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PAGE 4 - SOUTHWEST MESSENGER - <strong>March</strong> 24, <strong>2019</strong><br />
Adult sports registration<br />
Grove City Parks and Recreation is<br />
accepting applications for adult softball<br />
and spring cornhole during <strong>March</strong> from 8<br />
a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday at<br />
the Kingston Center, 3226 Kingston Ave.<br />
Adult sports participants register by team<br />
for leagues that play one night per week.<br />
For more information, call the Grove City<br />
Parks and Recreation Department at 614-<br />
TASK FORCE<br />
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capital improvement needs. Council and<br />
the city’s administration made it a priority<br />
to form this task force this year.<br />
“From goal setting to the budget<br />
process, we want to get ahead of financial<br />
discussions in the city,” said councilwoman<br />
and finance chair Christine Houk. “With<br />
this task force, we can accomplish our<br />
financial goals while staying on sound footing.”<br />
Houk said the citizen financial task<br />
force would be charged with a high-level<br />
service and analysis of revenue options,<br />
capital needs and expenditure review.<br />
“What is the community looking for in<br />
capital improvement projects?” asked<br />
Houk.<br />
The committee will consist of 15 members<br />
selected by council and the mayor with<br />
around the southwest<br />
277-3050 or visit GroveCityOhio.gov.<br />
Adult softball<br />
Men’s, women’s and co-rec, slow-pitch<br />
softball leagues are available for springsummer<br />
competitive and recreational levels.<br />
All leagues play a 10-game season at<br />
Fryer Park, 3899 Orders Road, with men’s<br />
leagues available Tuesday through Friday,<br />
co-rec leagues Fridays or Sundays, a<br />
women’s league Mondays and a men’s<br />
Houk serving as an ex officio member. In<br />
addition to reviewing the city’s operating<br />
expenditures, capital improvement budgets<br />
and suggesting cost saving strategies,<br />
the task force would assess the long-term<br />
revenue picture through methods such as<br />
adjusting user fees, increasing the income<br />
tax rate, reducing the income tax credit,<br />
and increasing property tax. Members<br />
would also prioritize short-term and longterm<br />
capital needs while identifying funding<br />
sources for the city.<br />
“This allows the city to have a global<br />
view to make sure we are set up for longterm<br />
projects,” said Grove City Mayor<br />
Richard “Ike” Stage.<br />
The financial review task force will have<br />
meetings that are open to the public. After<br />
six months of meetings and work, the task<br />
church league Thursdays. League fees are<br />
$360 per team and due in full by the managers’<br />
meeting April 11 at the Kingston<br />
Center. League play begins April 22.<br />
Returning teams receive priority for<br />
league placement. For returning teams, the<br />
full league payment is due at the time of<br />
application. New teams are added to<br />
leagues as space permits based on when<br />
the application is submitted.<br />
force members would submit its report to<br />
council and city staff.<br />
The city is now accepting resumés for<br />
the citizen financial review task force.<br />
Those interested should mail their resumé<br />
to Tami Kelly, clerk of council, 4035<br />
Broadway, Grove City, Ohio, 43123 or<br />
email tkelly@grovecityohio.gov.<br />
In other news, council voted in favor of a<br />
resolution to encourage state lawmakers to<br />
support the 18-cent gas tax hike proposed<br />
by Governor Mike DeWine.<br />
According to city documents, Grove City<br />
is estimated to receive $1.4 million in fiscal<br />
year 2020 from the state under the present<br />
Ohio Motor Fuel Tax of 28 cents per gallon.<br />
If DeWine’s proposed 18 cents per gallon<br />
increase becomes law, the city would<br />
receive approximately $2.3 million.<br />
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Adult cornhole<br />
The adult cornhole league plays a sixweek<br />
season at Plum Run Winery/Grove<br />
City Brewing Company, 3946 Broadway.<br />
Each team has two players and plays a<br />
minimum of two games each night. The<br />
league plays Thursday nights starting<br />
April 11; matches start at 6:15 p.m. The<br />
cost is $50 per team.<br />
“This would allow us to increase the revenue<br />
in our street repair program by<br />
approximately $1 million a year,” said<br />
councilman Roby Schottke. “We need to<br />
improve roads. We need good-quality<br />
roads.”<br />
The increase in the gas tax would also<br />
help the city balance the loss of the estate<br />
tax revenue and the reduction in state local<br />
government funding.<br />
According to Schottke, the city averages<br />
about $2.5 million for costs in street maintenance<br />
per year but needs approximately<br />
$3.6 million to maintain local roads.<br />
State representatives have suggested a<br />
gas tax increase of 10.7 cents per gallon<br />
instead of 18 cents.<br />
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