11/20/2018 Ordinances 9714ORDINANCE NO. 9714
An ordinance to adopt an additional one-half (1/2) cent sales and use tax in the
City of Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska; to provide for filing with the Nebraska Tax
Commissioner a certified copy of this Ordinance, a certified map of the City of Grand Island, a
certified copy of the election results, and a statement from the Hall County Election
Commissioner indicating that the question of imposing a sales and use tax within the City of
Grand Island has not been voted on and failed within the twenty-three months preceding the
November 6, 2018 general election to the Nebraska Tax Commissioner; and to provide for
publication and the effective date of this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. By reason of the approval of the voters of the City of Grand Island
at the general election held on November 6, 2018, Grand Island does hereby impose a sales and
use tax of an additional one-half of one percent upon the same transactions within the City on
which the State of Nebraska is authorized to impose a tax pursuant to the Nebraska Revenue Act
of 1967, as amended from time to time, and such sales and use tax shall be in addition to the one
percent sales and use tax imposed by the City in Ordinance No. 7600 and in addition to the one-
half of one percent sales and use tax imposed by the City in Ordinance No. 8910, and the
administration of such sales and use taxes shall be by the Nebraska Tax Commissioner pursuant
to Neb. Rev. Stat. §77-27,143.
SECTION 2. The sales and use tax imposed by this Ordinance shall commence
on the first day of the next calendar qua.rter which is at least one hundred twenty days following
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ORDINANCE NO. 9714 (Cont.)
receipt by the Tax Commissioner of a certified copy of this Ordinance as set forth in Neb. Rev.
Stat. §77-27,143.
SECTION 3. The proceeds of the sales and use taxes imposed by this Ordinance
shall be used for the following projects: (1) public highways; (2) municipal streets, bridges, and
sidewalks; (3) buildings and capital equipment used in the operation of city government; (4)
parking facilities; and (5) public safety equipment necessary for the provision of city public
safety services, which increased rate shall terminate not more than ten years after the effective
date of the increased sales and use tax or if some or all of the revenue is pledged for payment of
bonds, until the payment in full of such bonds and any refunding bonds, whichever date is later.
SECTION 4. By reason of the approval of the voters of the City of Grand Island
at the general election held on November 6, 2018, the City of Grand Island shall increase its
budgeted restricted funds for fiscal year 2019-20 by $5,500,000, sixteen percent (16%) over the
2018-19 restricted funds, to permit the expenditure of revenue from the increased rate.
SECTION 5. After passage and adoption of this Ordinance, the City Clerk is
hereby directed to mail a certified copy of this Ordinance together with a certified map of the
City of Grand Island, a certified copy of the election results and a statement from the Hall
County Election Commissioner indicating that the question of imposing a sales and use taa�
within the City of Grand Island has not been voted on and failed within the twenty-three months
preceding the November 6, 2018 general election to the Nebraska Tax Commissioner.
SECTION 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 7. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval, and publication as provided by law
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ORDINANCE NO. 9714 (Cont.)
Enacted: November 20, 2018.
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