CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Chillicothe City Council will consider a resolution Monday night cutting the city’s General Fund property tax millage rate by 12% for tax year 2026, one of 10 items on the agenda for the council’s first meeting at its new location, the Armory in Yoctangee Park.
The property tax measure, up for a second reading, would apply to taxes payable in 2027 and carries an emergency clause, meaning it would take effect immediately if adopted.
Also on Monday’s agenda: an ordinance that would transfer the former Water Shop property to Greater Chillicothe and Ross County Development, the city’s designated Community Improvement Corporation, for economic development purposes. Council will also take up an ordinance authorizing a lease extension with SBA Towers LLC for the cell tower at 48 Fruit Hill Drive, and an ordinance setting hourly pay and work hours for the Clerk of Council beginning Jan. 1, 2027.
Other first-reading items include an ordinance accepting $190,075.78 in insurance reimbursement to buy a new refuse truck, an ordinance appropriating $24,593 for the final installment on the fire department’s self-contained breathing apparatus repayment, an ordinance amending the city’s indigent burial rules to require annual bidding, and an ordinance re-establishing three one-hour parallel parking spaces on Old Eastern Avenue near Clay Street.
Monday’s meeting marks the council’s first regular session held at the Armory’s second-floor ballroom, as the city weighs a permanent new home for council chambers. The meeting begins at 7 p.m.
The information contained in this story was obtained from the City of Chillicothe.
