CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Ross County commissioners voted July 27 to send a renewal levy for the Ross County Senior Center back to voters, asking residents to continue a 0.5-mill property tax for five more years to help pay for senior services.
The board voted 2-0, with Commissioner David Glass absent, to place the measure on the Nov. 3 general election ballot, according to meeting minutes from the commissioners’ regular session. If approved, the levy would first appear on the tax list for 2027 and be collected starting in 2028, funding senior citizens’ services or facilities under state law. Commissioners also adopted a companion resolution directing the county auditor to certify the property valuation needed to place the measure on the ballot.
The levy is a renewal of a 0.5-mill measure voters approved in November 2022. The vote follows an appearance before commissioners the previous week by Senior Center Board President David Byers, Assistant Director Janet Elliott and officials from several townships and Chillicothe, when no final decision had been made on how to structure a fall levy request, according to the Guardian’s earlier coverage.
In separate action at the same meeting, commissioners approved a $137,003.20 contract with A&A Safety Inc. to apply spray thermoplastic pavement markings on various county roads, with the work required to be finished by Sept. 30, according to the minutes.
In routine business, the board also approved bills totaling $1,981,876.15 for the county, according to the minutes.
The information contained in this story was obtained from the Ross County Board of Commissioners.
