06/14/2016 Resolutions 2016-148RESOLUTION 2016-148
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 9315, adopted August 11, 2011, tax receipts
received from the City's food services and drinking places occupation privilege tax were designated
to be utilized: (i) To make the City's required debt payments on the fieldhouse and the Recreational
Field development as required by Grand Island City Code §23-79(A) and (B). If any surplus remains
after meeting these obligations then that surplus shall be designated; and (ii) To make the City's
quarterly payments to the Nebraska State Fair Support and Improvement Fund as required by Neb
Rev. Stat. §2-108-110. If any surplus remains after meeting the obligations as stated in Grand Island
City Code §23-65(C)(i) and (ii) then that surplus sha11 be designated; and
WHEREAS, On June 30, 2016, the City's debt for construction of the Grand Island
Fieldhouse and Recreational Field development will be fully paid; and
WHEREAS, the City's obligation to make quarterly payments to the Nebraska State
Fair Support and Improvement Fund is paid to date and a surplus currently remains after meeting this
obligation; and
WHEREAS, future payments to the Nebraska State Fair Support and Improvement
Fund will be paid from the City's food and beverages retailer occupation tax receipts; and
WHEREAS, Council desires to designate use of surplus funds remaining in the City's
food services and drinking places occupational privilege tax account.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, the surplus funds remaining in the City's food
services and drinking places occupation privilege tax fund should be and are hereby designated to be
used for the following purposes:
1. To pay expenses to be incurred for removal and replacement of artificial field turf at the
Grand Island Fieldhouse;
2. To pay expenses to be incurred for design and construction of restrooms at the City's
Veterans Sports Complex; and
3. The remainder to pay future quarterly payments to the Nebraska State Fair Support and
Improvement Fund as required by Neb Rev. Stat. §2-108-110.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, June 14, 2016.
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Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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