Published July 21, 2008 11:31 pm - City Council voted 5-1 Monday night to place a special, three-year, .15 percent income tax increase before voters in November.
Ashtabula council rolls with tax hike
By SHELLEY TERRY - Staff Writer - sterry@starbeacon.com Star Beacon
ASHTABULA — City Council voted 5-1 Monday night to place a special, three-year, .15 percent income tax increase before voters in November.
Ward 4 Councilwoman Julie Lattimer cast the dissenting vote.
If approved, the tax will raise $500,000 a year, specifically for street repair and resurfacing, beginning January 2009 through December 2011.
“This will be on top of money now used for paving streets,” City Manager Anthony Cantagallo said.
The deadline for getting paperwork to the Ashtabula County Election Board is Aug. 21.
In other business, council:
n Voted down Lattimer’s motion to begin charging residents $25 to trap animals other than dogs and cats. The city is no longer trapping animals because of the cost.
Ward 3 Councilwoman Ericka Severino and Ward 5 Councilman Jim Trisket backed the motion, while Ward 1 Councilman Joseph Rose, Ward 2 Councilman Bernie Roskovics and acting President Betty Kist voted ‘no.’
Now, if residents have a nuisance animal problem, they must call a professional trapper.
n Learned the equalization basin will be up and running in 10 days. The basin was built west of Lake Avenue in the Michigan Avenue area to end water woes in the Ashtabula harbor.
n Appointed Severino as f council liaison to sit in on the upcoming sewer agreements.
n Appointed Marlene Cornelius and the city auditor (or his designee) to the tax abatement review council. The council meets once a year to oversee the city’s tax abatements.
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