PROPOSED CHANGES TO FEES FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Notice is hereby given that the Uniform Schedule of Fees for the Mercer County Health District is proposed to be modified by the Board of Health. A series of hearings are to be held at regularly scheduled meetings from December 2023 - February 2024. The Mercer County Health District establishes an annual cost methodology review process in order to determine a fair and equitable approach toward modifying fees for various program services.

The Mercer County Health District has determined that various program service fees will need to be increased or modified in the following programs: Environmental Health/Household Sewage Treatment Systems, Private Water Systems, Public Swimming Pools-Spas-Special Use Pools.

Any previous fees in conflict with the foregoing are hereby repealed. The modifications of the Uniform Schedule of Fees is pursuant to Sections 705.15, 3709.09, and 3709.21 of the Ohio Revised Code.

The proposed 2024 Uniform Schedule of Fees is a local fee schedule which is not affected by state fees. If any of the individual fees within the uniform schedule of fees are declared invalid for any reason, none of the provisions herein shall be affected. The third and final reading, prior to adoption shall be February 14, 2024, by the Mercer County Board of Health.

A complete copy of the resolution and 2024 proposed Schedule of Fees before the Mercer County Board of Health is available for review at the Health Department at:  220 W. Livingston St., B152, Celina, Ohio  45822.

An Equal Opportunity Employer and Equal Provider of Services.

Jason Menchhofer,

Health Commissioner  

288-C

PUBLIC NOTICE

UNCLAIMED MONEY

The Celina City Auditor's office has compiled a listing of businesses and individuals with Unclaimed Monies held with the City. This list is available for public viewing at the following locations:

• Celina Auditor's Office

• Celina Municipal Utilities

• City Hall first floor bulletin board

• www.celinaohio.org

Questions may be directed to the Celina Auditor's office at 419-586-6451 or celinaauditor@celinaohio.org

286-C

PROCLAMATION

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

R.C. 3501.03

The Mercer County Board of Elections issues this Proclamation and

Notice of Election.

A GENERAL ELECTION WILL BE

HELD ON TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH

DAY OF NOVEMBER 2023

(Being the first Tuesday after

the first Monday)

At the usual place of holding elections in MERCER COUNTY, OHIO, at such places as the Board may designate, for the purpose of deciding the following offices: Partisan City Offices of Mayor, Auditor, Director of Law and Members of Council-at Large, Judge of the Municipal Court, Village Offices of Mayor, Members of Council and Members of Board of Trustees of Public Affairs, Township Trustees, Township Fiscal Officer, Members of Governing Board of Educational Service Center, Member of Board of Education and the following questions and issues: 

Issue 1

A Self-Executing Amendment

Relating to Abortion and

Other Reproductive Decisions

Proposed Constitutional Amendment

Proposed by Initiative Petition

To enact Section 22 of Article I of the Constitution of the State of Ohio

A majority yes vote is necessary

for the amendment to pass.

The proposed amendment would:

•Establish in the constitution of the state of Ohio an individual right to one's own reproductive medical treatment, including but not limited to abortion;

•Create legal protections for any person or entity that assists a person with receiving reproductive medical treatment, including but not limited to abortion;

•Prohibit the State from directly or indirectly burdening, penalizing, or prohibiting abortion before an unborn child is determined to be viable, unless the State demonstrates that it is using the least restrictive means;

•Grant a pregnant woman's treating physician the authority to determine, on a case-by-case basis, whether an unborn child is viable;

•Only allow the State to prohibit an abortion after an unborn child is determined by a pregnant woman's treating physician to be viable and only if the physician does not consider the abortion necessary to protect the pregnant woman's life or health; and

•Always allow an unborn child to be aborted at any stage of pregnancy, regardless of viability if, in the treating physician's determination, the abortion is necessary to protect the pregnant woman's life or health.

If passed, the amendment will be become effective 30 days after the election.

