The aggregate amount of taxes that may be levied by the taxing authority of the City of Garfield Heights without a vote of the people, on any taxable property assessed and listed for taxation according to value, for all purposes of the City, shall not in any one year exceed eight and three tenths (8.3) mills for each dollar of assessed valuation. Within the maximum levy provided for in Section 21, subsections A to D, the Council shall annually levy an amount sufficient to pay the interest, sinking fund and retirement charges on all notes and bonds of the City of Garfield Heights heretofore or hereafter lawfully authorized to be issued without the authority of the electors, which levy shall be placed before and in preference to all other levies and for the full amount thereof.
21-A. Within the maximum levy provided for in Section 21, the Council may levy an amount not to exceed one (1) mill for the purpose of creating a fund for the construction, reconstruction or acquisition of permanent improvements or additions thereto, as defined by Section 133.01 of the Revised Code of Ohio.
21-C. Within the maximum levy provided for in Section 21, the Council may levy an amount not to exceed one and fifteen hundredths (1.15) mills for the purpose of providing for the street lighting needs of the City.
21-D. Within the maximum levy provided for in Section 21, the Council may levy an amount not to exceed six (6) mills for the purpose of paying the current operating expenses of the City of Garfield Heights, and for the purpose of paying any other expenses that may lawfully be included within the general levy for the general fund of the City of Garfield Heights, including police and fire pensions.
(Amended 11-6-01.)