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At least one Joint Economic Development Zone (JEDZ) proposal is proceeding to a vote despite the recent legislation to phase out authority for new JEDZs (see our June 9, 2014 blog post about this for more). Voters in Colerain Township will vote in November on a proposed JEDZ with Harrison after the Colerain Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously to allow the measure on the ballot, according to a Cincinnati.com article. If approved by voters, the JEDZ would create “a 1 percent payroll tax for nonresident workers,” to be spent only for infrastructure, according to the article. Township Board President Melinda Rinehart “said the unrelenting cuts to township funding from the state have left the township with few options,” and she said, “[t]his was one of our only alternatives to property tax, and they are taking it away. We need to take advantage of the opportunity while we still have it.”