MCDONALD Village council supports steel tariffs extension

The village will get tougher with income tax delinquencies.
By ANGELA V. WOODHULL
VINDICATOR CORRESPONDENT
McDONALD -- Village council unanimously agreed Wednesday to support extending the 2001 steel tariffs.
McDonald Mayor James W. Border said council was asked by United Steelworkers Local 1375 to sponsor a resolution to President Bush urging him to continue the tariffs.
The International Trade Commission concluded that American steel companies and related industries were injured when foreign steel was illegally dumped and sold below production costs in the United States. Bush responded by placing tariffs on certain types of foreign steel, and the tariffs are due to expire.
Other issues
In other business at its meeting Wednesday, village council announced:
UThat the village has applied for tax-exempt status for the McDonald Industrial Park Association, which will try to start an industrial park on part of the former U.S. Steel McDonald Works.
UThat the village will more strictly enforce a law that carries fines of up to $500 and jail time of up to 60 days for delinquent village income taxpayers. There is $13,000 in delinquent taxes at the present.
UThat Community Chest volunteers went door to door in the village and raised $4,832.27 for McDonald summer flood victims. CC board members are deciding how to distribute the money.
UThat a Niles judge has ordered Robert Leonard of Niles to repave the parking lot of his Ohio Avenue plaza within 30 days. Leonard had contended that the village destroyed the asphalt when it replaced the sidewalk in front of the plaza.