamilton CSD 118, Talawanda CSD 80, Edgewood CSD 65, Monroe LSD 63,277.13

3 Ross LSD 41, Madison CSD 23, Princeton CSD 17, New Miami LSD 4, Southwest LSD 1, Mason LSD Northwest LSD College Corner LSD Preble Shawnee LSD Total School Districts: $1,238, Cities & Villages: Hamilton $23, Fairfield 21, Middletown 16, Monroe 7, Trenton 5, Oxford 4, New Miami Seven Mile Millville College Corner Somerville Jacksonburg 4.28 Total Cities & Villages: $80, Joint Vocational Schools: Butler Tech $49, Great Oak 1, Miami Valley Total JVS: $50, Libraries & Parks: MetroParks $14, MidPointe Public Library 11, Lane Public Library 9, Total Libraries & Parks: $35, TOTAL ALL FEES RETURNED: $2,002,759.06

4 Fees Returned to Taxing Districts Tax Years Butler County: Developmental Disabilities Board $400, Children Services Agency 376, County General Fund 297, Mental Health Board 240, Senior Citizens 214, Miami Conservancy* 13, Total Butler County: $1,543, Townships: West Chester Township $804, Liberty Township 298, Fairfield Township 127, Ross Township 32, Morgan Township 23, Madison Township 20, Hanover Township 18, St. Clair Township 14, Oxford Township 11, Milford Township 9, Reily Township 9, Wayne Township 8, Lemon Township 6, Total Townships: $1,386, School Districts: Lakota CSD $2,301, Fairfield CSD 1,112, Middletown CSD 663, Hamilton CSD 617, Talawanda CSD 423, Edgewood CSD 354, Monroe LSD 249, Ross LSD 216, Madison CSD 124, Princeton CSD 83, New Miami LSD 22, Southwest LSD 9,167.48

5 Mason LSD 4, Northwest LSD 1, College Corner LSD 1, Preble Shawnee LSD Total School Districts: $6,187, Cities & Villages: Hamilton $123, Fairfield 109, Middletown 87, Monroe 87, Trenton 26, Oxford 21, New Miami 2, Seven Mile 1, Millville 1, College Corner Somerville Jacksonburg Total Cities & Villages: $462, Joint Vocational Schools: Butler Tech $263, Great Oak 5, Miami Valley Total JVS: $269, Libraries & Parks: MetroParks $67, MidPointe Public Library 52, Lane Public Library 47, Total Libraries & Parks: $167, GRAND TOTAL FEES RETURNED: $10,016,857.17

Reynolds Has Now Returned $4 Million to Local Governments

News Release September 10, 2013 Reynolds Has Now Returned $4 Million to Local Governments Conservative Leadership Leads to 6 Straight Years of Surpluses HAMILTON, Ohio For the sixth consecutive tax year,