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Council adopts tax-levy and tax-advance ordinances to meet Oct. 1 county deadlines
Summary
Twinsburg City Council suspended readings and adopted emergency ordinances on Sept. 9 to certify tax levies and to authorize an advance of local taxes from the Summit County fiscal officer to meet statutory deadlines.
Twinsburg City Council on Sept. 9 suspended its three-reading rules and unanimously adopted two emergency ordinances related to city taxes to meet Summit County deadlines.
Ordinance 91-20-25 accepted the amount and rate as determined by the Summit County Budget Commission and authorized necessary tax levies; council members said the measure needed to be sent to Summit County by the Oct. 1 deadline. Council moved, seconded and approved suspension of the three-reading rule and then adopted the ordinance as an emergency; the roll-call votes on suspension and adoption were 7-0.
Ordinance 92-20-25 authorized the advancement of local taxes from the Summit County fiscal officer for tax year 2025 (payable in 2026) in accordance with Ohio Revised Code section 321.34 and was likewise suspended and adopted as an emergency to meet the Oct. 1 county deadline. Council again voted 7-0 on suspension and on final adoption.
Council members stated the stated reasons on the record: both measures were time-sensitive and required county-level filing to preserve the city’s tax levy schedule. The transcript records no substantive debate over rates or levy amounts at the Sept. 9 meeting; council indicated the actions were procedural to meet statutory timelines.
