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Bellbrook council introduces 2.2‑mill public safety levy for November ballot
Summary
At its April 2025 meeting the Bellbrook City Council introduced Ordinance 2025‑O‑08 to submit a 2.2‑mill continuing levy to voters on Nov. 4, 2025, to fund fire, emergency medical and police services. The introduction passed on a 7‑0 roll call; adoption and a public hearing are scheduled for the May meeting.
Councilman Logan Ashley read Ordinance 2025‑O‑08 at the April 2025 Bellbrook City Council meeting, formally introducing a proposed continuing 2.2‑mill tax levy to be submitted to voters at the Nov. 4, 2025 election to provide funding for fire apparatus, ambulance and rescue equipment, emergency medical service personnel, and police personnel and related costs.
"Ordinance number 2025Dash0ListOO-eight. An ordinance to proceed to levying additional tax in excess of the 10 mil limitation for Central High Revised Code section 5,705.19 ... which shall be 2 and 2 tenths mils continuing period of time pursuant to the Ohio Revised Code section 570,505.19 and declaring that the question of the additional tax levy be submitted to the electors at the election to be held 11/04/2025," Councilman Logan Ashley read aloud when introducing the measure.
The ordinance text submitted to council specifies that proceeds may be used for "providing and maintaining fire apparatus, mechanical resuscitators, underwater rescue and recovery equipment, and other fire equipment and appliances, buildings and sites" and for the operation of the police department, including salaries and employer pension contributions listed by statute. The proposed 2.2 mills was presented with an illustrative impact of $77 per $100,000 of county‑auditor appraised value.
City management told council that certification from the Greene County auditor is required and that, if adopted by council and approved by voters, the levy proceeds would first be available for collection in calendar year 2026. Council was briefed that the city is coordinating with the Greene County Board of Elections and the Ohio Secretary of State's office to meet filing and notification deadlines; adoption, a public hearing and any final vote were scheduled for the May council meeting.
On a roll‑call vote to introduce the ordinance, council recorded unanimous support. Mayor Mary Schweller declared the motion carried and the ordinance introduced for subsequent consideration.
What happens next: the ordinance will return to council for formal adoption after the required public hearing and certification steps. Council and staff said they will publish the ballot language and follow the county auditor and board of elections deadlines for placement on the Nov. 4, 2025 ballot.
