Tax will continue to generate revenue for police, fire expenses
CELINA - City voters on Tuesday defeated a ballot issue that would have repealed a 0.5-percent income tax for police and fire expenses and replaced it with a tax at the same rate for police, fire and street expenses. [More]
MARIA STEIN - School district residents on Tuesday voted nearly 65 percent in favor of a renewal levy with an increase to fund building improvements and maintenance. [More]
CELINA - Voter turnout Tuesday was low in the Grand Lake area and across the state.
Just 41.96 percent of the 29,428 registered voters in Mercer County cast ballots, and 43 percent of the 31,511 registered voters in Auglaize County, according to election officials.
Area voters on Tuesday approved levies for street lighting in Montezuma, operating expenses in Dublin Township, fire protection in Butler Township and two requests to sell liquor in Celina, according to unofficial results from the Mercer County Board of Elections.
Tax levies for the Coldwater Library District and the Rockford Carnegie Library were approved by voters on Election Day.
The levy for the Coldwater library - its first ever - passed with 1,591 votes for and 638 votes against. The five-year, one-half mill levy will collect $68,353 per year.
