Now that Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment which will put casinos in Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Toledo, officials in Brookfield are waiting to see what the local effect of Issue 3 will be.

Brookfield Local School District’s annual share of the taxes on casino profits is projected to be just under $150,000, which will be added to the annual budget of roughly $10 million.

But Brookfield Township officials say they haven’t been given a projection of how much money Brookfield will be getting from the portion of the tax revenue that is supposed to go to local governments.

“I doubt (we’ll get anything),” said township fiscal officer Sylvia Addicott.

The Ohio Department of Taxation has estimated that $328.2 million in tax revenue would go to counties, but a spokesperson for the department said they don’t yet have the figures for how much each county will get.

The amount of revenue could change if voters also approve video slot machines at the state’s racetracks.

This was something Gov. Ted Strickland had tried to implement on his own, but the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that such action could not be taken without voter approval. If voters decide they want slot machines at racetracks, tax rates on casinos would go down, and money to schools and local governments would be supplemented by slot machine revenue.

In the meantime, Brookfield schools Superintendent Tim Saxton said the district has not been given any indication of when and if casino money will be coming to the district.

The issue that passed statewide garnered about 49 percent of the vote in Brookfield and Trumbull County.

Some groups in Ohio have said they will take action to change the language of the amendment to make it easier for cities to regulate the casinos, and make it possible for other areas to get casinos.

Results of other contested races Tuesday

(All results in this story are based on unofficial tallies)

• Brookfield Township trustees — Incumbents Gary Lees and Phil Schmidt, with 1,821 votes and 1,551 votes, respectively, were re-elected. Newcomer Wade Foltz fell short with 1,290 votes.

• Sharon school board — Four incumbents were re-elected and a Libertarian challenger Sue Ann Mulvey was shut out by about 200 votes.

Democrats Melvin L. Bandzak, Pamela J. Corini, Sandra Hoover and John Outrakis will remain on the board for another term.