BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio — Butler County commissioners say since the state seems unable to pass meaningful property tax relief, they must.

The majority of the board is poised to pass some form of tax breaks.

Commissioners Cindy Carpenter and Don Dixon last week said they are in favor of providing some form of property tax relief to taxpayers, the question is how much.

“It’s obvious the state’s not going to do anything,” Dixon said and later added. “We’ve been doing kind of a balancing act trying to wait to see what the state would do, they promised and promised and promised, now they set up this new committee and they have done nothing, so we have to do it ourselves.”

Commissioner T.C. Rogers was non-committal, saying he’s “thinking about it” and told the Journal-News “it sets a precedent

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