Troy voters didn't decide the fate of a proposed 2.01 mill, 10-year levy for recreation in Tuesday's general election after all.

The City Council voted unanimously Monday evening, Nov. 7, to withdraw the request from the ballot because of an error involving a decimal point in the ballot language.

A voter in a Nov. 2 email pointed out the error to the Miami County Board of Elections.

The Miami County auditor approved for the city a 2.01 mill rate but the city “transposed a decimal point” and listed 0.201 mills in ballot language, Eric Morgan, deputy elections director, told the elections board when notifying it of the issue Nov. 3.

The elections board directed administrators to immediately contact the city and the Ohio Secretary of State's Office. The Secretary of State advised the board to have lawyers for the city (law director Grant Kerber) and the board (county prosecutor's office) determine the next steps.

Late Nov. 4, the city said council would be asked to withdraw the proposal “due to potentially conflicting language that is included on the ballot.”

Following council’s vote, the Board of Elections planned to post notices at Troy polling places Tuesday to let voters know the request had been withdrawn, said Bev Kendall, elections directors. Votes cast on the request would not be counted, she said.

The city apologized for any confusion, and indicated the recreation proposal likely would return down the road.

Bobby Phillips, president of the Operation Recreation committee that sought the tax levy and a member of city council, said the issue would return, but he did not know yet when.

“I think this does make sense to clear up any potential confusion," Phillips said Monday.

"There have been many sets of eyes on this thing ... Things happen," he said of the error.

During council’s public comment session, city resident Kent Frauenberger asked how the mistake happened, and what safeguards would be implemented to avoid a future incident.

Kerber said despite multiple layers of review, the error got through.

"We certainly will look at extra safeguards to make sure this doesn't happen again," he said.

The proposal would have paid for baseball and soccer fields at Duke Park; improvements including a renovated clubhouse and a driving range at Miami Shores Golf Course; and updates at the Troy Senior Citizens Center. The Operation Recreation committee is made up of representatives of a number of organizations providing recreation in the community. It had pledged to raise $4 million from private donors to go along with the $10 million the levy was intended to generate.