NOTICE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF LEVYING DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENTS APPORTIONED ACCORDING TO TAX VALUE, IN LIEU OF THE PERMANENT ASSESSMENT BASE PROCEDURE, PURSUANT TO SECTION 6137.111 OF THE REVISED CODE The Delaware County Board of Commissioners (the “Board”) has approved numerous petitions to accept drainage improvements within platted subdivisions into the Delaware County Drainage Maintenance Program, administered in partnership with the Delaware County Engineer and the Delaware Soil & Water Conservation District, in accordance with Chapters 6131 and 6137 of the Revised Code. Pursuant to section 6137.11 of the Revised Code, the standard procedure for levying drainage maintenance assessments is to levy assessments as a percentage of the permanent assessment base derived from the original construction cost, with the permanent assessment base updated on a sexennial basis. Pursuant to section 6137.111 of the Revised Code, in lieu of the permanent assessment base and procedure specified in section 6137.11 of the Revised Code, the Board may by resolution levy upon the benefited property assessments apportioned according to tax value in the amount determined by the Board to be necessary to obtain funds for the maintenance fund. The Delaware County Engineer and the Delaware Soil & Water Conservation District recommend that the Board consider levying a drainage maintenance assessment apportioned according to tax value at a uniform millage rate (0.3 mill) on all lots within platted subdivisions in the Delaware County Drainage Maintenance Program. Notice is hereby given that the Board will conduct a hearing on Monday August 18, at 10:00AM, at the Office of the Board, 91 North Sandusky Street Delaware, Ohio 43015 for consideration of a resolution to levy drainage maintenance assessments apportioned according to tax value, in lieu of the permanent assessment base procedure. The Board will then adjourn the hearing to be reconvened on Thursday August 28, at 10:00AM, at the Office of the Board. At the hearing, the Board shall hear all persons whose properties are proposed to be assessed, shall correct any errors and make any revisions that appear to be necessary or just, and may then pass a resolution levying upon the properties determined to be benefited such assessments as so corrected and revised. Any owner may comment on the proposal in writing before or in person at the public hearings. Written comments on the proposal should be sent to the following address: Delaware County Board of Commissioners Jennifer Walraven, Clerk 91 North Sandusky Street Delaware, Ohio 43015 Should any participant require auxiliary aids due to disability or non-English languages, please contact this office no later than 5:00P.M. on August 11, 2025, to ensure needs will be accommodated. This Public Notice was published under the authority of the Delaware County Board of Commissioners: Jennifer Walraven, Clerk - 91 North Sandusky Street, Delaware, Ohio 43015 - (740) 833-2100 - jmwalraven@co.delaware.oh.us. August 6, 2025 1T 90210870