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8 local tax issues are on the November 3 ballot in Brown County

The November 3, 2026 general election

From the Ohio Secretary of State’s list of local questions and issues, as of September 18, 2026

Every property tax levy, income tax, bond and sales tax that reaches Brown County, including those of a school district or other district based next door. Of these, 3 ask for new money (a new tax, an increase or a bond) and 5 renew a tax already collected. Which are on your own ballot depends on where you live: your county board of elections has each precinct’s sample ballot and the exact wording.

How earlier votes went: since March 17, 2020, 75 tax issues reaching Brown County have been decided — 56 passed and 19 failed. Renewals passed 43 of 45; of the issues asking for new money, 8 of 23 passed; of the other 7 (decreases and replacements), 5 passed.

Brown County · November 3, 2026 general election

Tax issues
8

2 from school districts

Asking for new money
3

a new tax, an increase or a bond; 1 from school districts

Renewals
5

continue a tax already collected

School districts 2

  1. Bethel-Tate Local

    Renewal Schools

    School district · based in Clermont County

    Property tax, 5.48 mills · 5 years · from 2026

    Current operating expenses

    Continues a levy already on the bill. If it passes, the levy keeps going as it is today; if it fails, it ends when its current term runs out. Bethel-Tate Local sits at Ohio’s 20-mill floor on the state’s 2025 rates, so its operating levies, this one among them, are no longer cut when homes are revalued: what they collect rises with values, which a 2025 law holds to inflation.

    Bethel-Tate Local’s budget forecast (FY2027 fall) counts no new levy and shows no shortfall through FY2030. Its budget →

    1 earlier tax issue from Bethel-Tate Local since 2020
    • May 2021 · Property tax, renewal and increase, 7.5 mills — Avoid an operating deficit — passed 793 to 598

  2. U S Grant

    New School buildings

    School district · based in Clermont County

    Combination, 0.84 mills and a $23 million bond · 37 years / continuing · from 2026

    Construct, improve, renovate school facilities; permanent improvements

    More than one tax in one question. The ballot gives each part.

    Building money: kept outside the general fund, so it is not in U S Grant’s budget forecast. Its budget →

The county 1

  1. Brown

    Renewal Seniors

    County

    Property tax, 0.8 mills · 5 years · from 2027

    Provide & maintain senior citizens services or facilities

    Continues a levy already on the bill. If it passes, the levy keeps going as it is today; if it fails, it ends when its current term runs out. When homes are revalued, the state cuts its rate so it collects the same total — so a home whose value rose more than most pays a little more of it.

    4 earlier tax issues from Brown since 2020
    • May 2026 · Property tax, new, 1.5 mills — Acquire, construct, renovate, finance, maintain & operate developmental disabilities facilities — failed 3,035 to 3,885
    • Nov 2024 · Property tax, renewal, 0.25 mills — Provide through the OSU Extension for 4-H Youth Development, Agricultural & Natural Resources, Family & Consumer Sciences & County Development — passed 11,304 to 9,182
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, new, 0.5 mills — Operate the Brown County General Health District — failed 2,180 to 3,199
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 0.8 mills — Provide or maintain senior citizens services or facilities — passed 3,654 to 1,724

Villages 4

  1. Mount Orab

    Renewal Fire & EMS

    Village

    Property tax, 2 mills · 5 years · from 2026

    Fire protection & EMS

    Continues a levy already on the bill. If it passes, the levy keeps going as it is today; if it fails, it ends when its current term runs out. When homes are revalued, the state cuts its rate so it collects the same total — so a home whose value rose more than most pays a little more of it.

    3 earlier tax issues from Mount Orab since 2020
    • Nov 2022 · Property tax, new, 1 mill — Maintain & operate cemeteries — passed 616 to 592
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, new, 1 mill — Maintain & operate cemeteries — failed 187 to 289
    • Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 2 mills — Fire & EMS — passed 1,202 to 617

  2. Ripley

    New Roads

    Village

    Property tax, 2.5 mills · 5 years · from 2027

    Streets, roads & bridges

    $87.50 a year for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s value

    $100,000 × 35% = $35,000 taxed × 2.5 mills ($2.50 for each $1,000) = $87.50

    For a home the county values at $200,000: $175 a year $250,000: $218.75 a year $300,000: $262.50 a year

    These are first-year figures. A levy approved now is charged at its full voted rate, with none of the state’s rollback credits; when the county next revalues homes, the state lowers its rate so that it collects the same dollars. Your home’s county value is on your tax bill.

