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Brooklyn council adopts tax-levy certification and advance request; city rate unchanged
Summary
Council adopted Resolution 2025-25 (accepting amounts and rates as determined by the budget commission) under suspension and Resolution 2025-24 requesting an advance of taxes; the finance committee said there is no change to the city's property-tax rate, which remains at 5.9 mills.
The Brooklyn City Council adopted two tax-related resolutions in the meeting: Resolution 2025-25, accepting the amounts and rates as determined by the budget commission and authorizing the necessary tax levies, and Resolution 2025-24, requesting that the county fiscal officer advance taxes from the proceeds of the 2025 tax levies under Ohio Revised Code §321.34.
Finance committee members explained that the measures must be finalized quickly and recommended suspending the council’s usual three-reading rule so the certified amounts could be returned to the county fiscal officer by month’s end. The finance committee said the council’s property-tax rate will remain unchanged at 5.9 mills.
Council moved, suspended the rules, and adopted the resolutions in roll-call votes recorded at the meeting; those voting in the affirmative included Kevin Tansky, Sue Grodic, Kathy Poochie, Steven Coyle, Andy Curts, Mosley and Aaron Bowski (as read in the roll-call). No nay votes were recorded in the meeting record.
What this means: Adoption and certification allow the county to process the levies and tax distributions; the council did not propose a change to the city’s millage rate at this meeting.
