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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08997 ORDINANCE NO. 8997 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 85 OF CHAPTER 4 OF TITLE XIV OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING THE CITY OF PUEBLO'S TAXES INCREASED BY $7.9 MILLION ANNUALLY (FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR INCREASE) AND BY WHATEVER AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, FOR A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1, 2017 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2021 BY IMPOSING A ONE-HALF PERCENT CITY SALES AND USE TAX RATE AND ALL REVENUES DERIVED FROM SUCH TAX BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LIMITATIONS PROVIDED BY LAW, AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW AND ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL FUND FOR THE DEPOSIT OF SUCH REVENUES TO BE SPENT ONLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, STREETS AND PARKS PURPOSES BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO, that (brackets indicate matter being deleted; underscoring indicates new matter being added): SECTION 1. Section 14-4-85 of Chapter 4, Title XIV of the Pueblo Municipal Code, as amended, (a portion of Section 13 of Ordinance No. 2189 approved by a vote of the People on November 8, 1955, as amended by Ordinance Nos. 3160, 3474, 4235, 5170, 5314, 5668, 5810, 5978, 6683, 7464 and 8197) is hereby amended by the addition of the following new subsections (g) and (h): Sec. 14-4-85. Schedule; tax added to price. . . . (g) Notwithstanding the three and one-half percent (3 ½ %) rate provision of paragraph (e) of this Section 14-4-85, for the period January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2021, the rate of tax imposed pursuant to Section 14-4-85(a) shall be increased by an additional one-half percent (½ %) for a rate of four percent (4%). (h) The revenues from the additional one-half percent (½ %) sales and use tax rate imposed by Sections 14-4-63(3) and 14-4-85(g) of this Chapter, including interest and penalties with respect thereof, shall upon collection and receipt by the City, be deposited and placed in a special fund hereby created to be known as the "2017 to 2021 Sales and Use Tax Public Safety, Streets and Parks Fund" (the "Fund"). The moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for Public Safety, Streets and Parks. SECTION 2. Section 14-4-63 of Chapter 4, Title XIV of the Pueblo Municipal Code (Section 20 of Ordinance No. 2189 approved by a vote of the People on November 8, 1955, as amended by Ordinance Nos. 3160, 3474, 4734, 5170, 5314, 5668, 5810, 5978, 6683, 7464 and 8197) is hereby amended by the addition of the following new subsection (3): Sec. 14-4-63. Storage, consumption and use tax schedule. . . . (3) Notwithstanding the three and one-half percent(31/2%) rate provision of paragraph (2) of this Section 14-4-63, for the period January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2021, the rate of tax imposed pursuant to this Section shall be increased by an additional one-half percent(1/2 %) for a rate of four percent(4%). SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall become effective upon majority vote in favor thereof by the registered electors of Pueblo voting thereon at the Special municipal Election to be held Tuesday, November 8, 2016 DID NOT PASS FOR THE ORDINANCE 20,422 AGAINST THE ORDINANCE 27,188