Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Township of Jerusalem, Ohio, passed on the 22nd day of April, 2025, there will be submitted to a vote of the people at the GENERAL ELECTION to be held at the regular places of voting on Tuesday, the 4th day of November, 2025, the question of levying a tax, in excess of the ten mill limitation for the benefit of Jerusalem Township for the purpose of providing and maintaining fire apparatus, mechanical resuscitators, underwater rescue and recovery equipment, or other fire equipment and appliances, buildings and sites therefor, or sources of water supply and materials therefor, for the establishment and maintenance of lines of fire-alarm communications, for the payment of firefighting companies or permanent, part-time, or volunteer firefighting, emergency medical service, administrative, or communications personnel to operate the same, including the payment of any employer contributions required for such personnel under section 145.48 or 742.34 of the revised code, for the purchase of ambulance equipment, for the provision of ambulance, paramedic, or other emergency medical services operated by a fire department or firefighting company, or for the payment of other related costs. Tax being a renewal of tax of 6.5 mills at a rate not exceeding 6.5 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $134 for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s appraised value, for 5 years, commencing in 2025, first due in calendar year 2026.

The estimated annual collections of this levy is $431,734.

The polls for the election will be open at 6:30 a.m. and remain open until 7:30 p.m. on Election Day.

By order of the Board of Elections of Lucas County, Ohio.
Fritz Schoen, Board Chair
LaVera R. Scott, Director
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