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 on March 12, 2026
Union County Auditor Andrea Weaver, pictured above, came before Richwood Council during its Monday meeting to inform them of the expiring road repair levy and present some possible options should council decide to go to the ballot. The levy, which generates around $100,000 for the village, makes its final collection in 2027. (Gazette photo by Kyle Meddles)

Council to make decision on expiring road repair levy

By By Kyle Meddles, Richwood Gazette 

 

Richwood Council will soon have to decide whether to go the ballot as early as November for its expiring road repair and maintenance levy.

Union County Auditor Andrea Weaver told village council on Monday that the road repair levy will make its final collection in 2027 regardless of what council chooses to do. The three-year, 3-mill levy currently generates about $100,000 each year for the village collecting at an effective millage of 1.8-mills.

Aside from letting the levy expire, Weaver said that council has the option to either renew the current rate, renew and increase the rate or let it expire and put a whole new levy on the ballot.

“You just need to discuss and decide whether or not that 100 grand…

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