ELIDA, OH (WLIO) - The Village of Elida is looking for what's next, this after the proposed levy to fund its police department went down to defeat on the ballot on November 7th.
On top of boosting its law enforcement, police officials say additional funds freed up by the levy could have gone towards improving the roads.
"I'm disappointed that the public did not pass the police levy; that's stuff that the council is going to have to discuss," said Elida Council president Darryl Nichols. "That money is to be able to continue to operate, and we will continue to operate with what we have but it will be limited funds - no change in what we are doing police wise, but we'll have to discuss what we want to try to do from this day forward."
In terms of what's next, Nichols believes they'll try to revisit the levy in the spring or engage in some type of conversation around a tax that could help fund the police moving forward.
