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Huron County to ask voters to renew two property-tax levies for mental health and developmental-disability services
Summary
The Huron County Board of Commissioners voted July 1 to place two renewal levies on the Nov. 4, 2025 ballot: a 0.50-mill renewal estimated to raise $568,500 annually for community addiction and mental health services, and a 1.00-mill renewal estimated to raise $1,083,900 annually for developmental-disability programs and facilities.
The Huron County Board of Commissioners on July 1 authorized placing two property-tax renewal levies on the Nov. 4, 2025 ballot: a 0.50-mill renewal to fund community addiction and mental-health services and a 1.00-mill renewal to support county developmental-disability programs and facilities.
The two resolutions, each adopted unanimously, direct the Clerk of the Board to certify required materials to the Huron County Board of Elections. The county auditor certified that the 0.50-mill levy would generate about $568,500 annually and the 1.00-mill levy would generate about $1,083,900 in the first year based on current valuations.
Commissioner Tom Dunlap moved both resolutions; Commissioners Harry Brady and Bradley R. Mesenburg seconded and voted in favor. Under Ohio law the board followed required steps including the earlier “Resolution of Necessity” and the auditor’s certification before formally directing the clerk to forward the ballot language to the elections board.
The 0.50-mill measure is framed to provide funds "for the operation of community addiction services providers and community mental health services providers and the acquisition, construction, renovation, financing, maintenance, and operation of alcohol and drug addiction facilities and mental health facilities," to be levied for 10 years beginning with the 2025 tax year and first due in calendar year 2026 if approved. The county auditor’s ballot summary estimates the tax at $11.00 per $100,000 of appraised value.
The 1.00-mill renewal would continue funding "community programs and services authorized by county boards of developmental disabilities" and related facilities for a 10-year period; the auditor’s estimate equals $18.00 per $100,000 of appraised value and, if approved, would be levied on the 2026 tax list with first payment due in 2027.
Administratively, the board authorized the Clerk/Administrator to certify the resolutions and the auditor’s revenue certifications to the Huron County Board of Elections no later than the statutorily required date (Aug. 6, 2025) so the measures appear on the November ballot.
Next steps include any formal campaign activity by supporters or opponents and routine election preparations by county election officials. The commissioners’ actions were procedural determinations to place the measures before voters, not programmatic appropriations.
The resolutions cite Ohio Revised Code Section 5705.221(A) for the mental-health/addiction levy and Section 5705.222 for the developmental-disabilities levy; both measures require a majority vote to pass.
