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Fort Recovery council adopts emergency municipal income tax increase to 1.5%
Summary
The Village of Fort Recovery council voted Dec. 15 to raise the municipal income tax rate from 1% to 1.5% via an emergency ordinance and approved year‑end appropriations and pay schedule updates.
The Village of Fort Recovery Council on Dec. 15 approved an emergency ordinance to raise the village municipal income tax rate from 1% to 1.5%. The ordinance (ORD 2025-16) passed on a roll-call vote with council members voting unanimously in favor.
Council also approved ORD 2025-14, which fixes pay schedules for salaried and hourly employees effective Jan. 1, 2026, and a package of year‑end budget resolutions including temporary appropriations for 2026 and several interfund transfers. Finance staff presented a bank reconciliation and said the auditor provided a confidential draft of the village’s 2024 audit for council review.
Mayor Dave Kaup and council members said the measures were procedural steps to close out the year and to position the village for 2026 operations. The income tax ordinance includes an emergency clause as stated in the ordinance text; the minutes do not specify an effective date beyond that declaration. Roberta Staugler presented the reconciliations for approval and will circulate the auditor’s draft once final review is complete.
The council’s action was one part of a broader year‑end agenda that also included capital and personnel items; the minutes record unanimous votes on the listed measures.
