Village of Waite Hill v. Budget Commission

The village of Waite Hill in this appeal seeks to require the Lake County Budget Commission to approve the tax levy outside the ten-mill limitation, which was authorized by the voters in 1972 for a period of five years.

It is clear that this controversy is controlled by R. C. 5705.341, which provides, in pertinent part:

“Nothing in this or any section of the Revised Code shall permit or require the levying of any rate of taxation, whether within the ten-mill limitation or whether the levy has been approved by the electors of * * * the political subdivision * * * in excess of such ten-mill…