CITY OF OAKWOOD

The Council of the city of Oakwood, State of Ohio, met in a work session at 6:30 p.m. in the conference room of the city of Oakwood, 30 Park Avenue, Oakwood, Ohio, 45419. Council then met in a regular session at 7:30 p.m., in the council chambers of the city of Oakwood.

The Mayor, Mr. William Duncan, presided, and the Clerk of Council, Ms. Lori Stacel, recorded. Mayor Duncan opened the meeting by asking all present to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Upon call of the roll, the following members of Council responded to their names:

Officers of the city present were the following:

The following visitors registered:

Mrs. Hilton advised Council she had read the meeting minutes of the February 4, 2019 regular session and work session, and the February 25, 2019 work session and executive session. Mrs. Hilton reported she found the minutes correct and complete. Therefore, it was moved by Mrs. Hilton and seconded by Mr. Epley that the minutes of the sessions of Council aforementioned be approved as written and the reading thereof at this session be dispensed with. Upon a viva voce vote on the question of the motion, same passed unanimously and it was so ordered.

Citizen Committee Appointments – Mayor Duncan presented the following list of reappointments and new appointments to various citizen committees:

The reappointment of Kip Bohachek and Linda Weprin to the Board of Zoning Appeals; Michael Hayes (Precinct E) to the Budget Review Committee; Kathy Luckett (District A) to the Property Maintenance Board; Jill Kendall to the Personnel Appeals Board; and Ellen Fodge and Jan Scheid to the Tax/Water & Sewer/Assembly Appeals Board. The appointment of Connie Epley to the Beautification Committee; and Cait Botschner (Precinct D) and Megan Kavanaugh (Precinct F) to the Budget Review Committee.

It was moved by Mayor Duncan and seconded by Mr. Stephens that the aforementioned appointments be confirmed. Upon a viva voce vote on the question of the motion, same passed unanimously and it was so ordered.

Mayor Duncan explained that there are several other vacancies on the citizen committees. City Council and City staff are in the process of identifying citizen volunteers for appointment at the April 1 council meeting.

Mayor Duncan reported on an Ohio Municipal League update from last week. The update stated that the State of Ohio Controlling Board approved a $2 million temporary transfer to the Ohio Department of Taxation to cover shortages in taxes municipalities received, created by taxpayers filing estimated payments to multiple municipalities. These estimated payments were filed to the State via the Ohio Business Gateway as part of the state centralized collection of municipal net profit business filings. Taxpayers underestimated payments to some municipalities while overestimating payments to others. The Ohio Department of Taxation has estimated that 445 municipalities have been shorted as a result. Mayor Duncan commented that local governments could not only foresee this happening, but could pretty much guarantee that it would happen. The Ohio Society of CPAs states that as time progresses, the businesses will have a better picture of what their annual tax liability will be for each municipality, and will adjust to subsequently file declarations to properly reflect liabilities.