Harrison County Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal): Sheriff's Office Police Protection (1 mill, 5 years)
What does this measure do?
Supports: Public Safety and Crime Control
Harrison County would keep its property tax for Sheriff's Office police protection, including deputy pay and equipment, for 5 more years, raising about $1.2 million a year. Property owners keep paying about $35 a year per $100,000 of home value; it is a renewal, not a new tax.
Read the official ballot measure
Proposed by: Harrison County Board of Commissioners
The county's three elected commissioners. By Ohio law they put county property taxes on the ballot. This renews a 1-mill tax for the sheriff's office for five years.
Source: lookup.boe.ohio.gov
A YES vote means
The county keeps collecting the 1-mill property tax for Sheriff's Office pay and equipment from 2027 through 2031, at about $35 a year per $100,000 of home value.
A NO vote means
The Sheriff's Office property tax ends after its current term, and the office loses about $1.2 million a year from it.
Sources: lookup.boe.ohio.gov2