Perrysburg transit advocates to plan levy strategy

BLADE STAFF

Perrysburg transportation advocates are to meet at 7 p.m. Monday to develop campaign strategy for the public transit levy that is on the Nov. 6 ballot.

The public is invited to attend the session at Kingston Residence of Perrysburg, 333 E. Boundary St.

The group also created a Facebook page called perrysburg4transit2012.

The city placed a 1.45-mill, five-year levy on the ballot to fund an independent Perrysburg transit system. Voters approved leaving the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority in March.

The new tax is estimated to generate $824,476 in the first year, costing the owner of a $100,000 house about $44 annually.

The levy would be spent on hiring a private transit company as well as creating a rainy-day fund to protect the city's general fund.

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