Akron council adopts resolution opposing state bill that would eliminate inside millage funding

Vice President Fusco introduced a resolution for the Akron City Council urging opposition to Ohio General Assembly House Bill 335, which he said would eliminate the state'constitutional "inside millage" that provides revenue for local services. He told colleagues the city'charter allows 10.5 mills in Akron and that about 2.8 of those mills fund emergency medical services; other named allocations included 0.3 mills for police pension, 0.3 for fire pension, 0.2 and 0.42 for debt service, and 6.48 mills for the general fund.