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Tax Rate and Interest Rate: Current Tax Rate:  2.25% The interest rate is calculated based on the federal short-term rate plus 5%. The rates are as follows: Calendar Year 2023: 7% per year or 0.58% per month Calendar Year 2024: 10% per year or 0.83% per month Calendar Year 2025: 10% per year or 0.83%...

Overview The City of Kettering now offers you the opportunity to complete your tax forms on-line. You may enter your information while the form is displayed through Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, you may download it for free here. Using this feature creates a legible...

About the Finance Department The Finance Department administers the city budget and all city finances. These responsibilities include: • Budget • Centralized Purchasing • Financial Planning and Reporting • Income Tax • Payroll • Treasury of City funds The Finance Department manages more than $91 million annually. The Finance Department has been honored for 41 years with The Certificate of...

The City of Kettering owns and operates 9 disaster sirens located throughout the city which are activated by Public Safety Dispatchers.  These sirens emit two types of warnings, constant and Hi-Lo tones.  The constant or non-oscillating tone is used for disaster (i.e. tornado warning) and the Hi-Lo tone for civil defense issues. When the sirens...

Kettering Fire Department is proud to recognize its employees for outstanding service. The categories shown on the left (Firefighter of the Year, LIfe Saving Awards, Fire Chief's Award) provide detail about recent recipients.                   Fire HQ | 4745 Hempstead Station Drive | Kettering, Ohio 45429 | 937-296-2489

10 Steps to Home Fire Safety  Have a working smoke alarm on each level and in each bedroom of your home.  Never leave cooking unattended and always set a timer.  Keep items that can burn (i.e., dish towels, paper, wood cutting boards, etc.) away from all cooking equipment.  Have chimneys and heating equipment inspected annually....

2025 Annual Hydrant Maintenance Program Our annual hydrant maintenance program, which includes flushing hydrants, began the week of April 21, 2025, and should conclude by the end of summer/early fall depending on weather conditions. This year we will be inspecting all of the hydrants within the city. During this time, crews will be working weekdays...

Fire Station Modernization Project Our four fire stations were built as part of the Station Modernization Project and are fully operational as of December 2018. Each of these stations is staffed 24 hours a day with members who are trained to respond to both fire and medical emergencies. With the state-of-the-art stations now complete,  your...

Recreational Fires Kettering residents may have a recreational fire on their property as long as certain rules are regulations are followed. These regulations can be found in the Open Burning Information Sheet. Bonfire Before lighting a bonfire in Kettering, a property owner must acquire a permit from the Kettering Fire Department Prevention Bureau. Please call...

Skills Check Off Currently, the Kettering Fire Department is offering CPR Skills Check Off only. We are not currently offering full CPR certification classes. If you complete the course online through American Heart Association's website and simply need the skills checkoff, please contact the CPR Program Coordinator at (937) 296-2489 to schedule your skills checkoff....

The City of Kettering is currently seeking reimbursement from private health insurers, Medicare and Medicaid for ambulance transportation. While no one living or working in Kettering will be required to pay for any uncovered expenses, we expect you might have questions about why the city is charging insurance companies for the service, and how it...

Annual Reports Information about the Kettering Fire Department can be found in the Annual Report(s) below. All files below are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader software installed on your computer to view. Download the free software here.   2024 Fire Annual Report   2023 Fire Annual Report   2022 Fire Annual Report...

You must call 811 prior to beginning your project Are you planning any landscaping projects this summer?  Or maybe you’re thinking about installing a fence or putting in a swing set.  Before you start digging, there are a few facts you should check to ensure all of your outdoor projects go smoothly and safely. Call...

    The Kettering Safety Section provides information on developing safe ways of getting to school.  This information can be used in the community to help children safely navigate their neighborhood. Also, It can be used by teachers as classroom resources. Safety Section members are committed to working  pro-actively with school and neighborhood communities to...

Mission Statement To teach basic concepts of traffic safety, to provide injury prevention awareness and life safety skills for children entering the kindergarten grade level. About Safety Village Kettering Safety Village is a week-long program sponsored by the Dor-Wood Optimist Club. The City of Kettering’s Safety Section in collaboration with Kettering City Schools is proud...

Management of Right-of-Way The City manages the use of public rights of way based on Chapter 901 of the City’s Codified Ordinances. View Chapter 901 - Right of Way Ordinance Regulations for Placement of Communication Facilities Certificate of Registration Utility companies having a system within the public right of way are required to obtain and...

CenterPoint Energy is actively working in the City of Kettering to replace gas mains and service lines over the next several years.   If you have any questions or concerns, please call CenterPoint at 800-227-1376.   CenterPoint Map of Projects 2025 Project Areas Broad, San Rae, Delmonte, Oak Park, Royalston, East (V-1324 BSCI) Hazelwood, California, Hadley, Broad,...

The Kettering Safety Section provides school aged students education on transportation safety.  Additionally, the Safety Section manages the Safe Routes to School program. Safety Supervisors provide school safety patrol training to over 400 students annually for all public and private schools in Kettering. The Safety supervisors also work at critical school crossings and major traffic intersections located near the elementary schools....

About Traffic Engineering • Traffic Operations • Traffic Signals • Transportation Safety Section Traffic Engineering manages the transportation system to provide for the safe mobility of the traveling public. This includes maintenance to traffic signals for the City’s 250 miles of streets, review of traffic-related components for proposed development projects, providing for transportation planning and design...

  Report An Outage Report an outage directly to Miami Valley Lighting, go to www.lightingsimplified.com or call 888-316-2393 or you can submit a request here www.ketteringoh.org/#/city/report/embed/report-street-light-leaning or contact ketteringengineering@ketteringoh.org or 937-296-2436. About Street Lighting Most of the street lights in Kettering are owned and maintained by the Miami Valley Lighting, LLC, a subsidiary of AES Ohio,...