Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a Resolution of the Board of Trustees of Richfield Township, of the County of Lucas, Ohio, passed on the 3rd day of February, 2026, there will be submitted to a vote of the people at the PRIMARY ELECTION to be held at the regular places of voting on Tuesday, the 5th day of May, 2026, the question of levying a tax, in excess of the ten mill limitation, which shall be an additional tax for the benefit of Richfield Township for the purpose of fire protection and emergency services (to include maintaining and providing fire apparatus, appliances, buildings, or sites thereof, operating expenses, sources of water supply, or the payment of permanent, part-time, or volunteer fire-fighters, part-time or volunteer emergency medical personnel, for the purchase of ambulance equipment, or other EMS services operated by the fire department) at a rate not exceeding 1.75 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $61 for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s market value, for three years, commencing in 2026, first due in calendar year 2027.

The estimated annual collection of this levy is $129,308.

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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