Liberty Township Park Shelter Reservations Liberty Township will charge a nominal fee of $30 for Liberty Township residents and $60 for non-residents for Park Shelter Reservations after March 1, 2010.  Application COMMUNITY UPDATE Scam Alert! - letter Please read the attached letter from Ohio Attorney General to become aware of how to prevent charitable fraud.  License Plates & Drivers’ License When purchasing license plates, please mention you are a resident of Liberty Township.  The township receives $5 of the cost for plates for each vehicle you own.  These dollars are forwarded to us for use in repairing township roads.  If you simply mention Hamilton or Middletown as your place of residence, these funds go to repair their streets.   If you reside in Liberty Township and your zip code is either 45011 or 45044, please ask to have your city of residence changed on your driver's license at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.  The BMV has ruled that Liberty Township is acceptable and has notified all the Deputy Registrar offices in southwest Ohio. Ohio's Child Passenger Safety Law Has Changed - flyer  Effective October 7, 2009 (see flyer for distinctions) -Every child under 8 years old must ride in a booster seat or other appropriate child safety seat unless the child is 4'9" or taller. -Every child from 8 to 15 years olds who is not secured in a car seat must be secured in the vehicle's seat belt. Protect you children as they ride!  The back seat is the safest.  Children under 13 years old should ride in the back seat. Ohio's Child Passenger Safety Law is defined in Ohio Revised Code 4511.81. Applications Are Now Available For Seniors Needing Heating Bill Help For elderly people living on small, fixed incomes, high energy prices are a frightening prospect as we head towards cold weather.   Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio (COA) can help.   We receive federal funds from the Home Energy Assistance Program – HEAP for short – that are designed to help low-income Ohioans pay their home heating bills. Last year, COA and area senior centers provided information or assistance with HEAP applications to more than 750 older and disabled adults.   Here are details of the program: § Applications are available from Council on Aging and may be submitted anytime from now through April 30, 2009. § Assistance is available through COA for residents of Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton and Warren counties. § To receive an application, call the numbers below, depending on where you live: Butler County : Hamilton – (513) 867-1998 Middletown – (513) 217- 2481 Clermont County : (513) 732-2277 (select option 3) Clinton County : (937) 382-1234 Hamilton County : (513) 345-8643 Warren County : (513) 695-2283 § Assistance is available only to adults with low incomes.   For example, individuals may qualify with annual incomes of up to $18,200, or couples with annual incomes of up to $24,500. § In-home help with completing an application is available for those who are homebound and disabled. § For more information, call 1-800-282-0880.   TDD line for hearing impaired clients, call 1-800-686-1557. Please review the attached information on Carbon Monoxide Gas Poisoning.  Looking for available property in LibertyTownship?  The Economic Development portion of our web site is being updated to include information on available buildings and land for commercial development in LibertyTownship. If you are looking for available property for development, check it out – it’s a great starting point. If you have commercial land or an existing building that you want the township to help market, contact cmckinney@liberty-township.com to get more information. The Butler County Sheriff's Office wants to remind you not to leave valuables in your car.  There have been some laptops and other items stolen out of vehicles in Liberty Township.  Please keep your valuables with you or keep them out of sight (for example in your locked trunk).  Remember to lock your vehicles.  Please pull your vehicles in your garage or close to your house. For road closings and other traffic information, please visit our Traffic Advisory page.      Air quality complaints?   Call (513) 946-7777or click onthe website of Hamilton County's Department of Environmental Services, contracted by Butler County to provide services to its residents related to air quality. Concerned about the levels of mold and pollen in the air? Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services' mold and pollen hotline is updated every two hours.  Call (513) 946-7753.