From new taxes to virtual meetings, here are the 10 issues on the May 3 ballot

Across Portage County, voters will decide on tax questions for schools, funding for police and emergency services, public meeting policies and more. Below we explain what each of these ballot issues is about. You can skim the headings to find issues that pertain to your community and may appear on your ballot May 3.

Issue 1: Shall a levy renewing 2 existing levies be imposed by the Rootstown Local School District for the purpose of providing for emergency requirements of the school district in the sum of $1,145,056 and a levy of taxes to be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to average 4.5 mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to 45 cents for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for 10 years, commencing in 2022, first due in calendar year 2023. If approved, any remaining tax years on any of the two existing levies will not be collected after 2022.