Replacement of a one-half percent levy for streets and sewers in the city of Bryan is on the Nov. 8 general election ballot. If passed, the levy takes effect on or after June 1, 2023, for 9 1/2 years, ending in 2032. The levy has been renewed four times over the past 36 years, until May 3, when it was rejected by 27 votes. That rejection followed a controversial move by the city to privatize trash pickup in Bryan. The levy began in 1986 to fund the city’s wastewater plant, then streets and sewers were added as a continuing part of the levy. Funding to retire the police and fire department debt was added to the levy the third and fourth times it was approved. The police and fire debt has been retired and is not part of the levy now. Thus, the Secretary of State’s Office, which oversees Ohio elections, said the levy must now be termed a replacement levy, and not a renewal, though it is a renewal of the streets and sewers portion, officials say The levy has brought in a little more than $40 million for streets and sewers, or about $1.6 million per year, which has funded about 200 projects since the 1990s.