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The Council shall have the power to fix its own compensation and that of each employee of the City, including officers and members of any board or commission of the City, whether elected, appointed or chosen, and to establish bond for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office. The premium of any bond required by the Council shall be paid by the City. The compensation of all elected officials shall be fixed at least thirty (30) days prior to the filing date of nominating petitions for the terms beginning after the regular municipal elections for which such petitions were filed, and shall not thereafter be changed in any respect during any such term or any part thereof. The Council may authorize any officer of the City to make such travel as the Council deems to be in the public interest, and may provide that the expense of such travel be paid by the City. (Amended 11-2-76.)
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.)
The limitation of Section 21 of the Charter upon the power of Council to levy taxes shall not operate as a limitation upon the power of Council to levy taxes upon such other subjects and for such other purposes as may be lawful under the Constitution and laws of this State.
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