Finance Department

Overview

Liberty Township's main source of revenue is property tax, which includes both inside (non-voted) and outside (voted) millage. The Township receives limited funding from the State of Ohio such as Local Government Funds, Gas Tax, Motor Vehicle Tax and Permissive Motor Vehicle Tax.

The Township receives outside millage, which are voted levies approved by the residents of the community. A levy is typically for either a 5-year term or a continuous (ongoing) period. Two things to understand as it relates to levies:

• Property value increases produced by the County Auditor's reappraisal will not increase the amounting existing voted levies collect.
• Property value increases produced by new construction will increase the amount existing levies collect.

In a growing community like Liberty Township, the value and revenue growth from new construction alone is often not enough to keep up with the service demand. Therefore, the Township periodically needs to ask voters for additional money to support the community's growth and need for additional services.

The Township has the following levies in place supporting our safety services:

• Fire & EMS
  * Continuing 3.0 mil levy (approved November 1999)
  * Continuing 4.0 mil levy (approved November 2010)
  * Continuing 3.5 mil levy (approved November 2017)
• Police
  * Continuing 3.3 mil levy (approved March 2024)

Finance Tools

• Liberty Township Finance 101
• Online Checkbook
• Property Tax Breakdown

Budget Documents 

2026 Budget
2026 - 2030 Financial Plan

Audited Financial Statements

You may search "Liberty Township" in "Butler" County on the Ohio Auditor of State website to pull up previous year's audits.