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Cuyahoga County voters are backing two property tax increases for social services

The 5AM Euclid teamFrom today’s edition · 1 min read · 3 sources

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If you own a home in Cuyahoga County, two property tax increases look headed your way. (developmental disabilities) and (health and human services) each had more than 60% of the vote Wednesday morning, according to unofficial results.

Cleveland.com's early count of mail and early in-person ballots had Issue 10 at 65% and Issue 11 at 63%. County Executive Chris Ronayne has said HHS-funded departments would need to cut budgets by at least 8% next year without Issue 11.

Both levies led by wide margins in the early count

Issue 10MeasureIssue 11
96,502Votes in favor93,246
51,374Votes against54,211

Issue 10 is the first property tax increase since 2005 for the board that provides housing support, clinical and mental healthcare, education and job training. CEO Amber Gibbs said, "We have gone 21 years without asking voters for more money."

  • Issue 10: 2.25 mills for 10 years
  • Issue 11: current 4.7 mills renewed and raised to 7.2
  • Issue 11 total: $196 per $100,000, almost $262 million a year

The levies add $78.75 and $87.50 per $100,000 of home value

$78.75
more per $100,000 of home value for Issue 10
$87.50
more per $100,000 of home value for Issue 11
$99.7M
new a year for developmental disabilities
$110.76M
new a year for health and human services

Sources: Signal Cleveland, Ideastream Public Media, Cleveland.com

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