Matthew Oestreich, Wood County auditor, has announced the distribution of the real estate, public utility tax, and special assessments for the second half 2023 settlement.
A total of $103,624,587 was collected and distributed including $1,811,533 for special assessments. In addition $9,321,997 is to be reimbursed from the state income tax funds, $6,508,185 in non-business credit, $1,212,221 in owner occupied credit, and $1,601,591 in homestead exemption monies. These represent tax reductions for qualifying properties.
Wood County currently maintains over 76,000 individual land parcels of record and distributes the taxes to 18 school districts, 19 townships, and 26 cities and villages. Wood County has over 100,000 individual special assessments, which are distributed to regional, county, municipal and township governments. Examples include ditch construction and maintenance, sewer and water systems, street lighting, street cleaning, and tree maintenance programs.
Totals for the second half revenue distribution are as follows:
Wood County: $3,397,312
Regional Water and Sewer: $514,549
County ditch maintenance and construction: $347,201
Maumee Watershed Conservancy: $49,548
Board of Developmental Disabilities: $8,967,766
Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Board: $3,419,661
Park District: $1,237,494
Committee on Aging: $1,346,264
Board of Health: $688,683
Historical Center: $72,288
Job & Family Services: $1,608,747
Wood County Library bond: $105,111
Townships total $9,783,135
Bloom: $146,511
Center: $120,773
Freedom: $291,119
Grand Rapids: $104,527
Henry: $774,232
Jackson: $61,246
Lake: $1,475,325
Liberty: $63,177
Middleton: $987,070
Milton: $84,247
Montgomery: $136,756
Perry: $103,609
Perrysburg: $3,559,047
Plain: $112,053
Portage: $84,442
Troy: $479,131
Washington: $131,289
Webster: $106,295
Weston: $107,760
NW Wood Co. EMS: $272,402
Central Joint Fire District: $77,988
Mid County EMS: $301,468
Southeast Ambulance: $202,669
Municipalities total $8,353,620
Bairdstown: $3,297
Bloomdale $12,846
Bowling Green: $1,561,708
Bradner: $37,142
Custar: $4,614
Cygnet: $5,146
Fostoria: $62,052
Grand Rapids: $37,960
Haskins: $109,836
Hoytville: $7,848
Jerry City: $6,117
Luckey: $49,345
Millbury: $41,792
Milton Center: $1,952
North Baltimore: $184,697
Northwood: $122,746
Pemberville: $18,947
Perrysburg: $3,075,350
Portage: $9,995
Risingsun: $29,750
Rossford: $1,273,094
Tontogany: $8,854
Walbridge: $51,580
Wayne: $46,157
West Millgrove: $4,672
Weston: $33,160
Seneca County Health: $1,965
Wood County Library: $426,274
Rossford Library: $142,848
Way Library: $641,442
North Baltimore Library: $63,727
Kaubisch Library: $8,031
Pemberville Library: $103,879
Wayne Library: $62,433
Weston Library: $102,363
Schools total $63,733,208
Anthony Wayne: $630,321
Bowling Green: $8,200,222
Eastwood: $3,718,055
Elmwood: $1,358,162
Fostoria: $682,413
Gibsonburg: $19,603
Lake: $5,008,369
Lakota: $463,725
McComb: $155,728
North Baltimore: $1,489,473
Northwood: $2,865,838
Otsego: $2,481,690
Patrick Henry: $29,932
Perrysburg: $23,015,991
Rossford: $9,459,452
Four County: $3,113
Penta County: $4,098,822
Vanguard: $52,300