Beginning with tax year 2016, any City of Fostoria resident who owes $200 or more in municipal income taxes not withheld will be required to file a declaration of estimated tax and make payments on a quarterly basis instead of once a year.  City tax administrator Holly Cassady said the threshold for requiring estimated tax payments will be $200 and the amount each person will owe will be determined by the amount of tax due after withholding for Fostoria and credit for taxes paid to another city.  The first quarterly payment will be due April 18 — the same day as the annual income tax filing deadline.
 

City of Findlay officials are applying for a $4 million state grant to help pay for widened roads and trails that would connect all of the city’s parks.  According to City Engineer Brian Thomas, the city would only have to match 5 percent of the state’s contribution, or $200,000.  The proposal would add two lanes of traffic, which would also be bicycle-friendly, to East Sandusky Street from Blanchard Street to Bright Road, and a bicycle/pedestrian path along the south side of East Sandusky Street.  Pedestrian and bicycle paths also would be added to the east and west sides of South Blanchard Street, and a similar path would be added to the south side of Lincoln Street.
 

After learning the estimated cost for a proposed joint justice center are higher than expected, county commissioners voted Tuesday to cap the City of Tiffin's contribution to the project at $3 million to reassure the city its share of the burden would not increase as work continues.  Although the project's stakeholders hoped construction costs would be around $10 million, the project's architect, announced Monday that the estimated cost is $12.5 million to $14.5 million, depending on decisions made concerning the building's appearance and its heating, ventilation and air conditioning system.

It could cost as much as $2.7 million to remove sediment and debris backing up behind the Riverside Park dam in Findlay.  In June last year, Hancock County and the City of Findlay split a $15,000 bill to hire Hull & Associates, Dublin, to study the problem.  However, two endangered species of freshwater mussels could slow or increase the cost of the proposal.