A Message From Our Mayor, Auditor & Council
We believe the vast majority of people living in Heath share a number of things in common. We enjoy the services provided to us by those working for the city government, and we want and expect the City of Heath to be a “cut above” other communities – and IT IS. But in the last few years, cities throughout the state have been negatively impacted by fundi
ng cuts coming from Columbus. In short, the state government no longer wants to be as strong a partner with local governments in providing the services Ohio residents and businesses require every day. Therefore, we in Heath now are more directly responsible for the quality of our own city. Since 1988, the income tax rate in Heath has remained the same. Over those years, our city government has made cuts in personnel and operations to maintain the services we all want and need. But the costs of those services, and the costs of maintaining our city’s important infrastructure, continue to rise. On May 2, the voters of Heath are being asked to invest a little more into our community to keep it a “cut above”. For those working in Heath and earning $50,000 annually, the additional investment will be no more than $4.81 a week – only $2.40 a week if working in Newark, Columbus and many of its surrounding suburbs. And we can be sure, this investment IS FOR HEATH, and will bring about visible and positive results throughout our community for all of us.