Ballot question
Issue 12: Bainbridge Township additional levy for police and EMS
- On the ballot in
- Bainbridge Township
- Vote
- Yes or no
- Election
- Nov 3, 2026
The question, as printed on the ballot
An additional tax for the benefit of Bainbridge Township for the purpose of providing and maintaining motor vehicles, communications, other equipment, buildings, and sites for such buildings used directly in the operation of a police department, for the payment of salaries of permanent or part-time police, communications, or administrative personnel to operate the same, including the payment of any employer contributions required for such personnel under section 145.48 or 742.33 of the Revised Code, for the payment of the costs incurred by townships as a result of contracts made with other political subdivisions in order to obtain police protection, for the provision of ambulance or emergency medical services operated by a police department, or the payment of other related costs that the county auditor estimates will collect $2,539,972 annually, at a rate not exceeding 3 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $105 for each $100,000 of the county auditor's market value, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2026, first due in calendar year 2027.
A “Yes” vote means
A yes vote approves a new 3-mill property tax with no end date for Bainbridge Township police and police-operated emergency medical services.
A “No” vote means
A no vote rejects the additional levy.
Sources
- Ballot Display – Geauga County, 11/3/2026 General Election (sample ballots for every precinct) · Geauga County Board of Elections
- November 3, 2026 General Election Certified Issues List (8/17/2026) · Geauga County Board of Elections
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