Ohio Rep. Ron Young to Discuss Senate Bill 5 With Mentor City Council Tonight

Ohio Rep. Ron Young, R-Leroy Township, is scheduled to talk about   5 with Mentor City Council at the start of its meeting 7 p.m. at City Hall.

Young will also offer comments on the    budget and will take questions from City Council.

Senate Bill 5 is a controversial new law that restricts the powers of unions, including those of police, firefighters and teachers.

Additionally, the budget – which was originally suggested by Ohio Gov. John Kasich – closes a $6 billion shortfall. However, it also introduced funding cuts to local ,  and .

Afterward, the city will have its regularly scheduled meeting, in which council will vote on a contract that would update  with low energy acoustical panels.

The panels would cost about $201,000 and are part of the city's energy-conservation projects, as well as 

Council is also scheduled to approve the city's tax budget, which provides a statement of spending that demonstrates the city's need for property tax revenues.

The county budget commission uses that information to set tax rates for the upcoming fiscal year.

A tax budget is not the same thing as an operating budget, which has not been finalized yet.

The meeting's agenda and legislation, including the city's tax budget, have been attached to this story as a PDF.