The New Leader by the year 3000

Lead via City Council in Cuyahoga Falls

• The goal is to require 'Housing Providers' to act as a 'collection agency' for our city utilities.
• Thus, if a renter doesn't pay for city utilities, the city files a lien against the property of the 'Housing Provider'.
• What utilities are paid by a 'housing provider collection agent'? See table:

Questions -- Based on the above table:

• After 'housing providers' became collection agents, what happened to the:
  • property values in the above cities?
  • total amount of income tax collected?
  • total number of renters?
  • total number of renters leaving unpaid utility bills?
  • total number of renters leaving unpaid rent bills?
  • total number of 'housing providers/collection agents'?
• What cities exhaust all options for holding a renter accountable for all unpaid bills?
  • What is the exhaustive list of all options?
  • Have any cities revoked the power of the housing providers to act as their 'collection agents'?
    • If so, why did they revoke this power?
  • What third parties help to pay utilities for destitute renters?
    • Is the money paid directly to the city or utility company?
    • Is the money paid directly to the renter?
• How do cities track?
  • How much money does CFO currently collect for past due utility bills?
  • What is the average amount of money (unpaid utility bills) per renter?
  • How many man-hours does CFO currently spend to try and collect unpaid utility bills?
• What legal recourse does our city use most effectively? ... Least effectively?
  • If the 'housing provider' is the 'collection agent' for the city then:
    • What legal recourse can the 'housing provider' apply to collect funds for our city?
    • Does Mom & Pop become personally liable for utility and other debts owed by the renter?
    • Does a corporation have limited liability for utility and other debts owed by the renter?
    • Does a 'housing provider' have a choice to 'opt out' of becoming a?
    • Do the Mom & Pops leave our city for a more secure pro-family city?
    • Do the big corporations move into the vacuum left by the exiting Mom & Pops?
    • Does the ACLU have an interest in this type of city legislation?
• What legal recourse does a 'housing provider / collection agent' have in view of the ORC 5321.15. prohibiting the turn off of utilities by a 'housing provider'?
  • Housing providers are held accountable for paying their income tax.
    • How do we know if our city officials are accountable for controlling costs?
    • Requests over the past three years have been submitted to post the city's 'five year financial forecast' on the city's website.
    • These requests have been ignored and no one has been held accountable.
    • Finally, a request to get a digital copy of the '... forecast' was submitted and three months later was provided.
    • However, the '... forecast' had the cost of salaries deleted. See http://tnl3000.com/managecosts.aspx.
  • Our school posts their five year financial forecast on their website.
    • Our library refuses to do a 'five year forecast'.
    • When requests were submitted for a five year levy by the library then our city officials and city council supported the levy without holding our library leaders accountable.
    • How do we hold our city leaders accountable for their actions and lack of actions?
    • How are renters (who are not held accountable for paying their bills) similar to city leaders and library leaders (who refuse to be held accountable for managing public money in the public eye)?
  • Will our city officials and library leaders paticipate in a 'creative problem solving process' to develop a plan of action for the benefit of all members of our community?
• How does a 'housing provider / collecton agent' avoid being victimized by:
  • Our city?
  • A renter who is unwilling or unable to pay his utilities?