Laserfiche WebLink
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council <br />Monday, April 15, 2024 <br />Page 3 <br />I do not doubt that your skill and quick actions saved the student's life. You <br />provided lifesaving treatment without hesitation, showing your caring, dedication, <br />and professionalism. I am pleased to present you both with this Commendation to <br />you for your actions on March 14, 2024. <br />Please come up and accept your Commendations. <br />- State of the Village Address — April 2024 <br />This is my ninth annual State of the Village address. It seems like yesterday when I stood before <br />you for the first time in April of 2016. <br />Although we have been through much —particularly a pandemic —and many things have changed <br />in these past several years —particularly our income tax revenues, many faces have also changed. <br />In 2016, Joe Saponaro was our Council President; and Patsy Mills, Steve Parker, Tom Marrie and <br />Steve Jerome were our Council members. John Marrelli was our Building Commissioner, Bill <br />Thomas our Rec Director, Doug Metzung our Service Director, Rich Edelman our Police Chief, <br />Joe Diemert our Law Director, and Ted Esborn was our Economic Development Manager. <br />Although we miss them and we appreciate all that they brought to the Village, I am pleased to look <br />at the new members of Council that were elected and the new members of the Administration and <br />I am struck by the fact that as much as things change, they also stay the same. The Village continues <br />to attract people with a passion for public service who do their work, not for personal gain, but for <br />the good of this community. Even as new skills and ideas are brought to the table, our goals remain <br />the same —ensuring that Mayfield Village residents are safe and happy and continue to find this <br />an excellent place to live. I thank you all for doing your part. We are doing just fine, despite the <br />challenges, and I am happy to report that the State of the Village is strong. <br />Financial Position. As I reported last year, we suffered significant revenue losses in 2022 <br />primarily because most Progressive Insurance employees continued to work from home in the <br />aftermath of the pandemic. Our income tax collections in 2022 totaled approximately $9 million <br />and that was a decrease of $10.3 million from 2021. Unfortunately, the situation has not improved <br />substantially in 2023 although it has improved. We ended the year with approximately $9.8 <br />million in income tax collections. <br />On a positive note, in February 2024, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that income tax refunds would <br />not be permitted back to 2020 when the pandemic began and all businesses were shut down. This <br />was an important decision for the Village as well as several other communities as were looking at <br />the possibility of having to pay several million dollars in additional refunds for tax year 2020. <br />Our total general fund revenues for 2023, which included our income tax collections along with <br />TIFs, interest, land rental income, refunds of tax collection costs, miscellaneous revenues and <br />reimbursements, property taxes and charges for sales and services provided by our Building, <br />Recreation, Fire and Police Departments, totaled approximately $16 million. Our general fund <br />