Mantua village leaders make their case for a 0.5% tax increase to fund dispatch and police services

Mantua Police Department. Lyndsey Brennan/The Portager

Mantua village leaders make their case for a 0.5% tax increase to fund dispatch and police services

- Lyndsey Brennan

Mantua village voters will see four tax questions on their ballot Nov. 2: a property tax increase for the Portage County District Library, renewals on the Crestwood Local Schools and Maplewood Joint Vocational School District levies, and a 0.5% income tax increase for the village police department.

The income tax increase, which would be Mantua’s first since 1981, would allow the village’s police department “to maintain the services and status quo, so that none of our residents or businesses lose any services,” said Mayor Linda Clark. “Any overage will be put into a capital police fund for future uses.” 

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