There were a number of levies seeking support from voters across Portage County. Overall, 16 of 17 passed, including all of the township and village-related levies and almost all of the school district ones, with the Ravenna schools being the notable exception.
Below, you can find results for each levy, but you can find more information on how much each levy could raise taxes or what the levies may be spent on in our voter guide articles. Information on the renewal levies can be found here, with details on additional school district levies here and replacement township levies here.
Below you’ll find each of the results in numerical order by issue.
But first, here are the results for Mogadore Local School District, which spans Portage and Summit counties. In Portage County, at least, Issue 24 failed, with 239 people voting for the levy and 337 voting against it. Just before midnight on Nov. 7, Summit County had not yet finished counting its votes, but the two precincts voting on the levy were counted. It looks like the levy will fail overall, with 524 voters in Summit County voting for it and 570 against.
The five-year, 5.9-mill additional levy was for operating expenses. The district was placed under fiscal caution by the state auditor’s office this summer, after the district predicted it could be insolvent in 2024. That distinction means the district must show the state that it has a plan to get the finances back in order.
Townships and villages
- In Atwater, Issue 3 was for a five-year, 2.9-mill renewal levy for its fire and EMS services. It passed, 668 to 324.
- Charlestown had two levies on the ballot: Issue 5, a five-year, 1.5-mill renewal levy for current expenses; and Issue 6, a five-year, 0.7-mill renewal levy, also for current expenses. Both passed. Issue 5 passed 331 to 178, and Issue 6 passed 334 to 183.
- Franklin Township voters passed Issue 9, a five-year, 2-mill renewal levy for roads and bridges, by a very large margin: 1,990 to 469.
- Hiram Township had two levies on the ballot: Issue 10, a five-year, 2-mill replacement tax levy for roads and bridges; and Issue 11, a five-year, 2-mill replacement tax levy for fire and EMS. Both levies replaced older levies of the same value, and both passed. Issue 10 passed 636 to 474, and Issue 11 passed 714 to 396.
- Palmyra asked voters to consider Issue 12, a five-year, 1-mill renewal levy for fire and EMS. It passed, 681 to 319.
- Issue 13 in Randolph was for a five-year, 3-mill replacement and increase tax levy that replaces a 2-mill fire/EMS levy approved in 2018. It passed 1,313 to 919.
- And Sugar Bush Knolls had Issue 34 on the ballot. That was a five-year, 8-mill replacement tax levy for current expenses, replacing an older levy of equal millage. It also passed, 83 to 42.
School districts
- The Aurora City School District put Issue 15 on the ballot. This was a close one, but as of the unofficial final numbers posted by the Board of Elections late on Nov. 7, it passed by 85 votes: 3,861 to 3,776. The 5.9-mill additional levy, which will be for a continuing period of time, will help the district pay for expenses like staff salaries.
- Voters did not pass Ravenna City School District’s Issue 16, a five-year, 6.9-mill additional levy for current expenses. It failed 2,476 to 3,425. A similar levy attempt also failed in May.
- The Streetsboro City Schools asked voters to support Issue 17, a five-year, 9-mill renewal tax levy for current operating expenses. They did, passing it 3,463 to 2,367.
- Voters passed Crestwood Local Schools’ issue 20, a four-year, 3.56-mill renewal levy for emergency requirements. It passed 2,877 to 2,287. It had originally been passed in 2012.
- Field Local Schools had a couple renewals on the ballot, and both passed. Issue 21 was a combined levy, bringing together a five-year, 10.75-mill operating expense renewal and a five-year, 1-mill permanent improvement renewal. It passed 3,510 to 3,051. Issue 22 was a five-year, 7.3-mill renewal, also for current operating expenses. It also passed, 3,595 to 2,905.
- In the Rootstown Local School District, Issue 25, a 2.5-mill renewal levy for general permanent improvements for a continuing period of time, passed 2,068 to 1,240.
- And voters also passed Issue 28 in the Waterloo Local School District, supporting a five-year, 4.39-mill renewal levy aimed at preventing a deficit 1,945 to 1,327.
