GOSHEN TOWNSHIP — Voters in Goshen Township will be presented with the question of a replacement levy for the police department in November.

The board of trustees voted unanimously in its July meeting to submit a 5.7-mill replacement levy for the Police Fund to voters. If approved by voters, the replacement levy would update the property valuations which were locked in when the original levy was approved by voters in 2006.

Fiscal Officer Michele Barratt said that with the rise of property valuations the levy is currently being collected at an effective rate of 3.2 mills, and that “the intent of the replacement levy is to collect at the rate that the residents approved in 2006” and keep up with the rising costs of living and inflation over the last 19 years.

“In essence, we are currently paying 2025 bills on 2006 pay…The requested levy would update that to the approved rate,” said Barratt.

Currently the levy collects $113 per $100,000 valuation of a property, meaning a home valued at $200,000 would pay twice that much. If the replacement levy is approved by voters in November, that figure would increase by approximately $87 per $100,000 valuation, for a new annual rate of approximately $200 per $100,000 valuation of a property.