COLDWATER - Voters in the Coldwater Exempted Village Schools district will see a five-year, additional 0.5% traditional income tax on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.

The levy would bump up the existing 0.5% traditional income tax to 1%.

The 0.5% traditional income tax levy was first passed by voters in 1999 and currently generates about $1 million annually, according to school treasurer Jenn McCoy. [More]

  NEW KNOXVILLE - Voters in the New Knoxville School district will see an additional 6.5-mills property tax levy on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.

The permanent levy, if passed, would bring in $587,000 annually that would go toward general improvements. It would cost the owner of a $100,000 home $228 a year, according to the ballot language. [More]

  CELINA - Voters in most parts of Mercer County will see an additional five-year, 1-mill property tax levy for the newly established Mercer County Joint Ambulance District on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.

It will appear on ballots in Celina, [More]

  MONTEZUMA- Montezuma voters at the Nov. 5 general election will decide whether to renew a five-year, $44-per-parcel levy to continue funding lights for streets and other public areas.

Mayor Steve Fortman said the funds go toward Montezuma's street lights, as the village does not have a large income. The village has about 20 streetlights. [More]

  By WILLIAM KINCAID and ERIN GARDNER
newsroom@dailystandard.com

MERCER COUNTY - Voters in three townships will see five-year property tax renewal levies on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.
Center Township

Center Township voters will decide on a five-year, 0.35-mill property tax renewal levy that funds parks and recreation. [More]

COLDWATER-Village residents will be asked to vote on an additional 0.5% income tax levy at the Nov. 5 general election. This would increase the overall income tax rate from 1% to 1.5%.

If approved, the levy will generate about $1.15 million annually. Village finance director Jason Eyink said the extra revenue would be used mostly for street repairs. With recent inflation costs it is harder to complete the larger projects. [More]

ROCKFORD - Voters in Rockford, Dublin Township, Hopewell Township, Liberty Township and Blackcreek Township will decide the fate of a five-year, 1-mill renewal levy for the Rockford Carnegie Public Library on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.

The levy would generate $79,000 annually and cost the owner of a $100,000 home $15 a year, according to ballot language. [More]

Voters will decide the fate of a 10-year, 0.5-mill renewal tax levy for the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Allen, Auglaize and Hardin counties on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.

The levy will collect $1.7 million annually and cost the owner of a $100,000 home $10 a year, according to ballot language. [More]

CELINA- South Central Mercer Fire District officials are asking voters to approve a five-year, 2.5-mills replacement levy to continue funding fire protection operations.

If approved, the levy would collect $501,000 annually and cost the owner of a $100,000 home about $87.50 a year, according to the Mercer County Auditor' Office. [More]

BUTLER TOWNSHIP - Butler Township voters will decide on a five-year, 1.8-mills renewal fire protection levy on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.

The funds would be used to upgrade fire department equipment and keep up with state and federal mandates. [More]

  AUGLAIZE COUNTY - Voters in several townships and villages in southwestern Auglaize County will decide on fire and emergency medical services levies on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.
Minster

Minster voters will see a 3-mills, three-year fire and EMS renewal levy that would generate $323,000 annually and cost the owner of a $100,000 home $74 per year, according to Minster Village Administrator Don Harrod. [More]

ST. MARYS- St. Marys voters in the third ward will decide on a D-6 liquor permit for the Friends of the St. Marys Theater and Grand Opera House on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.

The opera house currently has a D-5h liquor permit, which only allows sales of beer, wine, mixed beverages and spirituous liquor Monday-Saturday. This new liquor permit would allow for the addition of Sunday sales. [More]

MENDON - Mendon Union voters will decide on two liquor permits for the River Trail Campground II Inc. on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.

Voters will see a local liquor option for the sale of beer, wine and mixed beverages by River Trail Campground II Inc., an applicant for a C-1, C-2 liquor permit who is engaged in the business of operating a carryout/grocery store at 7712 Deep Cut Road, Mendon, per ballot language. [More]

COLUMBUS - Despite the political wrangling over Ohio's Issue 1, a statewide ballot issue aimed at changing the way the state draws its political maps, two Mercer County poll workers and a state official think the language is confusing and deceptive. [More]

  Voters on Nov. 5 will decide whether Republican Bob Latta or Democrat Keith Mundy will represent Ohio's 5th Congressional District, which includes all of Mercer and Van Wert counties.
Rep. Bob Latta

Latta, 68, has served Ohio's 5th Congressional [More]

  CELINA - There are no contested local races, but a handful of state and U.S. contests, a slew of levies and issues and, of course, the presidential matchup between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump that will appear on the Nov. 5 general election ballot in Mercer and Auglaize counties. [More]