Chester Township residents rejected a 2-mill, five-year additional road levy Nov. 3, leaving trustees to reassess road maintenance and paving plans amid rising costs.
Chester Township residents rejected a 2-mill, five-year additional road levy Nov. 3, leaving trustees to reassess road maintenance and paving plans amid rising costs. The levy failed 2,394 votes to 3,026, according to the final unofficial results of the Geauga County Board of Elections. If it had passed, the levy would have yielded $1,109,367 annually, costing homeowners $70 per year per $100,000 property valuation, according to the Geauga County Auditor’s Office. Trustees previously said the increasing costs for road repairs and maintenance, including inflation affecting the cost of materials, labor and equipment, had outpaced existing funding. Without additional revenue, the...
