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March
2004
Sherwood Village Council took the first
step toward the establishment of a possible village income tax Wednesday by
approving an ordinance authorizing a partnership agreement with the
Regional Income Tax Agency
(RITA). RITA is a private agency that would collect the tax for the village.
"Council authorized the mayor to enter into a
partnership agreement with this regional council of governments in anticipation
and conditioned upon the approval by council of an ordinance for a municipal
income tax" Clerk-treasurer Dawn Buskirk said this morning.
Council has the authority to establish an
income tax of percent or less. Any amount greater than 1 percent must be
approved by voters.
"No final decision has been made regarding the
income tax," Buskirk stated. "A proposed ordinance regarding the tax
will not receive a first reading until the April meeting, at the earliest. It
has not yet been determined what the ordinance would say, or who would be
taxed."
The income tax issue has been discussed
previously by council on
September
2002. If you wish to comment on the income tax issue, you can find the issue
on the Sherwood
Discussion Boards.
Turning to another
issue, council members entered into a lengthy discussion with Ken Vogelsong Sr.
regarding a parcel of land he owns several hundred feet off of North Harrison
Street. Vogelsong's request to obtain a variance for the property was rejected
Tuesday by the zoning board.
"Council informed Mr. Vogelsong that he needs
to go through the proper channels, which includes having the land surveyed by a
professional surveyor," said Buskirk. "Once that is completed, he can resubmit
his variance request to the zoning board."
Council also re-approved an ordinance relating
to special purpose flood damage reduction, which allows village residents to
obtain flood insurance.
"This was approved at last month's meeting, but
it was determined that the matter had to be sent to a government agency first,"
Buskirk explained. "So we went through the process of repealing the first
ordinance, getting it approved by the government agency and re-approving it
again."
In other business, council:
- appointed Jim Hohenberger as delegate and
Joan Raker as alternate to the Regional Income Tax Agency (RITA).
- approved a three-year contract with Central
Local Schools to provide EMS to the Fairview school campus, at the nominal fee
of $1.
-discussed the annual village clean-up day, but
did not take formal action. Buskirk reported that council is considering moving
the clean-up day to the fall.
- was advised that the Sherwood Lions Club
would be donating $1,000 to help with park expenses.
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