The city is asking voters to renew two safety-related property tax levies in the March 17 primary election.
A 2.85-mill levy for emergency medical service dates to 2000. It costs the owner of a $50,000 home about $26 a year and raises about $130,000 a year, according to city Auditor Julie Pearch.
The 2-mill levy for the purchase of fire trucks and fire equipment has been on the books since 2010. It costs the owner of a $50,000 home $25 a year and generates about $106,000 to $110,000 in annual revenue, Pearch said.
“We’re not asking for new money by any means,” she said, adding that approval of the taxes will not take funding from other priorities. “Roads are still going to get paved. Blighted properties are still going to get torn down.”
Each levy would be renewed for five years if approved. Both are expiring at the end of this year.