10/06/2026
🚒 Issue #51: Fire Department Levy Information
What is Issue #51, what does it fund, and what does it mean for Coventry Fire & EMS operations?
We’ve put together the infographic below to provide a quick, straightforward look at the facts and figures behind this renewal levy.
Issue #51 is a continuation of the Fire Department levy approved by voters in 2022. It is a renewal—not a new tax or an increase in the levy rate.
Official Ballot Language
Issue 51 – Coventry Township
PROPERTY TAX (RENEWAL)
A renewal of a tax for the benefit of Coventry Township for the purpose of providing and maintaining fire apparatus, appliances, buildings, or sites therefor, or sources of water supply and materials therefor, or the establishment and maintenance of lines of fire alarm telegraph, or the payment of permanent, part-time, or volunteer firefighters, including the payment of the firefighters employer's contribution required under Section 742.34 of the Revised Code, or to purchase ambulance equipment, or to provide ambulance, paramedic, or other emergency medical services operated by the fire department, that the county fiscal officer estimates will collect $942,573 annually, at a rate not exceeding 3.25 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $80 for each $100,000 of the county fiscal officer's market value, for 5 years, commencing in 2027, first due in calendar year 2028.
Questions about Issue #51 or the Fire Department's operations? Please contact:
Fire Chief Adam Rockich
📧 [email protected] | 📞 330-644-3228
Township Administrator Anna Davis
📧 [email protected] | 📞 330-644-0785, Ext. 690
Coventry Firefighters Local 2286
