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Seven Hills council adopts resolution to seek voter approval of tax renewal exceeding 10-mill limit
Summary
The Seven Hills City Council adopted Resolution 1-2026, declaring an emergency and directing the city to proceed with an election on a renewal tax measure that would exceed the 10-mill limitation; the resolution passed unanimously on a roll-call vote.
The Seven Hills City Council adopted Resolution 1-2026 in a unanimous roll-call vote, a measure directing the city to proceed with an election on a renewal tax question in excess of the 10-mill limitation and adopted as an emergency measure.
Council Pro Tem Castanza moved to suspend rules and read the resolution by title only; Morrow seconded. An official read that the resolution would "proceed with the election on the question of a renewal tax in excess of the 10 mil limitation in declaring an emergency." Council Pro Tem Castanza then moved to approve the emergency clause in section 7; Councilman Morrow seconded and the emergency clause passed on a unanimous roll call. Costanza moved to adopt the resolution as an emergency measure, Morrow seconded, and the council again voted unanimously to adopt the measure.
The transcript records the formal adoption and unanimous roll-call results; it does not include a proposed tax rate, ballot date, or language beyond the phrase read in the resolution. The council record as read indicates the city will proceed to the election process for the renewal tax question; further scheduling, ballot language and funding allocations were not specified in the meeting record.
