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Issue 47 Proposed Charter Amendment City of Cincinnati Majority Approval Required Pass: 32,822 / 51.97% Yes votes ...... 30,336 / 48.03% No votes
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Shall the Charter of the City of Cincinnati be amended to prohibit the City, its various boards, agencies and departments, from assessing, levying, or collecting any tax or general assessment on real properties, or against the owners or occupants thereof, for the collection, transportation or disposal of trash, garbage, waste, rubbish or refuse by enacting new Article XVII? YES NO
WHAT THE AMENDMENT WOULD DO: The new Charter article would prohibit the City from assessing, levy- ing, or collecting any tax or general assessment on real properties, or against the owners or occupants thereof, for the collection, transportation or disposal of trash, garbage. waste, rubbish or refuse. For purposes of the Amendment the term "City" includes the City's various boards, agencies, departments and commissions. For purposes of this summary, "garbage" includes trash, garbage, waste, rubbish, and refuse. Currently all single-family households and small multi-unit complexes receive curbside garbage/yard waste collection and curbside recycling service from the City. Garbage collection and re- cycling services are currently paid for by the City's general operating fund supported mainly by city earnings and property taxes. Most businesses and commercial establishments in the City contract for private garbage collection. BACKGROUND: This Charter amendment is on the November 2011 ballot because sufficient signatures were collected in a petition effort in response to proposals over the past three budget years by the City Manager to include a monthly garbage collection fee in the City budget. No garbage collection taxes or assessments have been passed by City Council to date.
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