The City of Ravenna is offering residents a chance to view the conditions in its safety buildings, including black mold, damaged ceiling tiles and cramped conditions.
Open tours of the three buildings will be offered 10 a.m. to noon April 18. Tour participants will meet in the police station lobby off Park Way. Tours will start in the police station, proceed to the fire station and end in the city hall building.
Tour groups are limited to no more than 10 participants because of narrow hallways. Participants should be aware that they may need to climb some steps.
Voters in Ravenna will face a 0.25% income tax in the May 5 primary election. It would fund a new police station, fire station and city hall. The new facilities would replace police and fire stations at South Park Way and Spruce Avenue, and the city hall next door.
The building is estimated to cost $25 million, which is what the 30-year income tax would collect.
According to a City Income Tax Calculator, the average Ravenna household earns $59,971 annually, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The levy would cost $149.93 more annually in taxes per household, or $2.88 per week. The tax would not apply to retirement income, but would apply to wages, overtime, bonuses, commissions, self-employment income and net business profits.
This article originally appeared on Record-Courier: Ravenna residents can view damage in police, fire departments
Reporting by Diane Smith, Ravenna Record-Courier / Record-Courier
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