State recovery board member to answer income tax questions

WAYNESVILLE — Paul Marshall, an employee of the Ohio Office of Budget and Management, will answer questions about Waynesville’s income tax at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 3 at a information meeting hosted by the Village of Waynesville at the Waynesville Government Center, 1400 Lytle Road.

The purpose of the meeting is to answer questions about the one percent income tax put into effect by Waynesville Village Council in December as well as the May 4 referendum that where voters can either accept or reject the tax.

The five-year, one percent income tax was put into effect by a 6-1 vote of council on Dec. 21. Council said the tax was necessary to help the village emerge from fiscal emergency, which it has been in since 2008. The tax was originally shot down by voters in a November election.

Marshall, who serves as a state appointed representative on the village financial recovery board, will attend the meeting to answer questions residents may have about the tax and the village’s financial emergency status, but said he is not on hand to speak in favor of or against the income tax.

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