These Greene County voters will decide on up to 6 tax issues in November. Here’s what they would do.

Up to six tax issues are expected to be on the ballot for Xenia voters in November.

Five of the tax issues are countywide, including a 20-year, 1.03-mill bond issue to build a new Greene County Career Center at U.S. 68 and U.S. 35 in Xenia.

Xenia council members are expected to vote later this month on placing a 10-year, 3.5-mill levy to fund street repairs and maintenance on the November ballot as well.

Greene County commissioners last week approved resolutions putting four renewal levies on the ballot to continue funding children services, council on aging, board of developmental disabilities and Greene Memorial Hospital.

The career center is looking to expand programming with “Take Flight,” an initiative to educate and train students in the aviation and aerospace industry. A local market analysis shows “a drastic need for skilled workers” in aviation and a variety of other fields, according to the career center’s levy fact sheet.

GCCC’s proposal, if approved, would cost homeowners about $36 a year for every $100,000 worth of property, according to the fact sheet.

Funds from the permanent improvement levy that voters approved in November 2016 will be used “to contribute substantially to this project,” according to the fact sheet.

Xenia’s proposal, if placed on the ballot and approved by voters, would generate about $1.3 million a year at a cost to homeowners of approximately $121 a year for every $100,000 of property value.

Xenia City Manager Brent Merriman has said more than $30 million is needed to bring the city’s streets up to acceptable conditions.

The tax renewals that county commissioners approved for the ballot would amount to more than $20 million in annual revenue.

A 1.5-mill levy for Greene County Children Services generated about $5.4 million in annual revenue when voters last approved it five years ago. The children services levy costs property owners about $46 a year for every $100,000 worth of property, according to previous estimates.

The 1.4-mill levy for Greene County Council on Aging covers nearly all of the non-profit organization’s budget, which was $4.5 million in 2014.

The Greene County Board of Developmental Disabilities is looking to renew its 3.5-mill levy, which has been generating about $11.6 million a year at an annual cost to property owners of about $96 for every $100,000 worth of property.

The 0.5-mill levy for Greene Memorial Hospital generates approximately $1.7 million a year at an annual cost to property owners of about $14 for every $100,000 worth of property.

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