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Finance committee shifts 2% of income-tax allocation from police to capital and general fund to help pay for sidewalks
Summary
The Medina finance committee approved a one-percentage-point reallocation of income-tax revenue — reducing the police share from 40% to 38% and directing 1% to the general fund and 1% to general-purpose capital — with the change made retroactive to Jan. 1, 2026. The council said the move will help fund sidewalks and other capital projects.
Speaker 1 proposed and the committee approved a modification to the city's income-tax allocation (Item 2628), reducing the police share from 40% to 38% and allocating 1% to the general fund and 1% to general-purpose capital.
Speaker 1 said the city's current income-tax collections are about $20.5 million and that 1% of collections is roughly $200,000, a sum the council argued would help pay for sidewalks and other capital work. "So my suggestion was to take the income tax allocation…
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