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7 local tax issues are on the November 3 ballot in Williams 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 Williams 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 4 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, 78 tax issues reaching Williams County have been decided — 60 passed and 18 failed. Renewals passed 47 of 49; of the issues asking for new money, 5 of 15 passed; of the other 14 (replacements and issues the state’s list marks neither new nor a renewal), 8 passed.

Williams County · November 3, 2026 general election

Tax issues
7

2 from school districts

Asking for new money
3

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

Renewals
4

continue a tax already collected

School districts 2

  1. Central Local

    Renewal Schools

    School district · based in Defiance County

    Property tax, 2.57 mills · 5 years · from 2027

    Current 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. Central 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.

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

    1 earlier tax issue from Central Local since 2020
    • May 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 3.66 mills — Emergency requirements — passed 649 to 559

  2. North Central Local

    New Schools

    School district

    Income tax, 1% · Continuing · from Jan 1, 2027

    Current expenses

    $100 a year for every $10,000 of income it taxes

    Paid by the people who live in the district, on their income; the ballot says whether on all of it or on earnings only.

    North Central Local’s budget forecast (FY2027 fall) counts no new levy and runs short in FY2030. Its budget →

    7 earlier tax issues from North Central Local since 2020
    • Nov 2025 · Income tax, new, 1% — Current expenses — failed 608 to 631
    • May 2025 · Income tax, new, 1% — School district purposes — failed 363 to 438
    • Nov 2024 · Income tax, 0.75% — School district purposes — failed 822 to 1,397
    • Mar 2024 · Income tax, new, 0.75% — Current operating expenses — failed 290 to 708
    • May 2021 · Property tax, new, 3.87 mills — Avoid an operating deficit — failed 308 to 310
    • Nov 2020 · Property tax, new, 3.92 mills — Avoid an operating deficit — failed 909 to 1,230
    • Mar 2020 · Income tax, new, 0.5% — Current expenses — failed 361 to 498

The county 2

  1. Williams

    Renewal Extension (4-H)

    County

    Property tax, 0.4 mills · 5 years · from 2027

    Educational activities, agriculture, natural resources & 4-H programs

    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.

    9 earlier tax issues from Williams since 2020
    • Nov 2024 · Property tax, renewal, 1 mill — Provide or maintain senior citizens services or facilities — passed 11,185 to 6,320
    • Nov 2024 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — Provide or maintain senior citizens services or facilities — passed 11,112 to 6,404
    • Nov 2024 · Property tax, new, 1.85 mills — Emergency medical services — failed 8,390 to 9,185
    • Nov 2023 · Property tax, new, 0.29 mills — Williams County Health Department current expenses — failed 4,617 to 7,240
    • Nov 2023 · Property tax, new, 3.5 mills — Ambulance service, emergency medical service or both — failed 5,355 to 6,587
    • Nov 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 0.4 mills — Construct, maintain & improve the Soil & Water Conservation District — passed 8,175 to 4,710
    • Nov 2022 · Property tax, renewal and increase, 0.4 mills — Provide & maintain senior citizens services & facilities — passed 8,861 to 4,056
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 0.4 mills — Maintain educational activities related to agriculture, natural resources & 4-H programs — passed 4,734 to 1,437
    • Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — Provide & maintain senior citizens services & facilities — passed 13,524 to 4,282

  2. Williams

    New Seniors

    County

    Property tax, 1 mill · 5 years · from 2026

    Provide senior citizens services & maintain department vehicles & facilities

    $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 $150,000: $52.50 a year $200,000: $70 a year $250,000: $87.50 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.

    9 earlier tax issues from Williams since 2020
    • Nov 2024 · Property tax, renewal, 1 mill — Provide or maintain senior citizens services or facilities — passed 11,185 to 6,320
    • Nov 2024 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — Provide or maintain senior citizens services or facilities — passed 11,112 to 6,404
    • Nov 2024 · Property tax, new, 1.85 mills — Emergency medical services — failed 8,390 to 9,185
    • Nov 2023 · Property tax, new, 0.29 mills — Williams County Health Department current expenses — failed 4,617 to 7,240
    • Nov 2023 · Property tax, new, 3.5 mills — Ambulance service, emergency medical service or both — failed 5,355 to 6,587
    • Nov 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 0.4 mills — Construct, maintain & improve the Soil & Water Conservation District — passed 8,175 to 4,710
    • Nov 2022 · Property tax, renewal and increase, 0.4 mills — Provide & maintain senior citizens services & facilities — passed 8,861 to 4,056
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 0.4 mills — Maintain educational activities related to agriculture, natural resources & 4-H programs — passed 4,734 to 1,437
    • Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — Provide & maintain senior citizens services & facilities — passed 13,524 to 4,282

Villages 1

  1. Edon & Florence Township

    New Cemeteries

    Village

    Property tax, 0.5 mills · 5 years · from 2027

    Maintain & operate Edon Union Cemetery

    $17.50 a year for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s value

    $100,000 × 35% = $35,000 taxed × 0.5 mills ($0.50 for each $1,000) = $17.50

    For a home the county values at $150,000: $26.25 a year $200,000: $35 a year $250,000: $43.75 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.

Townships 1

  1. Brady

    Renewal Fire & EMS

    Township

    Property tax, 0.5 mills · 5 years · from 2026

    Fire protection

    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.

    6 earlier tax issues from Brady since 2020
    • Nov 2025 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — Fire protection — passed 285 to 68
    • Nov 2023 · Property tax, renewal, 1 mill — Streets, roads & bridges — passed 580 to 279
    • Nov 2022 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — Maintain & operate cemeteries — passed 634 to 286
    • Nov 2021 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — Fire protection — passed 284 to 51
    • Nov 2020 · Property tax, new, 0.5 mills — Maintain & operate cemeteries — passed 618 to 508
    • Nov 2020 · Property tax, renewal, 0.5 mills — Fire protection — passed 873 to 269

Fire, EMS, parks and other districts 1

  1. Four County Mental Health Services District

    Renewal General operating

    Mental health district · based in Fulton County

    Property tax, 0.7 mills · 5 years · from 2027

    Current 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. 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.

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’.