04-10191 Levy Sales Tax(Published in the Salina Journal on March 340, 2004)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 04-10191
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A .25 PERCENT (EQUAL TO 1/40) RETAILERS'
SALES TAX BEGINNING JULY 1, 2004, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2010; AND
SPECIFYING THE USES OF THE PROCEEDS THEREFROM.
WHEREAS, on February 9, 2004, the Governing Body of the City of Salina (the "City")
adopted Ordinance Number 04-10186 submitting to the electors of the City the question of whether
the City shall impose a .25 percent (equal to 1/40) retailers' sales tax, beginning July 1, 2004, and
ending June 30, 2010, for specified uses (the "Question"); and
WHEREAS, at the city special election March 16, 2004, the voters of the City voted in
favor of the Question; and
WHEREAS, K.S.A. 12-187(f) provides, in part, that if a majority of the electors voting
thereon at such election shall approve the levying of such tax, the governing body of any such city
shall provide by ordinance for the levy of the tax.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. There is hereby levied pursuant to K.S.A. 12-187 a .25 percent (equal to
1/40) retailers' sales tax beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2010, the uses of the proceeds
from which shall be limited to:
87.5 percent - general capital improvement projects, major equipment, parks
and recreation capital improvement projects, debt service,
property tax stabilization, or human service grants;
12.5 percent - establishment of an economic development fund managed by
the City of Salina;
and no other uses.
Section 2. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to forward a certified copy of this
ordinance to the Kansas Director of Taxation, who shall cause the retailers' sales tax levied
hereunder to be collected in accordance with Kansas law.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption and
publication once in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: March 22, 2004
Passed: March 25, 2004
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Alan E. Jilka, Ma or
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ATTEST:
Lieu Ann Elsey, City Clem