ISSUE 2

To Commercialize, Regulate, Legalize, and Tax the Adult Use of Cannabis

Proposed Law

Proposed by Initiative Petition

To enact Chapter 3780 of the

Ohio Revised Code

A majority yes vote is necessary

for the law to pass.

To enact Chapter 3780 of the Ohio Revised Code, which would:

•Define adult use cannabis to mean marijuana as defined in Section 3719.01 of the Revised Code and establish the Division of Cannabis Control (the "Division") within the Department of Commerce;

•Authorize the Division to regulate, investigate, and penalize adult use cannabis operators, adult use testing laboratories, and individuals required to be licensed;

•Legalize and regulate the cultivation, processing, sale, purchase, possession, home grow, and use of cannabis by adults at least twenty-one years of age;

•Create additional protections for individuals who engage in permitted adult use cannabis conduct;

•Establish the cannabis social equity and jobs program and require the Department of Development to certify program applicants based on social and economic disadvantage;

•Define "social disadvantage" to include membership in a racial or ethnic minority group, disability status, gender, or long-term residence in an area of high unemployment;

•Shield certain confidential information from disclosure to the public, including but not limited to any information reported to or collected by the Division that identifies or would tend to identify any adult use cannabis consumer and prohibit the Department of Development from releasing certain application information as public records;

•Require the Division to provide preferential treatment to applicants who have qualified for the cannabis social equity and jobs program based on social disadvantage when issuing level III adult use cannabis cultivator licenses and dispensary licenses;

•Prohibit certain local government entities from limiting specific research, levying a tax, or charge on adult use operations, their owner, or their property not generally charged on other business, and prohibit certain local government entities from prohibiting or limiting adult use cannabis home grow or prohibiting or restricting an activity authorized by the proposed law;

•Authorize a landlord or an employer to prohibit the adult use of cannabis in certain circumstances, and prohibit the operation of a motor vehicle while using or under the influence of adult use cannabis and from using any other combustible adult use cannabis while a passenger in a motor vehicle;

•Limit criminal liability for certain financial institutions that provide financial services to any lawful adult use cannabis operator or testing laboratory licensed under the proposed law;

•Require the Division to enter into an agreement with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to create a program for cannabis addiction services;

•Provide for the creation of five funds in the state treasury: the adult use tax fund; the cannabis social equity and jobs fund; the host community cannabis fund; the substance abuse and addiction fund; and the division of cannabis control and tax commissioner fund; and

•Provide for taxation of 10 percent on the sale of adult use cannabis by dispensaries in addition to usual sales taxes and require that all monies collected from the IO percent tax levied to be deposited into the adult use tax fund and quarterly distributed as follows: 36 percent to the cannabis social equity and jobs fund; 36 percent to the host community cannabis facilities fund; 25 percent to the substance abuse and addiction fund; and three percent to the division of cannabis control and tax commission fund.

If passed, the amendment will be become effective 30 days after the election.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal) 

Blackcreek Township

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of 1.25 mills and an increase of.35 mill for each $1of taxable value to constitute a tax for the benefit of the Blackcreek Township for the purpose of providing fire protection that the county auditor estimates will collect $39,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 1.6 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $56 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2023, first due in calendar year 2024.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal) 

Franklin Township

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Franklin Township for the purpose of providing fire protection that the county auditor estimates will collect $84,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 1.1 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $33 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2023, first due in calendar year 2024.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)

Jefferson Township

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Jefferson Township for the purpose of providing fire protection and ambulance service that the county auditor estimates will collect $146,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 1.8 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $49 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2023, first due in calendar year 2024.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)

Southwest Mercer Fire District

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Southwest Mercer Fire District for the purpose of providing fire protection that the county auditor estimates will collect $237,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 1.9 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $50 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2023, first due in calendar year 2024.

Local Liquor Option for Sale of

Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday

(By Petition)

Washington Township

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

Shall the sale of intoxicating liquor, of the same types as may be legally sold in this precinct on other days of the week, be permitted in Washington Township for consumption on the premises where sold, on Sunday, at licensed premises where the sale of food and other goods and services exceeds fifty percent of the total gross receipts of the permit holder at the premises?

