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May 8, 1998 No. 12 PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS BULLETIN TO YOUR COUNCIL, DEPARTMENT HEADS & STAFF COMMITTEES OF INTEREST FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 10, 1998 TUESDAY, MAY 12SENATE PENSION SYSTEMS SUBCOMMITTEE, 10 a.m., North Hearing Rm. HB 648 DISABILITY BENEFITS (Van Vyven) Makes changes to the disability benefit programs offered by the five state retirement systems and makes other changes. (5th Hearing- Possible vote) SENATE WAYS & MEANS, After Session, South Hearing Rm. SB 237 ELECTRIC DEREGULATION (B. Johnson) Provides for competition in retail electric service, including provisions regarding market structure, consumer protection, retail marketing areas, and transition revenues and makes other changes.(1st Hearing) HB 648 DISABILITY BENEFITS (Van Vyven) Makes changes to the disability benefit programs offered by the five state retirement systems and makes other changes in the law governing the state retirement systems.(1st Hearing -Pending referral from subcommittee) HOUSE COMMERCE & LABOR, 7 p.m., Rm. 121 SB 72 BUILDING STANDARDS (Cupp) Makes various changes in the Board of Building Standards Law and maintains the provisions of the act on and after July 1, 1997. (1st Hearing) SB 71 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS (Cupp) Voids various types of provisions of a construction contract or subcontract that are considered to be against public policy and makes other changes. (5th Hearing-Possible vote) WEDNESDAY, MAY 13HOUSE PUBLIC UTILITIES, 4 p.m. or After session, Rm. 017 HB 220 ELECTRIC COMPETITION (Amstutz) Establishes a state policy promoting competition and customer choice in the supply of electricity within the state; requires existing electric distribution companies to receive approval by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio their plans to make the transition to competition and customer choices and makes other changes. (1st Hearing) HB 732 ELECTRIC DEREGULATION (Mead) Provides for competition in retail electric service, including provisions regarding market structure, consumer protection, retail marketing areas, and transition revenues and makes other changes.(1st Hearing) HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT & TOWNSHIPS, 4 p.m., Rm. 121 HB 645 FARMLAND PRESERVATION (Krebs) Provides for the preservation of farmland through agricultural conservation easements and the Farmland Preservation Linked Deposit Program and makes other changes. (3rd Hearing) THURSDAY, MAY 14HOUSE WAYS & MEANS, 9 a.m., Rm. 121 SB 142 MANUFACTURED HOUSING (B. Johnson) Revises the sales and use taxes applicable to manufactured homes and makes other changes. (1st Hearing) 1998 SALARY SURVEY REPORTS: MAJOR CHANGESSummary reports of the 1998 city and village elected official salaries surveys are being published in Cities and Villages, beginning with the March/April issue. Detailed reports on elected and appointed officials, as well as other staff positions, are now available. The reports provide comparability by population, geographical distribution, and general fund appropriation for cities and villages. Additional comparability by form of government is available for cities. Upon request, one copy will be provided at no charge to each of the cities and villages that returned the completed survey by the deadline. Surveys that were returned too late to be included in the report will not be given credit for a free copy. OML member municipalities that did not respond to the survey but want a copy of the report will be charged $10 for the village report and $25 for the city report. All others will be charged $100 for the set. Call the OML at 1-800-561-3597 to request a copy. |
