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Council Minutes of 6/18/96 5) This past week, there have been two applications for solicitors/peddlers licenses. It was .~,k determined that one applicant was not a chanty because they employed young people to go into neighborhoods and sell products. The other applicant, the Ohio Citizens Action Committee, is a political organization that promotes issues such as the environment. However, since they do ask for contributions, they also needed a license. Mr. Nashar asked Mr. Gareau if the article on video cameras in England concerned the kidnapping of a child that had been reported last year. Mr. Gareau said that issue was mentioned, but mainly the article was concerned with the use of cameras to successfully control crime. Mr. O'Grady asked Mr. Gareau for clarification on the peddlers/solicitors license and identification methods. Recently, he had a young man come to his door asking for a donation and was unsure whether the person was doing so legally. Mr. Gareau said the key was whether someone is selling something. A charity does not sell but will have a city identification card. Finance Director Burns: 1) Last week the city sold its $42,435,000 note issue at an interest rate of 4.6%. Council will receive copies of the Annual Information Statement (AIS), and the Clerk of Council has on file a copy of the official statement which includes the AIS. 2) Last week Orange County, California came out of bankruptcy, an event which should benefit municipal securities transactions. 3) As reported at the last Council meeting, the May income tax collections were running $35,000 ahead of projections. Also during that period of time, the sewer fee collections were running $56,000 ahead of projections. 4) This year, for several reasons, there have been a series of attacks on municipal income tax coming through the Ohio General Assembly. The most recent is HB 554, which has not yet gone to committee. This bill would preclude a municipality from taxing anything which is exempt from taxation under the federal tax code. The problem with this is that pre-tax pension amounts and 401-K plan contributions made by employees are currently taxed by cities when the money is earned by the employee. House Bill 554 would make these amounts untaxable until the employee receives funds as retirement income. However, at that point, the former employee may no longer live in the community or even in the State of Ohio so the cities could not collect any income tax. At this point in the meeting, President Boehmer asked for approval of the Council minutes of the June 4, 1996 meeting. Mr. O'Grady moved to approve the minutes as written; the motion was seconded by Mr. Nashar and unanimously passed. Mr. Musial, Chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee: 1) A preliminary land use plan for a proposed hotel next to the soon-to-be-built Marriott Courtyard on Country Club Boulevard has been received from the Great Northern Properties Company. Mr. Musial moved that the preliminary land use plan for Parcel B on ,.~. 3