Crocodile mouth
Crocodile mouth, hummingbird butt.
Looks like Harry picked the wrong night to preach to council.
Harry Myers, 12500 Tollgate Road, Pickerington. Mr. Myers stated he was present this evening as a Violet Township Trustee to address the issue of the proposed TIF on S.R. 256. Mr. Myers stated while aware of the proposed TIF, the Township was not aware of its urgency. Mr. Myers stated that the City currently has five TIFs, all implemented by a prior administration. He stated the current costs to the Township for fiscal year 2005, collected in 2006, is $74,338. He continued that the Fire Department?’s share of that is $66,914. Mr. Myers stated the total, since 1998 when the TIFs began, for the Township, is $271,951 of which the Fire Department?’s share is $244,755. Mr. Myers stated this is a substantial amount of money lost to our fire department, because it is the City?’s fire department also. He stated to increase services with no increased revenue has the potential to be a risk to anyone in the Township. He stated the Trustees commended the City for their action for the Pickerington Local School District, and maybe in the future the fire department will be considered. Mr. Myers further stated as Council all knew, the only way the Township can increase monies to the fire department is through voted millage. Mr. Myers stated he also read in the local newspaper that the City has collected for the year 2006, $530,378 in impact fees.
Mr. Wisniewski stated with regard to the five TIFs Mr. Myers referenced, two of those are on empty land, and the fire department is receiving 25 percent of the increased value of those. He stated further it is safe to assume that zero runs are going to roads that lead to nowhere. Mr. Myers stated the fire department is collecting 11.1 mills, and if you figure that out that would be about $22,000 per year on a $20 million project. Mr. Wisniewski stated he also understood that the Township recently removed their 9-1-1 services from the City which removed approximately $80,000 from the City?’s budget. Mr. Myers stated they have not been removed as yet. Mr. Myers stated his point was the fire department was the City?’s fire department as well as the Township. Mr. Wisniewski stated he understood that, but this TIF is to the benefit of the school district as well as the benefit of the citizens of this area as we will be building a $2 million road that would not get built otherwise. Mr. Wisniewski stated we could let the land sit vacant and not collect anything off of it, but the City was trying to do what was in the best interests of the residents of the City and Township. He stated he understood there was an impact to the fire department, and he also understood there was an impact on our Police Department, however, there is a larger vision and we are getting a quality developer into the City to increase the commercial tax base, and hopefully get this paid off as soon as possible. Mr. Wisniewski stated he stood behind his comments that this is a positive project. Mr. Myers stated he felt it was positive as well, for everyone but the fire department.
Crocodile mouth, hummingbird butt.
Looks like Harry picked the wrong night to preach to council.
Harry Myers, 12500 Tollgate Road, Pickerington. Mr. Myers stated he was present this evening as a Violet Township Trustee to address the issue of the proposed TIF on S.R. 256. Mr. Myers stated while aware of the proposed TIF, the Township was not aware of its urgency. Mr. Myers stated that the City currently has five TIFs, all implemented by a prior administration. He stated the current costs to the Township for fiscal year 2005, collected in 2006, is $74,338. He continued that the Fire Department?’s share of that is $66,914. Mr. Myers stated the total, since 1998 when the TIFs began, for the Township, is $271,951 of which the Fire Department?’s share is $244,755. Mr. Myers stated this is a substantial amount of money lost to our fire department, because it is the City?’s fire department also. He stated to increase services with no increased revenue has the potential to be a risk to anyone in the Township. He stated the Trustees commended the City for their action for the Pickerington Local School District, and maybe in the future the fire department will be considered. Mr. Myers further stated as Council all knew, the only way the Township can increase monies to the fire department is through voted millage. Mr. Myers stated he also read in the local newspaper that the City has collected for the year 2006, $530,378 in impact fees.
Mr. Wisniewski stated with regard to the five TIFs Mr. Myers referenced, two of those are on empty land, and the fire department is receiving 25 percent of the increased value of those. He stated further it is safe to assume that zero runs are going to roads that lead to nowhere. Mr. Myers stated the fire department is collecting 11.1 mills, and if you figure that out that would be about $22,000 per year on a $20 million project. Mr. Wisniewski stated he also understood that the Township recently removed their 9-1-1 services from the City which removed approximately $80,000 from the City?’s budget. Mr. Myers stated they have not been removed as yet. Mr. Myers stated his point was the fire department was the City?’s fire department as well as the Township. Mr. Wisniewski stated he understood that, but this TIF is to the benefit of the school district as well as the benefit of the citizens of this area as we will be building a $2 million road that would not get built otherwise. Mr. Wisniewski stated we could let the land sit vacant and not collect anything off of it, but the City was trying to do what was in the best interests of the residents of the City and Township. He stated he understood there was an impact to the fire department, and he also understood there was an impact on our Police Department, however, there is a larger vision and we are getting a quality developer into the City to increase the commercial tax base, and hopefully get this paid off as soon as possible. Mr. Wisniewski stated he stood behind his comments that this is a positive project. Mr. Myers stated he felt it was positive as well, for everyone but the fire department.