    2 earlier tax issues from Ripley since 2020
    • Nov 2024 · Property tax, new, 4 mills — Police protection & EMS — failed 245 to 429
    • Nov 2020 · Property tax, new, 1.5 mills — Maintain & operate the village cemetery — failed 308 to 390

  3. Russellville

    Renewal Fire & EMS

    Village

    Property tax, 4 mills · 5 years · from 2027

    Fire protection & EMS

    Continues a levy already on the bill. If it passes, the levy keeps going as it is today; if it fails, it ends when its current term runs out. When homes are revalued, the state cuts its rate so it collects the same total — so a home whose value rose more than most pays a little more of it.

    7 earlier tax issues from Russellville since 2020
    • Nov 2025 · Property tax, renewal, 3.3 mills — Current expenses — passed 54 to 28
    • Nov 2025 · Property tax, renewal, 4.5 mills — Current expenses — passed 52 to 28
    • Nov 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 3.5 mills — Police protection & emergency medical services — passed 99 to 40
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 2 mills — Emergency medical services — passed 50 to 16
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 4 mills — Fire expense — passed 45 to 20
    • Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 4.5 mills — Current expenses — passed 128 to 92
    • Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 3.3 mills — Current expenses — passed 146 to 84

  4. Russellville

    Renewal Fire & EMS

    Village

    Property tax, 2 mills · 5 years · from 2027

    EMS

    Continues a levy already on the bill. If it passes, the levy keeps going as it is today; if it fails, it ends when its current term runs out. When homes are revalued, the state cuts its rate so it collects the same total — so a home whose value rose more than most pays a little more of it.

    7 earlier tax issues from Russellville since 2020
    • Nov 2025 · Property tax, renewal, 3.3 mills — Current expenses — passed 54 to 28
    • Nov 2025 · Property tax, renewal, 4.5 mills — Current expenses — passed 52 to 28
    • Nov 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 3.5 mills — Police protection & emergency medical services — passed 99 to 40
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 2 mills — Emergency medical services — passed 50 to 16
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 4 mills — Fire expense — passed 45 to 20
    • Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 4.5 mills — Current expenses — passed 128 to 92
    • Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 3.3 mills — Current expenses — passed 146 to 84

Townships 1

  1. Green

    New Fire & EMS

    Township

    Property tax, 1 mill · Continuing · from 2026

    Fire protection & EMS

    $35 a year for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s value

    $100,000 × 35% = $35,000 taxed × 1 mills ($1.00 for each $1,000) = $35

    For a home the county values at $200,000: $70 a year $250,000: $87.50 a year $300,000: $105 a year

    These are first-year figures. A levy approved now is charged at its full voted rate, with none of the state’s rollback credits; when the county next revalues homes, the state lowers its rate so that it collects the same dollars. Your home’s county value is on your tax bill.

    1 earlier tax issue from Green since 2020
    • May 2026 · Property tax, new, 1 mill — Fire protection & EMS — failed 125 to 149

Where this comes from

The Ohio Secretary of State’s list of local questions and issues for the November 3, 2026 general election, as the state published it on September 18, 2026; the results replace it once they are certified. Tax issues only: liquor options, zoning and charter questions are left out. The state files each issue under the county its body is based in; this page lists it under every county it reaches. Earlier issues go back to 2020, from the state’s results for each election.

A new property tax levy costs $35 a year for every mill on each $100,000 of a home’s value, the figure Ohio ballots print: since 2013 a new levy gets none of the state’s rollback credits. A renewal continues a levy already on the bill: if it passes, the levy keeps going as it is today, and if it fails, it ends when its current term runs out. A school district’s budget forecast is its own, filed with the state; this site’s School budgets pages show every line, and the levy calculator works one out for your own home.

Nothing here is for or against any issue. The exact ballot wording is your county board of elections’.