The Village crew at work in 2015. (Photo by Lauren Heaton)
Village seeks levy renewal in Nov. 4 General Election
- Published: October 13, 2025
In addition to a slate of village and area residents running for local office, Yellow Springs voters are being asked to decide on several tax levies in the upcoming General Election, Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Among those is a proposed tax levy renewal — Issue 10 on the ballot — for the Village of Yellow Springs: an 8.4-mill, five-year levy to collect $855,477 annually, according to the Greene County Board of Elections.
As a fixed-rate levy, it would not increase Yellow Springs voters’ tax bill, despite an uptick in local property values since its adoption in 2006.
The last Village levy renewal in 2020 passed by nearly a 3–1 margin. When it was adopted 14 years earlier, it passed by a one-vote margin, according to past News reporting.
If this renewal is passed, property owners would continue to be taxed $168 annually for each of the $100,000 of the Greene County Auditor’s appraised value of their property when the new renewal collection cycle begins in January 2027.
According to Village documents, the renewal levy would generate funds to support the Village’s municipal General Fund, which in 2024, totaled $5,471,725. The General Fund bankrolls essential Village services and provides transfers to other areas such as streets, parks and capital improvements that do not generate enough funding on their own.
Funding sources for the 2024 General Fund include $2,623,729 from local income taxes, $387,057 from local property taxes, $1,612,097 from miscellaneous sources and $848,842 — or 15.5% of the General Fund — from the proceeds from the previous levy renewal that voters approved in the 2020 election.
According to Village Finance Director Michelle Robinson, those miscellaneous sources of General Fund revenues come from a variety of areas such as the local kilowatt-hour tax, hotel tax, fees and fines, permits, interest income, cable franchise fees, reimbursements and advance returns.
To read about the other three levies that will appear on the Tuesday, Nov. 4 ballot, and for voting information, see the News’ 2025 Election Guide inserted in this week’s edition.
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