YOUNGSTOWN — Voters throughout Mahoning County will consider 18 tax issues, including five asking for new money, on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.

It’s the fewest tax issue requests on a general election ballot in the county since 2019.

Wednesday was the deadline to file for issues and three county court judicial seats for the Nov. 5 election.

The county board of elections is scheduled to meet Tuesday to certify the issues and the three unopposed incumbent county court judges to the ballot.

Those who won the Democratic and Republican primaries on March 19 move on to the general election and didn’t have to file any additional paperwork by Wednesday’s deadline.

The 18 tax issues are the least filed for a general election in Mahoning County since 2019 when 17 were filed. In the 2023 general election, 22 issues were on the ballot. There were 26 each in 2021 and 2022, 28 in 2020, 17 each in 2018 and 2019, 21 in 2017, 19 in 2016 and 32 in 2015.

The five additional tax issues are in Austintown, Boardman, two in Sebring and a $64.19 million bond issue for the Canfield school district.

Canfield school voters rejected a $108 million bond issue in 2022, with 72% opposing it, to create one campus at the city-owned Red Gate Farm property in the township. In 2023, 61% of voters opposed a $105 million bond issue to build new K-4 and 5-8 school buildings.

The school board scaled back the request and is putting the $64.19 million bond issue on the Nov. 5 ballot to replace the middle school and complete some renovations at other district buildings.

Boardman’s levy is to pay to expand ambulance service in the township while the Austintown levy is to provide additional funding for the police department. Both would be on the ballot for the first time.

Voters in Sebring again will see additional levies for the police department and for park and recreational services. The two levies were rejected in November 2023. The police levy in 2023 failed by 1.6% while the park and recreation levy lost by 16.8%.

There are two replacement levies on the ballot: one is in Goshen for the fire department and the other is in Craig Beach for fire and EMS.

There’s also a charter amendment in the city of Canfield and requests to repeal two charter amendments in Sebring.

The Canfield charter amendment is to publish required notifications on the city’s website and social media platforms in place of a newspaper of general circulation.

One proposed repeal in Sebring is regarding the membership of the park and recreation board.

The other is to make changes to the village’s general elections, primary elections held in September, petitions for candidacy, nominations during primaries and not permitting political party affiliations of candidates on the ballot.

The only candidates who had to file by Wednesday for the Nov. 5 ballot were Joseph M. Houser, Scott D. Hunter and Molly K. Johnson, all incumbent county court judges who are running unopposed for reelection.

The three run in nonpartisan general elections without primaries. All three are registered Republicans.

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