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"We've got a lot of stuff going on right now," said Jack Hoeflinger, chair of Go Perrysburg, formerly Perrysburg 4 Transit. The committee, with more than 30 members, has begun meeting on a weekly basis and is mobilizing on a number of fronts to drum up support for the levy.
The five-year, 0.8-mill transit levy on next month's ballot would raise just under $460,000 per year, costing the owner of a $200,000 home about $4 each month.
The money would be used to resurrect public transportation in Perrysburg, creating a system offering call-a-ride, ADA paratransit, and a limited commuter service to residents.
If the levy passes, transit is expected to start up almost immediately; though tax monies would not come into city coffers until 2014, there is a plan to begin service and repay city monies spent on transit in the meantime with levy funds.