SportsUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals Jim Fischer ThisWeek A challenge to the city of Powell’s proposed income-tax increase, which the city filed to be placed on the May 4 ballot, has been filed with the Delaware County Board of Elections. The challenge, signed by Jan S. Simonis of Industrial Affairs, states, “I do not believe that due process was followed to correctly place this issue on the ballot. Therefore, I respectfully challenge the placement onto the ballot and request that this issue be revisited in a formal hearing. "As a small business owner, this proposed increase will effectively cause a 125% increase in my taxes and place (undue) hardship on my business and other small business persons in Powell," Simonis wrote in the undated challenge.