How to save as County performs Sexennial Reappraisals
Recently Michael W. Chambers, CPA and Fiscal Officer for Cuyahoga County gave a presentation to City Council regarding the upcoming 2024 Sexennial Reappraisal. As a requirement of Ohio law, every County Auditor is required to value all properties at fair market value twice during a six-year cycle. The triennial updated took place in 2021 and 2024 is the year for the sexennial reappraisal for Cuyahoga County. The last sexennial reappraisal took place in 2018. According to the Ohio Revised Code, “the tax commissioner shall order a reappraisal of all real property in each county once in each s ....
The April meeting of the North Royalton Board of Education took place on Monday, April 17. The Board approved the following tax budget for the next succeeding fiscal year, commencing January 1, 2024, to be levied within and without the ten-mill limitation as follows: General Fund Inside, 5.00; General Fund Outside, 53.90; Total General Fund, 58.90; Permanent Improvement Fund Inside, 1.00; Permanent Improvement Fund Outside, .50; Bond Retirement Fund, 4.30; Grand Total, 64.70. The Board approved an agreement to enter into an annual financial statement services with the Local Government Servi ....
Orange barrels popping up during city road projects
Now that the spring weather is in full force, so is the 2023 Road Maintenance Program, which takes place each year. The City develops a plan of the roads that are in the most need and sets a budget to start those projects. In March, City Council adopted three pieces of legislation that approved bids for the 2023 Road Maintenance Program. They accepted the bid of American Roadway Logistics as the lowest and best bid for pavement marking; the bid of Crossroads Asphalt Recycling, Incorporated as the lowest and best bid for equipment and general pavement services and the bid of Independence Cemen ....
NOPEC mails residents enrollment letters
Residents who have not elected to contract their electric provider elsewhere should be receiving a letter from NOPEC regarding NOPEC electric enrollment. Also, those residents who have not contracted a gas supplier elsewhere will also receive a letter on the NOPEC natural gas enrollment. Residents receiving letters do not need to do anything if they wish to remain in the NOPEC aggregation programs. If they wish to utilize another supplier, they must respond by mail, or by faxing the opt-out form to 440-774-4422, or call NOPEC’s Customer Care Center at 855-667-3201 to opt out of the program. ....
Council discusses lengthening and staggering terms
City Council began discussion on the possibility of extending the number of terms City Council members can serve and also staggering the Council terms. The initial discussion took place at a recent Council Rules and Ordinances Committee meeting. If a change is determined, the measure would go to the voters under the form of a charter amendment. Currently, the North Royalton City Charter states that “each Ward Councilperson is to serve for a term of two (2) years commencing with the November election of 1979 and every two (2) years thereafter. No person elected Ward Councilperson shall hold ....
