HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-652-8/17/2015 Prepared by Kelley Felchle, Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo,
715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo, IA 50703, (319) 291-4323 .
RESOLUTION NO. 2015-652
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A PUBLIC REFERENDUM
FOR A CULTURAL & SCIENTIFIC FACILITIES LEVY
TO AUTHORIZE THE IMPOSITION OF A PROPERTY TAX
OF TWENTY-SEVEN CENTS ($ . 27) PER $1, 000 . 00 OF
ASSESSED VALUE IN THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA,
TO BE EFFECTIVE ON JULY 1, 2016.
WHEREAS, Chapter 384 . 12 (4) of the Iowa Code authorizes the
imposition of certain local option taxes after an election in
which the majority of the electors vote in the affirmative, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa is
requesting that a referendum be held on November 3, 2015, for the
imposition of a property tax of twenty-seven cents ($ . 27) per
$1, 000 . 00 of assessed value in the city of Waterloo for the
purpose of supporting the annual operating budget of the Grout
Museum, Inc. (doing business as the Grout Museum District : Grout
Museum of History & Science, Rensselaer Russell House Museum,
Bluedorn Science Imaginarium, Snowden House and the Sullivan
Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum) , and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa,
declares its intent to hold a special election for the purpose of
permitting the electorate to pass upon the proposition of imposing
a property tax of twenty-seven cents ($ . 27) per $1, 000 . 00 of
assessed value for the city of Waterloo according to Chapter
384 . 12 (1) (a) of the 2015 Code of Iowa.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA:
Section 1 . That the County Commissioner of Elections of
Black Hawk County is hereby directed to give notice of submitting
to the voters of the city of Waterloo for November 3, 2015, the
following proposition:
"To authorize the imposition of a property tax of
twenty-seven cents ($ . 27) per $1, 000 . 00 of assessed
value in the city of Waterloo to be effective on July
1, 2016. "
Section 2 . That revenues from the property tax are to be
allocated in the city of Waterloo as follows :
One hundred percent (100%) of the revenue generated in
the City of Waterloo, Iowa, be designated for
supporting the annual operating budget of the Grout
Museum, Inc. (doing business as the Grout Museum
District: Grout Museum of History & Science,
Rensselaer Russell House Museum, Bluedorn Science
Imaginarium, Snowden House and the Sullivan Brothers
Iowa Veterans Museum) , all within the corporate limits
of the City of Waterloo.
Resolution No. 2015-652
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Section 3 . Ballot Language:
To authorize the imposition of a property tax of
twenty-seven cents ($ . 27) per $1, 000 . 00 of assessed
value in the city of Waterloo to be effective on July
1, 2016.
One hundred percent (100%) of the revenue generated in
the City of Waterloo, Iowa, be designated for
supporting the annual operating budget of the Grout
Museum, Inc. (doing business as the Grout Museum
District : Grout Museum of History & Science,
Rensselaer Russell House Museum, Bluedorn Science
Imaginarium, Snowden House and the Sullivan Brothers
Iowa Veterans Museum) , all within the corporate limits
of the City of Waterloo.
Section 4 . That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and
directed to provide a certified copy of this resolution to the
County Commissioner of Elections of Black Hawk County and to the
Board of Supervisors of Black Hawk County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of August, 2015.
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JriYe'4st�G. lark, Mayor
ATTEST:
SuzyS hares, CMC
City C erk
CERTIFICATE
I, Suzy Schares, City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, do
hereby certify that the preceding is a true and complete copy of
Resolution No. 2015-652, as passed and adopted by the Council of
the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 17th day of August 2015.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 17th day of August,
2015 .
SEAL Suzy Sc s, CMC
City C1 rk