98-9887 Agr Submit Tax Electors(Published in The Salina Journal S�afc.,tie, % , 1998)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 9 988 9RDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY THE
QUESTION OF IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER PERCENT (1/4%) RETAILER'S
SALES TAX, BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 1999, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2004, WITH THE
PROCEEDS TO PURCHASE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND
CAREER/TECHNICAL EDUCATION EQUIPMENT, SERVICES AND TRAINING FOR
U.S.D. NO. 305.
WHEREAS, on August 17, 1998 the City Clerk was presented with petitions signed by
electors of the City requesting that the Salina City Commission call an election on the following
question:
Shall the following be adopted?
Shall the City of Salina, Kansas impose an additional quarter percent
(1/4%) retailers' sales tax beginning January 1, 1999 and ending June 30,
2004 with the proceeds to purchase instructional technology and
career/technical education equipment, services, and training for U. S.D.
#305?
WHEREAS, K.S.A. 12-187 provides that upon the filing of such a petition signed by
electors of such city equal in number to not less than ten percent (10%) of the electors of the City, the
governing body shall be required to submit the question to the electors of the City voting thereon at an
election called and held therefor; and
WHEREAS, the County Clerk has confirmed that the petitions were signed by electors
of the City equal in number to not less than ten percent (10%) of the electors of the City; SO NOW,
THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
question:
Section 1. As required by K.S.A. 12-187, the Governing Body submits the following
Shall the following be adopted?
Shall the City of Salina, Kansas impose an additional quarter percent
(1/4%) retailers' sales tax beginning January 1, 1999 and ending June 30,
2004 with the proceeds to purchase instructional technology and
career/technical education equipment, services, and training for U. S.D.
#305?
to the electors of the City at the county general election on November 3, 1998.
Section 2. If a majority of the electors of the City voting on the proposition at the county
general election approve the levy of the tax, the Governing Body shall provide by ordinance for the levy
of the tax.
Section 3. If approved, the tax shall be subject to all applicable state laws and
administrative rules and regulations of the Kansas Department of Revenue. The service of the Kansas
Department of Revenue shall be utilized to administer, enforce and collect such tax.
Section 4. If approved, the collection of such tax shall commence on the first day of the
calendar quarter next following the thirtieth (30') day after the date of the election authorizing the levy
of the tax, which is January 1, 1999, and shall end June 30, 2004.
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Section 5. The City Clerk is directed to request that the County Election Officer take
fall steps necessary to include the proposition set forth in Section 1 above on the ballot for the 1998
county primary election, including publication of the notice of the election pursuant to K.S.A. 12-187
and 10-120. The notice shall be published in The Salina Journal once each week for two consecutive
l weeks, with the first publication to be not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the election. The
notice shall set forth the time and place of the election and the proposition to be determined.
Section 6. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption and
publication once in the official city newspaper.
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
CMC, Cit lerk
Introduced: August 24, 1998
Passe August 26, 1998
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P er F. Brungardt, Mayor