Explanation
BACKGROUND: By authority of ORC Section 5709.82, the City is required to pay affected school districts 50 percent (50%) of the municipal income tax revenue attributable to tax abated projects where the annual ‘new employee’ payroll for a project is one million dollars or more, in a given tax year, during the abatement. This municipal income tax revenue sharing with affected school districts applies to all property tax abatements approved by the legislative authority after July 1, 1994 and is based on the ‘new employee’ wages paid in a tax year, during the years of tax exemption, and also on the wages of the construction workers. For tax year 2015, the City of Columbus has a total of fifteen (15) projects requiring revenue sharing and the total amount of revenue to be shared is $2,202,819.54. The fifteen (15) projects are located in five (5) different school districts with the revenue share subtotals as follows: $2,057,108.96 to the Columbus City School District for ten (10) projects, $22,875.05 to the Gahanna Jefferson City School District for one (1) project, $57,419.48 to the Hilliard City School District for two (2) projects, $52,398.52 to the South Western City School District for one (1) project and $13,017.53 to the Worthington City School District for one (1) project.
Emergency action is requested in order to expedite payment to the five (5) school districts to compensate them for property tax revenues forgone due to tax abatements.
FISCAL IMPACT: The 2016 General Fund budget (citywide account) includes funding for these payments. A transfer equal to 25 percent (25%) of the payment will be transferred from the Special Income Tax Fund. The transfer amount of $550,704.89 has been factored into the current special income tax analysis and resultant capital capacity.
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To authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer $2,202,819.54 within the General Fund; to authorize and direct the City Auditor to appropriate and transfer $550,704.89 ...
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