Cincinnati Council approves budget; property taxes increase in 2014

Jay Hanselman — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:59:33 +0000

The full Cincinnati Council has formally approved the 2013 city budget.

Most of the votes were 6-3…with Qualls, Young, Quinlivan, Seelbach, Simpson and Thomas voting yes and Sittenfeld, Smitherman and Winburn voting no.

Council didn’t vote Friday to approve leasing the operation of some city parking facilities to a private company.

Cincinnati Council must set 2014 property tax rate soon

Jay Hanselman — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:26:57 +0000

By mid-January Cincinnati City Council must decide how much property tax money it wants to collect for the 2014 budget year.

The vote will come as the body works to finalize next year's spending plan.

The rate must be set earlier because the city is changing from a calendar year budget to a fiscal one.

For the last decade Council has been holding the amount of property tax revenue collected steady or slightly reducing it.

A Council Member asked Budget Director Lea Eriksen this week what that's meant for the city.

Cincinnati property tax rate

Cincinnati Council approves budget; property taxes increase in 2014

Cincinnati Council must set 2014 property tax rate soon