More Special Meetings ahead for 8-mill renewal levy?
We’re still processing some of the drama of last night’s council meeting. Could it be at least one more Special Council Meeting will have to be called in order for the 8-mill renewal levy to appear on the November the ballot? The corrected Resolution A. was passed at Special Meeting #6 last Thursday, 8/9/07. However, a second resolution to put the levy on the ballot, which we reported on 7/17/07 must be passed, attached to Dusty Rhodes’ letter certifying the levy, and delivered to the Board of Elections by August 23rd, got only one reading last night.
Why was that? Well, Councilperson Keith Moore was absent (he announced at a previous meeting he would be out of town this week), and the motion to have all 3 readings failed for lack of the 6 votes necessary to pass it. And why was that? By now, everyone should know why. Because Mr. Schneider voted “no”…again.
Prior to the vote for 3 readings, Mr. Schneider repeated his previously stated objections to placing the renewal levy on the ballot; and, as always, Mr. Sanker was the first to answer them. Practically every council member and Mayor Williams followed suit, each seemingly trying to appeal to Mr. Schneider to join the “yes” pack. But he remained unmoved by their arguments, voted “no” to the 3 readings motion and then voted “no” again to Mr. Sanker’s subsequent motion for the 1st reading, which passed 5 - 1.
Is there any way to get this second required levy resolution passed in time without at least one more Special Council Meeting? It appears not, since the next regular council meeting isn’t until August 28, too late to meet the Board of Elections' August 23rd deadline. Mr. Schneider said he’s doing what his constituents want him to do, dig deeper into the budgetary process his colleagues and Mayor Williams are claiming support the need for the levy revenues. If that’s the case, they can’t be disappointed. He’s digging with everything he’s got all by his lonesome, which must make for a very hot seat he’s occupying these days.
8/15/07, 1:30 p.m. UPDATE: An email just in from the Clerk of Council states that two Special Council Meetings were scheduled during last night’s meeting for the second and third readings of the levy ordinance. Obviously, we missed that part of the meeting (that'll teach one of us to leave the room during the broadcast!), but here’s the schedule:
Monday, August 20, and Tuesday, August 21, both at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers for the readings of:
A) RESOLUTION DECLARING IT NECESSARY TO LEVY A TAX IN EXCESS OF THE TEN MILL LIMITATION AND TO NOTIFY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF HAMILTON COUNTY TO CAUSE THE NOTICE OF ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF LEVYING SAID TAX TO BE GIVEN AS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
Why was that? Well, Councilperson Keith Moore was absent (he announced at a previous meeting he would be out of town this week), and the motion to have all 3 readings failed for lack of the 6 votes necessary to pass it. And why was that? By now, everyone should know why. Because Mr. Schneider voted “no”…again.
Prior to the vote for 3 readings, Mr. Schneider repeated his previously stated objections to placing the renewal levy on the ballot; and, as always, Mr. Sanker was the first to answer them. Practically every council member and Mayor Williams followed suit, each seemingly trying to appeal to Mr. Schneider to join the “yes” pack. But he remained unmoved by their arguments, voted “no” to the 3 readings motion and then voted “no” again to Mr. Sanker’s subsequent motion for the 1st reading, which passed 5 - 1.
Is there any way to get this second required levy resolution passed in time without at least one more Special Council Meeting? It appears not, since the next regular council meeting isn’t until August 28, too late to meet the Board of Elections' August 23rd deadline. Mr. Schneider said he’s doing what his constituents want him to do, dig deeper into the budgetary process his colleagues and Mayor Williams are claiming support the need for the levy revenues. If that’s the case, they can’t be disappointed. He’s digging with everything he’s got all by his lonesome, which must make for a very hot seat he’s occupying these days.
8/15/07, 1:30 p.m. UPDATE: An email just in from the Clerk of Council states that two Special Council Meetings were scheduled during last night’s meeting for the second and third readings of the levy ordinance. Obviously, we missed that part of the meeting (that'll teach one of us to leave the room during the broadcast!), but here’s the schedule:
Monday, August 20, and Tuesday, August 21, both at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers for the readings of:
A) RESOLUTION DECLARING IT NECESSARY TO LEVY A TAX IN EXCESS OF THE TEN MILL LIMITATION AND TO NOTIFY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF HAMILTON COUNTY TO CAUSE THE NOTICE OF ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF LEVYING SAID TAX TO BE GIVEN AS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
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