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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3562-06/20/1988 ORDINANCE NO. 3562 AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING A TAX WITHIN THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, OF ONE PERCENT ( 1%) UPON LOCAL SALES AND SERVICES TO BECOME EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1 , 1989 , AND PROVIDING THAT REVENUE SHALL BE DERIVED AND ALLOCATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 422b OF THE CODE OF IOWA ( 1987) . BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, as follows: SECTION 1. TAX IMPOSED. That a tax at the rate of one percent ( 1%) shall be imposed in conformance with Chapter 422B of the Iowa Code upon local sales and services of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, and to be effective on January 1, 1989 . All applicable provisions of the appropriate sections of Chapter 422 , Division IV of the Code of Iowa are herein adopted by reference as though fully set forth. SECTION 2 . DISTRIBUTION. The revenue generated by the imposition of the sales and service tax shall be allocated by the City of Waterloo, or its designee, as follows: A. Direct Property Tax Relief--60o Sixty percent ( 600) of the revenue generated shall be allocated by the City of Waterloo, Iowa, for direct property tax relief. B. Construction/Repair of Streets and Infrastructure--25o Twenty-five percent ( 25%) of the revenue generated, or that lesser amount which matches the amount which is budgeted and/or expensed through the Department of Public Works of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, during the current fiscal year, for construction, repairs , replacement, maintenance and reconstruction of the City streets, curbs, bridges , storm sewers, and sanitary sewers. Any unallocated or excess and unused funds shall be added back into the amount allocated for direct property tax relief. C. Quality of Life--15% Fifteen percent ( 15%) of the revenue generated shall be allocated by the City of Waterloo, Iowa, upon the favorable recommendation of the Quality of Life Commission hereinafter to be established. Uses of this money, as determined by the Quality of Life Commission would include, but not be limited to, capital expense proposals from any one or more of the following: drug abuse programs, human service agencies , chain of lakes project, additional programs within the City departments of a human service nature, sports complex, and other human service programs within the community, including, but not limited to, the Grout Museum, the Junior Art Gallery, etc. SECTION 3 . QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION. A. Membership. The Quality of Life Commission shall be composed of nine ( 9) members with each Councilperson having the opportunity to nominate one of the Commission members , and the remaining two ( 2 ) Commission members to be nominated by the Mayor. All nominees shall be subject to appointment by the Mayor, and affirmed by the entire City Council. Ordinance No. 3562 Page 2 B. Term. Each member shall serve a three ( 3 ) year term with the initial appointment being made for one ( 1) , two ( 2) , and three ( 3 ) year terms so that the terms of no more than three ( 3 ) members shall expire during any one fiscal year. C. Purpose. It shall be the purpose of the Commission to consider, review, investigate, and recommend to the Mayor and Council, both as to amount and purpose, the use which is to be made of the funds available for investment in the capital expense of qualified programs as set forth in Section 2 (C) . D. Default. In the absence of any recommendation by the Commission, the City Council shall be authorized to make distribution pursuant to the purposes as set forth in Section 2(C) . E. Disputes. The City Council shall have the right to adopt or reject the recommendations of the Commission, in toto, by a simple majority vote. Further, the City Council shall have the right to an item veto, on condition that that veto shall be exercised by a minimum of a Seventy-five percent ( 75%) majority vote of the members of the Council. Rejected recommendations shall be returned to the Commission for further consideration, review, investigation and recommendation. If no action is taken by the Commission w: . . Ln thirty ( 30 ) days of the adverse vote of the City C( r. ricil on the previous recommendation, then the amount involved in the rejected recommendation shall be considered in default and disposed of as provided in Section 3 (D) . F. Internal Organization and Order of Commission. The Commission shall select its own Chairperson, Vice Chairperson and Secretary. All meetings of the Commission shall be open to the public and minutes thereof shall be recorded and printed at the completion of each meeting. A majority of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the purposes of transacting official business, with each member entitled to a vote on each issue that comes before the Commission. Proxies shall not be allowed and/or honored. Roberts Rules of Order shall govern and control the conduct of the Commission meetings. SECTION 4. SUNSET PROVISION. At any time from and after the date of the imposition of the tax, the City Council may, by a Seventy-five percent (75%) majority vote, resubmit the imposition of the local sales and service tax to a public referendum as provided in Chapter 422B. 1( 5 ) (a) of the Code of Iowa ( 1987 ) . Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 20th day of June, 1988 , and approved by the Mayor on the 22nd day of June, 1988 . te Bernard L. M Kinley, Mayor ATTEST: /7/7// i) La ry` B rger,„- ity Clerk/Auditor ` Ordinance No. 3662 rage 3 o H CERTIFICATE I , Larry P. Burger, City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, do hereby certify that attached hereto is a true and complete copy of Ordinance No. 3562 , as passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 20th day of June, 1988. Witness my hand and seal of office this 22nd day of June, 1988. H ill "I n 1-3 1-1 gteli? ,0# • rger, City lerk/Auditor 117.1 < o - - . -1) (")------1 E-4 < N 0,) tr CO 1-- 0 r-) • H 0 -13 1-1 1-2 tr. C3 ti <4,