Proposed Tax Levy

Celina City School District

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

Shall an annual income tax of one percent on the earned income of individuals residing in the school district be imposed by the Celina City School District to renew an income tax expiring at the end of 2023, for five years, beginning January 01, 2024, for the purpose of current expenses?

Proposed Income Tax and Bond Issue

Marion Local School District

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

Shall the Marion Local School District be authorized to do both of the following:

1. Impose an annual income tax of 0.5 percent on the earned income of individuals residing in the school district, for 30 years, beginning January 01, 2024 in order to raise $570,000 annually for current expenses, including without limitation, making lease-purchase payments in connection with the construction and acquisition of school facilities and equipment?

2. Issue bonds for the purpose of new construction, improvements, renovations and additions to school facilities, together with equipment, furnishings, technology, site improvements and all necessary appurtenances thereto, in the principal amount of $12,315,000, to be repaid annually over a maximum period of 30 years, and levy a property tax outside the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to average over the bond repayment period 5.3 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $186 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, to pay the annual debt charges on the bonds, and to pay debt charges on any notes issued in anticipation of those bonds?

Proposed Tax Levy (Replacement)

Minster Local School District

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

 A replacement of a tax for the benefit of Minster Local School District for the purpose of recreation that the county auditor estimates will collect $37,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 0.2 mill for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $7 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2023, first due in calendar year 2024. 

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal) 

Parkway Local School District

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Parkway Local School District for the purpose of improvements, renovations, and additions to school facilities, and acquiring land and equipment, that the county auditor estimates will collect $236,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 1.5 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $53 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)

Coldwater Public Library

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Coldwater Public Library for the purpose of current expenses that the county auditor estimates will collect $78,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 0.5 mill for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $14 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)

Mercer County Council on Aging

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of Mercer County for the purpose of providing services for the elderly citizens of Mercer County, by the Mercer County Council on Aging, that the county auditor estimates will collect $710,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 0.7 mill for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $20 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)

Mercer County

Developmental Disabilities

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of Mercer County, for the purpose of the operation of developmental disabilities programs and services and for the acquisition, construction, renovation, financing, maintenance, and operation of developmental disabilities facilities, by the Mercer County Board of Developmental Disabilities (a.k.a. Cheryl Ann Programs,) that the county auditor estimates will collect $1,378,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 1.94 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $36 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)

Mercer County District Library

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Mercer County District Library for the purpose of current expenses that the county auditor estimates will collect $317,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 0.5 mill for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $14 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025.

Proposed (Resolution)

Electric Aggregation

Unincorporated Areas Mercer County

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

Shall Mercer County have the authority to aggregate the retail electric loads located in the unincorporated areas of Mercer County, and for that purpose, enter into service agreements to facilitate for those loads the sale and purchase of electricity, such aggregation to occur automatically except where any person elects to opt out?

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)

Village of Fort Recovery

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Village of Fort Recovery for the purpose of storm water control expenses for the village that the county auditor estimates will collect $73,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 2.5 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $69 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)

Village of Mendon

A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Village of Mendon for the purpose of current operating expenses that the county auditor estimates will collect $15,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 2.5 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $74 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2023, first due in calendar year 2024.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)

Village of Rockford

A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of Rockford Village for the purpose of current expenses that the county auditor estimates will collect $39,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 2.8 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $76 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025.

Proposed Municipal Income Tax

Village of St. Henry

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

Shall the Ordinance providing for a 0.5 percent levy increase on income for providing funds for public safety, capital improvements, operating expenses, municipal services, acquisitions, maintenance, repair and replacement of municipal property and all other municipal operations and obligations permitted by law be passed

The Mercer County Board of Elections will be open for Early Voting on the following dates and times: 

Wednesday, October 11 through Friday, October 27: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Monday, October 30: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday, October 31: 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, November 1 through Friday, November 3: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, November 4: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, November 5: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The Polls for the Election will be open at 6:30 a.m. and remain open until 7:30 p.m.

