YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Auditor Ralph Meacham issued a press release Wednesday making people aware that property owners who are delinquent on their property taxes will be included in a list of delinquent property owners published Nov. 7 and Nov. 21 in The Vindicator.

Meacham said the list is published every year about that time. The list will reflect delinquency amounts as of Jan. 1, 2024. “We’re telling people that your name is going to be published if you are delinquent,” Meacham said. The names of taxpayers paid in full by Sept. 30, 2024, will be removed from the list, the release states.

The delinquent property list also will contain the parcel number and total amount of taxes, assessments, recoupment charges, penalties and interest due and unpaid, the release states. “An interest charge will accrue on accounts left unpaid after the last day of November,” he said.

Meanwhile, Meacham said he obtained an important figure last week that indicates how much the average property tax in the county rose as a result of the increase in residential property values that occurred in last year’s property revaluation.

The figure is 9 percent, even though the average increase in property values was 38 percent, Meacham said.

“The 38 percent increase in residential properties did not translate into a 38 percent increase in taxes,” Meacham said. “Mathematically, a third of people’s taxes stayed the same, a third went up and a third went down, with the exception of that 20-mill floor for the schools and the 10-mill inside millage.”

Meacham talked early this year about the 20-mill floor and 10-mill inside millage that allows some property-value increases to increase property taxes.

In January, Meacham said the 20-mill floor was responsible for the Jackson-Milton Local School District, for instance, to receive an additional 5.4 mills of funding in 2024 and the Sebring schools to get an additional 4.9 mills.

Those additional millages increased Jackson-Milton by $1.4 million per year, Sebring an additional $314,700 per year and the Poland schools an additional $2.7 million per year. Inside millage is the 10 mills of millage a property owner pays that can increase as a result of rising property values, Meacham said.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

The county auditor’s news release urges property owners who have not paid their property taxes to call the Mahoning County Treasurer’s Office to obtain a payoff amount or to inquire about entering into a contractual payment plan to pay such delinquent taxes in installments.

The county treasurer’s office is open during normal business hours, but the county treasurer’s office recommends that property owners make payment online or by mail, the news release states.

The county treasurer has expanded options available for making online payments. Service fees may apply for online payments. More details are available at the county website at www.mahoningcountyoh.gov. Questions regarding payment of delinquent taxes should be directed to the county treasurer, 330-740-2460, the release states.