BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio — Eleven tax levies will appear on Butler County ballots this election. Some of the tax proposals are renewals while some are new tax increase requests to fund building schools in two local districts, county agencies and services, and two local libraries.
The Butler County Auditor’s office has an online levy calculator. On the auditor's site, property owners can see what it would cost them if they vote in favor of the proposed levies. Simply type in your address and click the "Levy Calculator" button on the search results.
"It's always very important for taxpayers to know what they're funding," Butler County auditor Nancy Nix told WCPO. "And this time, especially because we had such an extreme inflation in the residential real estate market."
The only countywide tax on the ballot is a .5-mill additional 5-year operating levy for the Butler County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Services Board (MHARS). Residents will also vote on two library system levies and levies for two school districts, Monroe Local School District and Princeton City School District.
The other six levies are for local Butler County municipalities. They will fund things like EMS services and infrastructure.
Here is the full list, as described, on the auditor's website:
COUNTY-WIDE
- Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Services Board (MHARS): .5-mill additional operating levy; increases tax from $4.83 to $17.50 per $100,000 in property value. Will collect for 5 years.
LIBRARY (SEE DISTRICT MAPS)
- Lane Library: .75-mill renewal operating levy; no additional cost. The current tax is $15.33 per $100,000 in property value. Will collect for a continuous period of time.
- MidPointe Library: 1.25-mill additional operating levy; increases the tax from $14.63 to $43.75 per $100,000 in property value beginning the 2025 tax year (payable 2026). Will collect for a continuous period of time.
SCHOOL
- Monroe Local School District: 3.49-mill additional bond levy that costs $122.15 per $100,000 in property value. Scheduled to collect for 38 years. (A 3.49 mill bond levy is expiring that was also collecting $122.15 per $100,000 in property value.)
- Princeton City School District: 5.0-mill additional operating levy; cost is $175 per $100,000 in property value. Will collect for a continuous period.
CITY/TOWNSHIP/VILLAGE
- City of Oxford: 2.6-mill additional fire & EMS levy; cost is $91 per $100,000 in property value. Will collect for 10 years.
- Lemon Township: 3.8-mill replacement fire & EMS levy; increases tax from $78.93 to $133 per $100,000 in property value. Will collect for five years.
- Ross Township: 2.75-mill renewal fire & EMS levy. No additional cost. The current tax is $56.34 per $100,000 in property value. Will collect for five years.
- Village of College Corner: 7.0-mill renewal policy levy; no additional cost. The current tax is $151.21 per $100,000 in property value. Will collect for five years.
- Village of New Miami: 6.0-mill additional fire & EMS levy; cost is $210 per $100,000 in property value. Will collect for five years.
- Village of New Miami: 3.0-mill additional streets levy; cost is $105 per $100,000 in property value. Will collect for five years.
The estimated cost voters will receive through the calculator is based on 2024 property valuations.
"You will only see [only] see the information levies that are on your ballot," Nix said. "For instance, I live in Liberty Township — all I can see is the Midpointe Library and mental health (levies). But somebody who lives in New Miami, they're going to see the new Miami parts."
Click here to calculate how much these levies will cost you if they are approved.
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