The 134th Ohio General Assembly passed House Bill 458. Note that beginning with the May 2, 2023, Primary/Special Election, voters must bring photo identification to the polls in order to verify identity. 

Photo identification includes the following documents that includes the individual's name and photograph and is not expired: an Ohio driver's license, state ID card, or interim ID form issued by the Ohio BMV; a US passport or passport card; or a US military ID card, Ohio National Guard ID card, or US Department of Veterans Affairs ID card. Voters who do not provide photo identification will still be able to vote by casting a provisional ballot.

By order of the Board of Elections

Mercer County, Ohio 

Del Kramer, Chairman 

Deb Sneddon, Director

254-260-C

PROCLAMATION

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

R.C. 3501.03

The Mercer County Board of Elections issues this Proclamation and

Notice of Election.

A GENERAL ELECTION WILL BE

HELD ON TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH

DAY OF NOVEMBER 2023

(Being the first Tuesday after

the first Monday)

At the usual place of holding elections in MERCER COUNTY, OHIO, at such places as the Board may designate, for the purpose of deciding the following offices: Partisan City Offices of Mayor, Auditor, Director of Law and Members of Council-at Large, Judge of the Municipal Court, Village Offices of Mayor, Members of Council and Members of Board of Trustees of Public Affairs, Township Trustees, Township Fiscal Officer, Members of Governing Board of Educational Service Center, Member of Board of Education and the following questions and issues: 

Issue 1

A Self-Executing Amendment

Relating to Abortion and

Other Reproductive Decisions

Proposed Constitutional Amendment

Proposed by Initiative Petition

To enact Section 22 of Article I of the Constitution of the State of Ohio

A majority yes vote is necessary

for the amendment to pass.

The proposed amendment would:

•Establish in the constitution of the state of Ohio an individual right to one's own reproductive medical treatment, including but not limited to abortion;

•Create legal protections for any person or entity that assists a person with receiving reproductive medical treatment, including but not limited to abortion;

•Prohibit the State from directly or indirectly burdening, penalizing, or prohibiting abortion before an unborn child is determined to be viable, unless the State demonstrates that it is using the least restrictive means;

•Grant a pregnant woman's treating physician the authority to determine, on a case-by-case basis, whether an unborn child is viable;

•Only allow the State to prohibit an abortion after an unborn child is determined by a pregnant woman's treating physician to be viable and only if the physician does not consider the abortion necessary to protect the pregnant woman's life or health; and

•Always allow an unborn child to be aborted at any stage of pregnancy, regardless of viability if, in the treating physician's determination, the abortion is necessary to protect the pregnant woman's life or health.

If passed, the amendment will be become effective 30 days after the election.

ISSUE 2

To Commercialize, Regulate, Legalize, and Tax the Adult Use of Cannabis

Proposed Law

Proposed by Initiative Petition

To enact Chapter 3780 of the

Ohio Revised Code

A majority yes vote is necessary

for the law to pass.

To enact Chapter 3780 of the Ohio Revised Code, which would:

•Define adult use cannabis to mean marijuana as defined in Section 3719.01 of the Revised Code and establish the Division of Cannabis Control (the "Division") within the Department of Commerce;

•Authorize the Division to regulate, investigate, and penalize adult use cannabis operators, adult use testing laboratories, and individuals required to be licensed;

•Legalize and regulate the cultivation, processing, sale, purchase, possession, home grow, and use of cannabis by adults at least twenty-one years of age;

•Create additional protections for individuals who engage in permitted adult use cannabis conduct;

•Establish the cannabis social equity and jobs program and require the Department of Development to certify program applicants based on social and economic disadvantage;

•Define "social disadvantage" to include membership in a racial or ethnic minority group, disability status, gender, or long-term residence in an area of high unemployment;

