Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

New PDF documents are available at www.PickeringtonTaxpayers.org. These documents include the following:

1. Revenues and Expenditures for Residential and Non-Residential Land Use Categories: A Cost of Community Services Study (City of Pickerington)

2. Time Series Report of Revenues and Expenditures (City of Pickerington) - 1991, 1996, & 2001

By PATA

The Big Lie

THIS EXCERP WAS CUT AND PASTED FROM THE PATA NEWSPLETTER OF JUNE 2001: ALL OF THESE DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB SITE FOR YOUR INSPECTION. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CITY?’S DEBT PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK INTO THE NEWSLETTERS AND THE PDF FILE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE CONTAINED ON THIS SITE. JOYCE AND HER GROUP WERE LYING TO US ALL. SHE HAS LEFT THE CITY IN DEEP DEBT AND SHE STILL HAS DEFENDERS ON COUNCIL OF THESE POLICIES.


TEXT OF THE ZONING SECTION of the pre-annexation agreement appears on the next page for your information.

Additional Experts provide comments related to municipal debt.

Figures from Mr. Conley, Senior Principal of Seasongood and Mayer, a bonding firm used in much of Fairfield County, in providing many local governments financial analysis, indicate the following data:

Pickerington?’s Cash Balances at year-end:
Year End Balance Percentage of Revenues


1997 $930,000 28%

1998 $750,000 22%

1999 $620,000 16%

In a Graphic representation this would appear as above: - NOTE - SEE THE ''OUR PAGES'' SECTION FOR THIS CITY FINANCILA STATUS GRAPH. It does not transpose into the Newletter section!


So the question bears asking ?– With our predominance of residential zoning and growth, are we following a predictable path of Costs for Community Services (COCS) outstripping our balance to finance this form of growth?

Mr. Conley states, ?“looking at the graph the financial conditions are on a down stroke and that if the 2000 year end cash balances are less than in 1999, it suggests the financial conditions of the city are weakening.?” Mr. Conley also stated that ?“Operating expenses are beating out revenues.?”


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Bob Harding Jeffrey Fix
Contact Person Newsletter Editor




From the same PATA PDF files that state in the conclusion of Dr. Prindle?’s report dated March 2003.



?“The City of Pickerington experienced a 51% growth in population during the period 1991-2001. During the same time period, per capita revenues increased about 60%. Per capita expenditures increased by 93% during the period.?”

If only we had the number from the school district and the fire department to show just how far we are all in debt. Please remember Dr. Prindle only looked at the city expenses not the school district and the fire department.


The city tax payers pay aproximately 32% or roughtly one third of the school district expenses and supply about one third of teh children.