Council objects to HB157
By Sandy Rose Schwieterman - For the Sidney Daily News
MINSTER – The Minster Village Council passed a resolution at its Tuesday, April 20, meeting objecting to the passage of a Ohio House of Representative bill that would require refunds of village income taxes for some employees.
House Bill 157 addresses the situation when some employees of Minster businesses worked from home during the pandemic in 2020. For those employees who lived outside of the village corporation limits, HB 157 would require the village to issues income tax refunds, going back to March 2020.
“The Ohio Municipal League asked that every municipality to write a letter to their representatives asking House Bill 157 not be passed,” said Village Administrator Don Harrod. He said the process of refunds would be a difficult task.
New Bemen prepares for graduation
By Sandy Rose Schwieterman - For the Sidney Daily News
NEW BREMEN – The New Bremen Board of Education heard about plans for the graduating seniors, scheduling updates on the upcoming prom and about the arrival of donated Komminsk sculptures to the school campus.
The board officially approved for graduation the list of 55 seniors of the 2020-21 class, pending each student’s attainment of the required number of end-of course exam points and the successful completion of the courses and/or credits as established by the State of Ohio or the New Bremen Local Schools.
Superintendent Jason Schrader said he was glad the senior class stayed in full-time sessions for this school year.
Board reviews potential school funding
By Sandy Rose Schwieterman - For the Sidney Daily News
MINSYER Potential new school funding proposals as well as recognition of the senior class valedictorian and salutatorian were discussed by the Minster Board of Education during its meeting Monday. April 19.
Superintendent Brenda Boeke told the board that the Senate will soon hold hearings on the Biennial budget. She said the House Finance Committee unveiled its version of biennial budget, House bill 110, which wraps in the school fair funding plan from HB1 and a 2 percent tax cut across the board.
She explained House bill110 proposed the school fair funding plan would be phased in over six years, beginning with the 2021-22 school year. Boeke said the House said it is designed to ensure no school district loses funding during the transition to the new formula. There are short-term transitional payments included in the implementation, and joint vocational schools also receive transitiona
Rotary donates funds for park
By Sandy Rose Schwieterman - For the Sidney Daily News
NEW KNOXVILLE – The New Knoxville Council accepted a donation that will pay for a newly-designed village park during its meeting Wednesday night, April 14.
Village Administrator Larry Kellermeyer said the $10,500 donation from New Bremen/New Knoxville Rotary Club will pay for most of the work on the former garden club site across from the village administrative offices on South Main Street. The Rotary donation represents 75% of the expected cost, with the village supplying the other 25% of the cost.
He said earlier this year, his crews came to him and requested somehow raising funds to update the area now that the garden club had disbanded.
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