File #: O-281-20    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 7/23/2020 In control: Office of the Mayor
On agenda: 7/28/2020 Final action: 11/17/2020
Title: Amending Sections 1905.01 and 1905.14 of the Toledo Municipal Code to provide, among other matters, for the continuation of the City's existing temporary three-quarters (3/4%) municipal income tax for a period commencing January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2024, to provide additional funds for Police, Fire, and other Safety Department responsibilities, for the General Fund, and for the Capital Improvements Fund, and for the allocation of those funds.
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Office of the Mayor

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Amending Sections 1905.01 and 1905.14 of the Toledo Municipal Code to provide, among other matters, for the continuation of the City's existing temporary three-quarters (3/4%) municipal income tax for a period commencing January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2024, to provide additional funds for Police, Fire, and other Safety Department responsibilities, for the General Fund, and for the Capital Improvements Fund, and for the allocation of those funds.

Summary
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:

SECTION 1. That Section 1905.01 of the Toledo Municipal Code, as presently written, to wit:

"1905.01 Declaration of Purposes and Levying of Tax.

(A) There shall be and are hereby levied the following annual taxes on the income of every person residing in or earning or receiving income in the Municipality, as measured by each such person's municipal taxable income, all as hereafter provided in this Chapter:

(1) To provide funds for general municipal operations, maintenance, new equipment and capital improvements of the City, a tax on municipal taxable income at a uniform rate of one percent (1.00%) per year.

(2) To provide funds one-half (1/2) of which shall be allocated to the General Fund for wage and salary increases and services and one-half (1/2) of which shall be allocated to the Capital Improvements Fund, as provided in Ordinance No. 605-66, passed by the Council of the City of Toledo on August 1, 1966, and approved by the City's voters at an election on November 8, 1966, a tax on municipal taxable income at a uniform rate of one-half percent (0.50%) per year.

(3) During the period commencing January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2020, a tax on municipal taxable income at a uniform rate of three-quarters percent (3/4%) to provide funds one-third (1/3) of which shall be allocated to the General Fund for Police, Fire and other Safety Department responsibilities, one-t...

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