MIAMI COUNTY — Miami County residents voted on and passed the bridge levy replacement and the DD levy renewal on the Nov. 4 ballot.
• Miami County Bridge Levy Replacement
For the tax levy: 11,197
Against the tax levy: 6,949
• Miami County DD Levy Renewal
For the tax levy: 11,490
Against the tax levy: 6,631
The proposed bridge 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.
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.
The Community Development Disabilities Program and Services will be for funding and providing for Community Developmental Disabilities Programs and Services. The Miami County Auditor said 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.
All election results are unofficial until they are certified by the Miami County Board of Elections after Election Day on Nov. 16.
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