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Despite low turnout in Tuesday’s primary election, voters in parts of Northeast Ohio made some key decisions about the future of their cities.
Medina voters approved a proposal to start work on moving the municipal court to the historic county courthouse on the town square.
Issue 1 was the latest move in an ongoing dispute between the city and a group of residents who feel proposals to move the city court have been ill-conceived. The city says the move is necessary to meet modern security standards, such as keeping court personnel separated from witnesses and people on trial.
The ballot issue passed by just 102 votes.
There were also a number of library levies on the ballot which overwhelmingly passed, including four in Lorain County: Oberlin, Avon Lake, Sheffield Lake, and Lorain Public Library. Library officials said before the vote that if the levies failed, hours would likely be reduced and branch closures could be a possibility.
In Summit County, voters approved the Hudson Library and the Akron-Summit County Library system levies, as did Dover voters in Tuscarawas County.
Many of those libraries receive more than half of their funding from local levies, with the remainder coming from state funding – which could take a big hit if Ohio’s two-year state budget is approved as-is.
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