13,600 ballots cast; Opportunity for Northeast Ohioans to vote for EfficientGovNow finalists ends July 31
The EfficientGovNow leader board continues to change as tomorrow’s midnight voting deadline looms.
The Westshore Regional Fire District Project has moved into to the first place ranking by a slim margin, followed by two strongly supported Mahoning Valley projects.
More than 13,600 Northeast Ohioans have cast ballots so far. And, as of the last count, only a few hundred votes separate the majority of finalists. That means the rankings are changing on an hourly, rather than daily, basis.
The current standings of the nine EfficientGovNow finalists are:
- Westshore Regional Fire District Project (Cuyahoga and Lorain counties)
- Mahoning River Corridor Web site: “Rollin’ on the River”
- Mahoning / Youngstown Regional Information System (MYRIS)
- “Sustain a Greener Ohio” A collaboration to map the Storm Water Conveyance System in Stark County
- Rittman and Orrville Schools Administrative Compact
- Master Plan for the Western Reserve Joint Economic Development Zone of the Cities of Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson and Stow
- Creating Efficiencies and Cost-Savings through Consolidation of Public Health Services in Summit County
- City/Township/School District Fleet Management Collaboration Project (New Russia, Oberlin)
- Combined Dispatch to Use New Technology to Save Lives and Money (Ashland County)
The opportunity to cast an EfficientGovNow ballot ends at 11:59 p.m. on July 31.
Before the deadline, Northeast Ohioans looking to participate must:
- Vote at www.efficientgovnow.org/vote
- Postmark print ballots by July 31
- Call 877-771-5206
The top three vote-getters, which will be announced in early August, will share as much as $300,000 total in grant money from the Fund for Our Economic Future, which organized the program to promote government efficiency and collaboration. Details on the nine competing projects can be viewed at www.efficientgovnow.org.