But Vincent, Clark County Commissioner David Hartley and other leaders said Monday they plan to launch a campaign to keep the New Carlisle office open.
“It’s a service for the community,” Vincent said. “Before it opened, (residents) used to have to drive to Springfield, where they would go to Kroger and other businesses, whereas now they don’t have to leave the city. They can take care of their business right there and keep their money in the community.”
Vincent said the decision comes a year after state officials considered closing the office, which recently had a ramp built to better serve people with disabilities.
“I thought everything was going to be fine, but it popped up again this year,” Vincent said.
Hartley said Monday at a meeting with the Tecumseh Local Board of Education and Bethel Twp. and New Carlisle leaders that commissioners plan to discuss adopting a resolution to keep the BMV open.
He asked leaders to consider doing the same.
“It’s not that far off, so we do have some time to stop this,” Hartley said. “I think we should try to fight this as hard as we can.”
The office serves residents from as far as Huber Heights. If it closes, residents would have to travel to the county’s two remaining BMV offices in Springfield — at 1221 Sunset Ave. and 1109 North Bechtle Ave.
The issue is expected to be discussed today at the 8:30 a.m. Clark County Commissioners meeting, Hartley said.
In other business, Tecumseh school board members announced that the district has created a Facebook page called Support Tecumseh for the 6.61-mill levy on the May 3 ballot. The page is meant to provide area residents with more information about the three-year levy, which will cost homeowners of a $100,000 home about $202.43.
Superintendent Jim Gay said the levy is critical to the district, which hasn’t passed an issue for new operating funds since May 1995.
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