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Fairfield Township starts certification process for separate fire and police levies as budget shows gap
Summary
Trustees voted to send levy necessity resolutions to the county auditor to determine revenue estimates for a proposed 4.49‑mill fire levy (about $3.5M) and a 2.99‑mill police levy (about $2.3M), and adopted the township’s 2026 appropriations and tax-rate certification. A special meeting is scheduled for Dec. 29 to finalize 2025 figures.
Fairfield Township trustees on Tuesday voted to begin the formal process that could put separate fire and police levies before voters, adopting resolutions to send levy-necessity requests to the county auditor and approving the township’s 2026 permanent appropriations and tax-rate certifications.
Unidentified Speaker 3, who presented the levy proposals, told trustees the fire levy would likely require about 4.49 mills to generate roughly $3.5 million annually and the police levy about 2.99 mills to produce roughly $2.3 million. "For the fire levy, it would be I'm estimating 4.49 mils," Unidentified Speaker 3 said. The board voted to forward those estimates…
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