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AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A CITY-WIDE FIVE-EIGHTHS OF ONE PERCENT (0.625%) SALES AND USE TAX; AND PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING THERETO
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WHEREAS, under the authority granted pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated §26-75-307(b) and Article 5, §1 of the Arkansas Constitution, citizens of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas (the “City”) have presented a petition to the Jonesboro City Clerk and to the Jonesboro City Council requesting that the City call an election on the levy of a new five-eighths of one percent (0.625%) sales and use tax dedicated to public safety services, initiatives, facilities, infrastructure, maintenance, and operations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City has determined that the City is in need of an additional source of revenue to be used for the sole and restricted purpose of funding new and existing public safety services, initiatives, facilities, infrastructure, maintenance, and operations, including one or more of the following (i) to pay the costs of new, improvements to existing, and the future renovation, improvement, and repair of facilities and equipment used to support and promote public safety, including particularly, without limitation, land acquisition, construction, expansion, or renovation of one or more stand alone or co-located fire stations, police stations, first responder operations centers, emergency services buildings, communication centers, animal services buildings, code enforcement offices, and safe rooms, street lighting, cameras and monitoring equipment, emergency vehicles, apparatus, and equipment, protective and support gear for public safety personnel, and technology hardware and software, together with extension and relocation of utilities, related administrative offices, traffic signals, project site infrastructure and drainage, parking, furnishings, and equipment, (ii) to pay the costs of operation, maintenance, and providing of public safety services, initiatives, facilities, and infrastructure ...
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