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City Clerk’s Office Item # R-9
Background Paper for Proposed
Ordinance
COUNCIL MEETING DATE: November 9, 2015
TO: President Stephen G. Nawrocki and Members of City Council
CC: Sam Azad, City Manager
VIA: Gina Dutcher, City Clerk
FROM: Roni Kimbrel, Finance Director
SUBJECT: AN ORDINANCE LEVYING AND CERTIFYING THE SOUTHPOINTE SPECIAL
IMPROVEMENT MAINTENANCE DISTRICT PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY MADE
IN 2015 FOR THE 2016 BUDGET YEAR
SUMMARY:
The attached Ordinance sets the mill levy for the property tax within the SouthPointe Special
Improvement Maintenance District to be assessed and collected for use in the 2016 budget.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:
None.
BACKGROUND:
The City Council as the governing body of the Southpointe Special Improvement Maintenance
District, for the purpose of meeting maintenance expenses of the District through this Ordinance
sets and levies a tax of 5.000 mills upon taxable real property located within the SouthPointe
Special Improvement Maintenance District.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
By approval of the voters within the District, the levy is fixed at 5.000 mills. It is estimated to
generate $18,672 in property taxes on an assessed valuation of $3,734,366.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
Approval of this Ordinance.
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS:
The SouthPointe Special Improvement Maintenance District Advisory Committee met in
September of 2015 to discuss the 2016 operations and budget of the District. The Advisory
Committee recommended the mill levy remain at 5.000 mills for 2015 collected in 2016.
ALTERNATIVES:
Not applicable.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approval of this Ordinance.
Attachments:
Proposed Ordinance.
ORDINANCE NO. 8939
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING AND CERTIFYING THE
SOUTHPOINTE SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT MAINTENANCE
DISTRICT PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY MADE IN 2015 FOR THE
2016 BUDGET YEAR
WHEREAS, the SouthPointe Special Improvement Maintenance District’s budget for fiscal
year 2016 has been prepared and approved, and
WHEREAS, the 2015 net assessed valuation of all taxable property in the SouthPointe
Special Improvement Maintenance District as certified by the Pueblo County Assessor is
$3,734,366, and
WHEREAS, the maximum allowed property tax revenue for the fiscal year 2016 pursuant
to section 20(7) of Article X of the Colorado Constitution is estimated to be $18,672; NOW
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
SECTION 1.
The City Council as the governing body of the SouthPointe Special Improvement
Maintenance District, for the purpose of meeting maintenance expenses of the District, does
hereby make, set and levy a tax of 5.000 mills upon each dollar of the total assessed valuation of
all taxable real property located within the SouthPointe Special Improvement Maintenance District
on the assessment date for fiscal year 2016.
SECTION 2.
The City Council of the City of Pueblo does hereby fix and certify to the County
Commissioners of Pueblo County, Colorado the following mill levy imposed by this Ordinance
upon each dollar of the total valuation for assessment of all taxable real property located within
the SouthPointe Special Improvement Maintenance District on the assessment date:
Gross Mill Levy 5.000 mills
SECTION 3.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to deliver a certified copy of this Ordinance, together with
a Certificate of Tax Levies, form DLG 70, properly completed by the Director of Finance, to the
County Commissioners of Pueblo County, Colorado, and the Division of Local Government
immediately after passage of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4.
All increases to the District’s net fund balance shall constitute and be considered “reserve
increases” and therefore a part of the district’s 2015 fiscal year spending. All 2015 year-end
balances shall constitute and be considered “reserves” and all subsequent expenditures and
transfers from such reserves shall be excluded from the District’s fiscal year spending within the
meaning of Article X, Section 20 (2)(e) of the Colorado Constitution.
SECTION 5.
The officers and the staff of the City are directed and authorized to perform any and all
acts consistent with the intent of this Ordinance to effectuate the policies and procedures
described herein.
SECTION 6.
This Ordinance shall become effective upon final passage.
INTRODUCED: November 9, 2015
BY: Dennis Flores
PASSED AND APPROVED: November 23, 2015