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Mount Vernon council adopts package of routine resolutions, adjusts lodging- and property-tax figures
Summary
Mount Vernon City Council on a single evening approved a slate of routine emergency resolutions — including supplemental appropriations tied to lodging‑tax receipts, participation in the Ohio Treasurer’s online checkbook, the disposal of surplus police vehicles, and several accounting adjustments.
Mount Vernon City Council on a single evening approved a slate of routine emergency resolutions — including supplemental appropriations tied to lodging-tax receipts, participation in the Ohio Treasurer’s online checkbook, the disposal of surplus police vehicles, and several internal fund adjustments — while also taking first readings on several public‑works items.
The most-discussed item was a supplemental-appropriations resolution tied to the city’s lodging (bed) tax. City staff said the lodging-tax budget for the current year was set at $75,000 while last year’s receipts approached $160,000; with a new hotel recently opening, staff estimated lodging-tax revenues could grow another 15%–20% into next year. “So we will expect to probably increase this again maybe…
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