(A) There shall be and are hereby levied the following annual taxes on the income of every person residing in or earning or receiving income in the Municipality, as measured by each such person's municipal taxable income, all as hereafter provided in this Chapter:
(1) To provide funds for general municipal operations, maintenance, new equipment and capital improvements of the City, a tax on municipal taxable income at a uniform rate of one percent (1.00%) per year.
(2) To provide funds one-half (½) of which shall be allocated to the General Fund for wage and salary increases and services and one-half (½) of which shall be allocated to the Capital Improvements Fund, as provided in Ordinance No. 605-66, passed by the Council of the City of Toledo on August 1, 1966, and approved by the City's voters at an election on November 8, 1966, a tax on municipal taxable income at a uniform rate of one-half percent (0.50%) per year.
(3) During the period commencing January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2024, a tax on municipal taxable income at a uniform rate of three-quarters percent (3/4%) to provide funds one-third (1/3) of which shall be allocated to the General Fund for Police, Fire and other Safety Department responsibilities, one-third (1/3) of which shall be allocated to the General Fund, and one-third (1/3) of which shall be allocated to the Capital Improvements Fund; provided, however, that the Council, upon its determination of financial need, may, at the request of the Mayor, cause any unencumbered funds allocated as provided herein to the Capital Improvements Fund to remain in the General Fund or to be transferred back to the General Fund and to be appropriated and used for any purpose set forth in division (D) of Section 1905.14.
(B) Consistently with the provisions of division (A) of this Section, there shall be levied and imposed upon the municipal taxable income of every person residing in or earning or receiving income in the Municipality an aggregate annual income tax as follows: (1) for the period commencing January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2024, a tax at a uniform rate equal to the sum of (a) 2.25% per year for the purposes specified in division (A)(1), (2) and (3) of this Section plus (b) the rate per year of any additional tax levied for a purpose set forth in an ordinance approved by the electors of the City and this Council and specified in another Section of this Chapter; and (2) thereafter, unless a separate ordinance providing for a different rate or rates is approved by the electors of the City and this Council or otherwise passed in accordance with law, a tax at a uniform rate equal to the sum of (a) 1.50% per year tax for the purposes specified in the division (A)(1) and (2) of this Section plus (b) the rate per year of any additional tax levied for a purpose set forth in an ordinance approved by the electors of the City and this Council and specified in another Section of this Chapter. The provisions of division (A) of this Section 1905.01 and of Section 1905.14 shall govern the crediting, allocation, appropriation and use of funds obtained from the taxes levied under this Section.
(C) The taxes levied under this Chapter 1905 shall be levied in accordance with the provisions and limitations set forth in Chapter 718 of the Ohio Revised Code to the fullest extent required for the Municipality to continue to levy those taxes. The required provisions and limitations of Chapter 718 of the Ohio Revised Code are hereby incorporated into this Chapter 1905, and those required provisions or limitations of Chapter 718 of the Ohio Revised Code shall control to the extent there is a conflict between a provision or limitation of this Chapter 1905 and an express provision or limitation of Chapter 718 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(D) As used herein, all references in this Chapter 1905 to provisions or limitations of Chapter 718 of the Ohio Revised Code and to any Section of that Chapter 718 shall include those provisions or limitations of that Chapter or Section as in effect on January 1, 2016, of any successor statute, and of any subsequent amendment to that Chapter or Section or a successor statute in effect from time to time to the fullest possible extent required for the Municipality to continue to levy the taxes specified under this Chapter 1905. All references in this Chapter 1905 to "ORC" are to the Ohio Revised Code.
(Ord. 283-16. Passed 11-9-16; Ord. 281-20. Passed 11-17-20.)