The levy is expected to collect $3 million a year and cost $79 for each $100,000 of appraised home value.
Chief John Terrill said levy passage will allow the department to add three officers, one a year over the next three years. Also, the department in cooperation with Springboro City Schools will place a full-time school resource officer at Five Points Elementary in the township.
The Bellbrook 2.2-mill levy for public safety services is passing by 60% to 40%, according to partial, unofficial results counted by the elections board.
The levy is expected to raise $610,000 a year and would cost $77 for each $100,000 of appraised home value.
Levy passage would maintain service levels and personnel because the city is subsidizing $600,000 from its general fund to cover deficits of $420,000 for police and $190,000 for fire and EMS, City Manager Rob Schommer said.
However, levy failure would mean a reduction of two fire/EMS positions, three police positions and $125,000 in street paving and other capital projects in the 2026 budget, Schommer said.
Bellbrook attempted to place a public safety levy before voters in May, but it was rejected by the Greene County Board of Elections due to an error in ballot language.
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