•Shield certain confidential information from disclosure to the public, including but not limited to any information reported to or collected by the Division that identifies or would tend to identify any adult use cannabis consumer and prohibit the Department of Development from releasing certain application information as public records;

•Require the Division to provide preferential treatment to applicants who have qualified for the cannabis social equity and jobs program based on social disadvantage when issuing level III adult use cannabis cultivator licenses and dispensary licenses;

•Prohibit certain local government entities from limiting specific research, levying a tax, or charge on adult use operations, their owner, or their property not generally charged on other business, and prohibit certain local government entities from prohibiting or limiting adult use cannabis home grow or prohibiting or restricting an activity authorized by the proposed law;

•Authorize a landlord or an employer to prohibit the adult use of cannabis in certain circumstances, and prohibit the operation of a motor vehicle while using or under the influence of adult use cannabis and from using any other combustible adult use cannabis while a passenger in a motor vehicle;

•Limit criminal liability for certain financial institutions that provide financial services to any lawful adult use cannabis operator or testing laboratory licensed under the proposed law;

•Require the Division to enter into an agreement with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to create a program for cannabis addiction services;

•Provide for the creation of five funds in the state treasury: the adult use tax fund; the cannabis social equity and jobs fund; the host community cannabis fund; the substance abuse and addiction fund; and the division of cannabis control and tax commissioner fund; and

•Provide for taxation of 10 percent on the sale of adult use cannabis by dispensaries in addition to usual sales taxes and require that all monies collected from the IO percent tax levied to be deposited into the adult use tax fund and quarterly distributed as follows: 36 percent to the cannabis social equity and jobs fund; 36 percent to the host community cannabis facilities fund; 25 percent to the substance abuse and addiction fund; and three percent to the division of cannabis control and tax commission fund.

If passed, the amendment will be become effective 30 days after the election.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal) 

Blackcreek Township

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of 1.25 mills and an increase of.35 mill for each $1of taxable value to constitute a tax for the benefit of the Blackcreek Township for the purpose of providing fire protection that the county auditor estimates will collect $39,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 1.6 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $56 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2023, first due in calendar year 2024.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal) 

Franklin Township

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Franklin Township for the purpose of providing fire protection that the county auditor estimates will collect $84,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 1.1 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $33 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2023, first due in calendar year 2024.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)

Jefferson Township

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Jefferson Township for the purpose of providing fire protection and ambulance service that the county auditor estimates will collect $146,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 1.8 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $49 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2023, first due in calendar year 2024.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)

Southwest Mercer Fire District

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Southwest Mercer Fire District for the purpose of providing fire protection that the county auditor estimates will collect $237,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 1.9 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $50 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2023, first due in calendar year 2024.

Local Liquor Option for Sale of

Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday

(By Petition)

Washington Township

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

Shall the sale of intoxicating liquor, of the same types as may be legally sold in this precinct on other days of the week, be permitted in Washington Township for consumption on the premises where sold, on Sunday, at licensed premises where the sale of food and other goods and services exceeds fifty percent of the total gross receipts of the permit holder at the premises?

Proposed Tax Levy

Celina City School District

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

Shall an annual income tax of one percent on the earned income of individuals residing in the school district be imposed by the Celina City School District to renew an income tax expiring at the end of 2023, for five years, beginning January 01, 2024, for the purpose of current expenses?

Proposed Income Tax and Bond Issue

Marion Local School District

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

Shall the Marion Local School District be authorized to do both of the following:

1. Impose an annual income tax of 0.5 percent on the earned income of individuals residing in the school district, for 30 years, beginning January 01, 2024 in order to raise $570,000 annually for current expenses, including without limitation, making lease-purchase payments in connection with the construction and acquisition of school facilities and equipment?

