MEDINA, Ohio – As citizens prepare to head to the polls in November, Finance Director Keith Dirham wants to remind the public that the city will have a proposed tax levy will be on the Nov. 5 ballot.
“This is a property tax renewal levy for EMS,” Dirham said during an Aug. 26 council meeting. “The way this works is that our local ambulance service, known as the Medina Life Support Team is a partnership between the city, the hospital, Medina Township and Montville Township. Since the 1970s, the city has paid for its portion of the service through property tax levies.”
Dirham said that if the levy is approved, it will not raise taxes on property owners within the city. He said the levy costs the owner of a $100,000 property roughly $71 per year.
Also during the meeting, Mayor Dennis Hanwell announced that anyone who wants to learn more about the city will have an opportunity next month when he presents the annual State of the City Address. Hanwell will first present the address to council Sept. 9 at 6:30 p.m. Then the next day, Sept. 10 at 11:30 a.m., Hanwell will present the address to the Medina Chamber of Commerce at Williams on the Lake.
Hanwell also announced that a 9/11 memorial ceremony will take place at the city’s 9/11 memorial located on the south side of Medina Fire Station No. 1. The ceremony will take place Wednesday, Sept. 11. Visitors can arrive at 9:50 a.m. and the ceremony will begin at 10 a.m.
