The owner of a $100,000 home will have to pay an additional $28 a year; their property tax bill will go from $79.63 to $107.63 each year.
The additional funds will be used to maintain the current level of service for signs, traffic signals and road maintenance and resurfacing, according to the city public service division.
“I want to thank the voters for having faith in the road department that we provided a good service for their dollar,” said Beavercreek Mayor Bob Stone referring to early unofficial election results. “We look forward to continuing that excellent practice that we’ve been doing for years.”
The 0.8-mill increase will help fund current road-related services, including winter weather treatment of the roads and snow removal, according to city officials. This levy will also allow the city to fund the $100,000 needed over the next five years to remove trees impacted by the emerald ash borer.
The levy renewal and increase will also allow the city staff to continue to replace capital equipment on a reasonable replacement cycle, according to city documents.
Beavercreek officials have said the city will not take on new capital projects and plans to use the funding to maintain the current level of services.
The city packaged the street levy increase with the renewal to avoid losing money from the state, according to Mike Thonnerieux, the city public administrative services director.
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