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<br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />RESOLUTION NO. 98-145 <br />BY: The Mayor and Entire City Council <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />EXPRESSING ITS STRONG OPPOSITION TO PASSAGE <br />OF HOUSE BILL 803 CURRENTLY PENDING BEFORE <br />THE OHIO LEGISLATURE, AND DECLARING AN <br />EMERGENCY. <br />WHEREAS, The Ohio State Legislature has currently pending before the House <br />of Representatives, Bill No. 803 (hereafter HB 803), which would amend Chapter 718 of <br />the Ohio Revised Code regarding municipal income tax laws; and <br />WHEREAS, Pursuant to Chapter 718 of the Ohio Revised Code, as well as the <br />Constitution of the State of Ohio, Article XVIII, §3, the City of North Olmsted has <br />legislation for the levying of local tax for the general municipal operations, as well as for <br />services, safety, health and welfare of its citizens; and <br />WHEREAS, HB 803 represents an encroachment upon municipalities' right to <br />self-government and "Home Rule", and implies that current municipal policies, <br />procedures and personnel are inefficient. Passage of HB 803 would now impose on each <br />municipality the dictates of the special interest groups who inspired HB 803; and <br />WHEREAS, HB 803 would result in increased administrative costs, decreased <br />revenue, minimized efficiencies, with added bureaucracies at both the city and state level. <br />In addition, HB 803 would change forms, deadlines, withholding tax levels, interest <br />where such matters are currently covered as public policy under the existing local tax <br />ordinance; and <br />WHEREAS, HB 803 would result in greater alienation of ta.xpayers with <br />proposed changes to tax filing deadlines, withholding quarterly/monthly minimums, <br />changes in estimate payment deadlines and amounts, interest, extension rules and refund <br />policy modifications-taxpayers may not receive fair and equitable treatment under the <br />law, since the Bill, if taken literally, makes cumbersome audit procedures for audit of <br />returns; and <br />WHEREAS, HB 803 would serve to complicate local tax for all municipalities in <br />requiring changes and rewriting of local tax ordinances to comply with new rulings as <br />proposed, in conjunction with changes at the federal and state level, resulting in great <br />expense of time, money and administration to comply; and