There are a number of tax levies on the ballot this year. With the county going through a tax assessment this year, as it does every six years by state law, property values are expected to increase. This will affect both the amount asked for by levies and the amount property owners will owe in property tax.
Tax levies ask property owners to pay a percentage of their land property's taxable value. Taxable or assessed value is 35% of the appraised value. One mill is equal to one dollar per $1,000 taxable value.
The average home in Knox County is appraised at $134,000 according to tax-rates.org. The assessed value is then $46,900, so a three-mill levy, for example, would cost such a property owner $140.70 per year for the life of the levy. That's equivalent to a $11.725 monthly subscription.
The Ohio Revised Code sets strict regulations on how levies are worded on ballots and also requires that no levy can be put on a ballot to go into effect that same calendar year.
Brinkhaven Village
Proposed Tax Levy (Additional)
An additional tax for the benefit of Brinkhaven Village for the purpose of providing for current expenses at a rate not exceeding 2 mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.20 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for 5 years, commencing in 2020, first due in calendar year 2021.
Centerburg Village
Proposed Tax Levy (Replacement With Increase)
Central Ohio Joint Fire District
(Also on the ballot for Hilliar Township and Milford Township)
A replacement of 2.925 mills of an existing levy and an increase of 3 mills to constitute a tax for the benefit of Central Ohio Joint Fire District for the purpose of providing fire protection and emergency medical services at a rate not exceeding 5.925 mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.5925 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for 4 years, commencing in 2021, first due in calendar year 2022.
Fredericktown Village
Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)
A renewal of a tax for the benefit of Fredericktown Village for the purpose of providing police protection services at a rate not exceeding 3 mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.30 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for 5 years, commencing in 2021, first due in calendar year 2022.
Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)
Fredericktown Community Fire District
(Also on the ballot for residents of Berlin Township, Middlebury Township, Morris Township, Pike Township and Wayne Township)
A renewal of a tax for the benefit of Fredericktown Community Fire District for the purpose of providing fire protection services at a rate not exceeding 1 mill for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.10 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for 5 years, commencing in 2021, first due in calendar year 2022.
Proposed Tax Levy (Additional)
Fredericktown Community Joint Ambulance District
(Also on the ballot for residents of Berlin Township, Middlebury Township, Morris Township, Pike Township and Wayne Township)
An additional tax for the benefit of Fredericktown Community Joint Ambulance District for the purpose of providing ambulance and emergency medical services at a rate not exceeding 1 mill for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.10 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2020, first due in calendar year 2021.
Morgan Township
Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)
A renewal of a tax for the benefit of Morgan Township for the purpose of providing fire protection and emergency medical services at a rate not exceeding 1.5 mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.15 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for 5 years, commencing in 2020, first due in calendar year 2021.
Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal)
A renewal of a tax for the benefit of Morgan Township for the purpose of providing ambulance and emergency medical services or both, at a rate not exceeding 1.75 mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.175 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for 3 years, commencing in 2020, first due in calendar year 2021
College Township
Proposed Tax Levy (Additional)
An additional tax for the benefit of College Township for the purpose of providing fire protection and emergency medical services at a rate not exceeding 6 mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.60 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for 5 years, commencing in 2020, first due in calendar year 2021.
Liberty Township
Proposed Tax Levy (Replacement and Decrease)
A replacement of a portion of an existing levy, being a reduction of 0.1 mill to constitute a tax for the benefit of Liberty Township for the purpose of providing fire protection and emergency medical services at a rate not exceeding 4.4 mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to $0.44 for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for 5 years, commencing in 2021, first due in calendar year 2022.
The following candidates are running for office :
Representative to Congress (7th District)
Bob Gibbs (Republican)
Brandon Lape (Libertarian)
Quentin Potter (Democratic)
State Representative (68th District)
Rick Carfagna (Republican)
Steven F. Mount (Democratic)
County Commissioner (Full term commencing 1‐2‐2021)
Teresa Bemiller (Republican)
County Commissioner (Full term commencing 1‐3‐2021)
Thom Collier (Republican)
Prosecuting Attorney
Chip McConville (Republican)
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
Christy Milligan Staton
Sheriff
David Shaffer (Republican)
County Recorder
John Burke Lybarger (Republican)
County Treasurer
Shelley Coon (Republican)
County Engineer
Cameron Keaton (Republican)
Coroner
Jennifer Ogle (Republican)
State Board of Education
(6th District)
Antoinette Miranda
Alice Nicks
Justice of the Supreme Court
(Full term commencing 1‐1‐2021)
Sharon L. Kennedy
John P. O'Donnell
Justice of the Supreme Court
(Full term commencing 1‐2‐2021)
Jennifer Brunner
Judi French
Judge of the Court of Appeals (5th District)
(Full term commencing 2‐9‐2021)
Jeff Furr
William B. Hoffman
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
(Full term commencing 2‐9‐2021)
Jay W. Nixon
