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Source: Dayton Daily News, OhioNov.迷你倉 08--RIVERSIDE -- Riverside city leaders are uncertain whether they will place another income tax levy on the ballot in 2014, following Tuesday's election defeat. But they say, the need for additional revenue to fix the roads and infrastructure remains.Voters defeated the 1/2 percent income tax increase from 1.5 percent to 2 percent by a74 percent to 26 percent margin.If it had passed, it would have generated about $1.4 million annually in new revenue.The money would have been "for purposes of general municipal operations, maintenance, new equipment, extension and enlargement of municipal services and facilities and capital improvements.""Financial times are tight for a lot of people, especially in our community," City Manager Bryan Chodkowski said. "In the short term, we'll continue to be OK. But long term, additional revenues are going to be needed."Councilman Mike Denning said the income tax measure would have had a better chance of passing if the ballot language specified that the money generated would be spent on improving roads.Denning said he's in favor of bringing the measure back next year, only under that condition."We need to do something to improve our roads, and we have capital improvement needs we need to take care of," he said.Mayor Bill Flaute said he was not surprised by Tuesday's levy outcome because residents are "angry" that council reduced the income tax credit legislatively.Last December, council approved reducing the income tax credit from 1.5 percent to 0.75 percent. Council agreed to earmark the money for capital expenses, and about $700,000 is expected to be generated this year from the rmini storageduction in the income tax credit.Leading up to Tuesday's vote, Flaute had been vocal about setting the income tax credit back."Until we address that issue, we're not going to get anything passed," he said. "That's been my prediction since the beginning."Riverside resident Jennifer Doerner said she voted against the income tax increase because council chose to reduce the income tax credit. Doerner works in Kettering, which has a 2.25 percent income tax rate."I wasn't even given the option of voting for this reduction in credit," Doerner said. "They made the decision for me and essentially took money right from my purse. "If the income tax levy had passed, the city would have appropriated no less than $6.5 million for capital infrastructure improvements and equipment from Jan. 1, 2014, through Dec. 31, 2019.Chodkowski previously said the "bulk" of that money would go toward fixing residential streets. There are 144 lane miles of residential streets in the city, and the approximate cost to make improvements to them is $11.23 million, according to a city report from October 2011.Residents should expect a five-year, 4.95-mill police renewal or replacement levy on the ballot in 2014, city officials said. The levy generates about $1.12 million a year for operations and expires at the end of 2014.-- Unmatched coverage: We are committed to covering community and city government in Riverside.More coverage: For complete local government coverage in the region, visit MyDaytonDailyNews.com.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) Visit the Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) at .daytondailynews.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存