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Geneva-on-the-Lake council votes to submit 4.75-mill, five-year fire levy to voters
Summary
The Geneva-on-the-Lake Village Council unanimously approved Resolution 2026-4 to request submission to electors of a 4.75-mill fire department tax levy for five years, declaring an emergency and waiving three readings.
The Geneva-on-the-Lake Village Council voted unanimously on Jan. 26 to move forward with a proposed 4.75-mill fire department tax levy that would run for five years and be submitted to the village’s voters.
Council member P.J. Macchia moved to declare an emergency and proceed with the resolution, and Council President Matt Caudill seconded the motion. Roll call votes recorded Colby, Dudeck, Long, McMullan, Caudill and Macchia voting yes on waiving the three-reading rule, declaring the emergency and acting on RESOLUTION 2026-4.
The reading presented the measure as a request to submit the levy to electors pursuant to Ohio Revised Code §§5705.19, 5705.191, 5705.194, 5705.21 and 5705.26. The resolution’s text in the meeting record identifies the levy rate and five-year term but does not specify line-item spending or estimated revenue totals.
The action taken authorizes the village to place the levy question before voters; the council did not provide additional budgetary detail during the meeting. The measure will proceed through whatever procedural steps the village follows to place the question on the ballot and notify electors.
The council took the vote during a special meeting called to address several items on the agenda; no public commenters appeared at the session.
