MIAMI TOWNSHIP — There is a fire levy for the Miami Valley Fire District, which services two communities in southern Montgomery County.
The levy, if it passes, would replace all of the current fire-related tax levies in the city and the township and property taxes would go up in both communities.
The voters pass the levy it could mean the district re-opening its fire station on Wood Road. It was closed in 2019 as a cost-cutting measure.
Passage of the levy would give the department more money to replace aging fire engines and ambulances and to upgrade their equipment.
That station is about a mile and half from the Austin Boulevard and the I-75 interchange. The department would have to hire more firefighters to re-open it.
The approval of the levy would also mean higher property taxes for people who live in the city and the township.
It would cost the owner of a $100,000 home in either community $385 a year.
In Miami Township, it would mean an extra $160 a year compared to what property owners pay right now.
For someone living in Miamisburg, it would translate to an extra $304 in property taxes every year compared to their current property tax bill.