TROY — The Miami County Commissioners approved a declaration for the intention to add a tax levy for bridges as well as a levy for the Community Development Disabilities Programs and Services for the Nov. 4 ballot during their Thursday, July 17, meeting.
The Commissioners approved a declaration for the intention to levy a tax over the ten mill limitation for the construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, and repair of bridges at the request of the Miami County Engineer. The Commissioners, by Ohio Revised Code (O.R.C.) Section 5705.03 (B) requested and secured from the Miami County Auditor the certification of the total tax valuation of Miami County, which is $3,327,857,670, and the estimated property tax revenue that will be produced by 0.40 mills, assuming the tax valuation of the subdivision remains the same throughout the life of the levy. It is calculated to be $1,331,143.
The proposed levy is a replacement levy with a decrease of .05 mills for each $1.00 valuation and a decrease of five cents for each $100,000 of valuation from an existing levy for the same purpose. It will be levied for a continuing period beginning with tax year 2026, to be due and collected in calendar year 2027 and continuing for all tax years after that until it is either terminated or reduced following law.
The bridge levy will be presented to the voters of Miami County during the general election on Nov. 4, 2025.
Britt Havenar, Miami County Chief Deputy Engineer, said that making the bridge levy permanent will save the county $17,000 per year, compared to placing the levy on the ballot each time. Havenar added that the levy was first passed in 1951, and he noted there are 340 bridges in Miami County in addition to federal bridges. He told the commissioners, “They’re all getting expensive (to maintain), unfortunately.”
The commissioners also declared the intention to levy a tax over the ten mill limitation for the Community Development Disabilities Programs and Services as requested by the Miami County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
The purpose of the levy will be for funding and providing for Community Developmental Disabilities Programs and Services. The commissioners took the action under O.R.C. Section 5705.03(B) and requested and secured with the Miami County Auditor the certification for the total tax valuation of Miami County, which is $3,327,857,670 and the estimated property tax revenue that will be produced by a 2.50 mill levy, assuming the tax valuation of the subdivision remains constant throughout the life of the levy, which is calculated to be $6,163,102.
The proposed levy is a renewal levy, which will renew an existing levy for the same purposes, with the existing levy at a rate not exceeding 2.50 mills for each $1.00 of valuation, which amounts to $60.00 for each $100,000 of valuation. The levy will be levied for 10 years and will include a levy on the tax list and duplicate for the 2026 tax year and remain on the tax lists and duplicates for the years 2027 through 2035 and will be due and collected in 2027 and after that in calendar years 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035 and 2036.
This levy will also appear on the ballot for the Nov. 4 general election.
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