ELYRIA — Mayor Bill Grace delivered a lead up to a discussion about possibly placing an income tax increase on the November ballot this afternoon when he delivered his annual State of the City address.

The year 2010 will be the year Elyrians decide if they want to live with reduced city services or give city leaders the additional revenue needed to increase what workers can do, Grace said during a combined meeting of the Lorain County Chamber of Commerce and Elyria Noon Rotary.

“The question will be: Will we continue with the revenue we have and the cuts we have or will we buck the trend and look to have better,” he said.

Grace did not offer specifics about how much of an increase is needed and City Council has yet to formally discussion the proposal. But one thing is for sure: Grace wants to build the city’s resource capacity.

“Which is the politically correct way of saying we need more money,” he said.

Read Wednesday’s Chronicle for more on this story.

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