2. Issue bonds for the purpose of new construction, improvements, renovations and additions to school facilities, together with equipment, furnishings, technology, site improvements and all necessary appurtenances thereto, in the principal amount of $12,315,000, to be repaid annually over a maximum period of 30 years, and levy a property tax outside the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to average over the bond repayment period 5.3 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $186 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, to pay the annual debt charges on the bonds, and to pay debt charges on any notes issued in anticipation of those bonds?

Proposed Tax Levy (Replacement)

Minster Local School District

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

 A replacement of a tax for the benefit of Minster Local School District for the purpose of recreation that the county auditor estimates will collect $37,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 0.2 mill for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $7 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2023, first due in calendar year 2024. 

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal) 

Parkway Local School District

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Parkway Local School District for the purpose of improvements, renovations, and additions to school facilities, and acquiring land and equipment, that the county auditor estimates will collect $236,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 1.5 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $53 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)

Coldwater Public Library

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Coldwater Public Library for the purpose of current expenses that the county auditor estimates will collect $78,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 0.5 mill for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $14 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)

Mercer County Council on Aging

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of Mercer County for the purpose of providing services for the elderly citizens of Mercer County, by the Mercer County Council on Aging, that the county auditor estimates will collect $710,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 0.7 mill for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $20 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)

Mercer County

Developmental Disabilities

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of Mercer County, for the purpose of the operation of developmental disabilities programs and services and for the acquisition, construction, renovation, financing, maintenance, and operation of developmental disabilities facilities, by the Mercer County Board of Developmental Disabilities (a.k.a. Cheryl Ann Programs,) that the county auditor estimates will collect $1,378,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 1.94 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $36 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)

Mercer County District Library

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Mercer County District Library for the purpose of current expenses that the county auditor estimates will collect $317,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 0.5 mill for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $14 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025.

Proposed (Resolution)

Electric Aggregation

Unincorporated Areas Mercer County

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

Shall Mercer County have the authority to aggregate the retail electric loads located in the unincorporated areas of Mercer County, and for that purpose, enter into service agreements to facilitate for those loads the sale and purchase of electricity, such aggregation to occur automatically except where any person elects to opt out?

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)

Village of Fort Recovery

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Village of Fort Recovery for the purpose of storm water control expenses for the village that the county auditor estimates will collect $73,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 2.5 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $69 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)

Village of Mendon

A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of the Village of Mendon for the purpose of current operating expenses that the county auditor estimates will collect $15,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 2.5 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $74 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2023, first due in calendar year 2024.

Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)

Village of Rockford

A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage.

A renewal of a tax for the benefit of Rockford Village for the purpose of current expenses that the county auditor estimates will collect $39,000 annually, at a rate not exceeding 2.8 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $76 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2024, first due in calendar year 2025.

Proposed Municipal Income Tax

Village of St. Henry

A majority affirmative vote is

necessary for passage.

Shall the Ordinance providing for a 0.5 percent levy increase on income for providing funds for public safety, capital improvements, operating expenses, municipal services, acquisitions, maintenance, repair and replacement of municipal property and all other municipal operations and obligations permitted by law be passed

The Mercer County Board of Elections will be open for Early Voting on the following dates and times: 

Wednesday, October 11 through Friday, October 27: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Monday, October 30: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday, October 31: 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, November 1 through Friday, November 3: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, November 4: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, November 5: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The Polls for the Election will be open at 6:30 a.m. and remain open until 7:30 p.m.

The 134th Ohio General Assembly passed House Bill 458. Note that beginning with the May 2, 2023, Primary/Special Election, voters must bring photo identification to the polls in order to verify identity. 

Photo identification includes the following documents that includes the individual's name and photograph and is not expired: an Ohio driver's license, state ID card, or interim ID form issued by the Ohio BMV; a US passport or passport card; or a US military ID card, Ohio National Guard ID card, or US Department of Veterans Affairs ID card. Voters who do not provide photo identification will still be able to vote by casting a provisional ballot.

By order of the Board of Elections

Mercer County, Ohio 

Del Kramer, Chairman 

Deb Sneddon, Director

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