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Ordinance 18-27(A) Funding Public Information Campaign for Ballot Proposition to Issue General Obligation Bonds for Police Station
Summary
An Ordinance of the City Council of Homer, Alaska, Appropriating Funds in the Amount of $5,000 from the Police Station Reserve Fund for a Public Information Campaign in Support of the Ballot Proposition to Issue General Obligation Bonds of $5 Million Dollars to Finance the Construction of a Police Station and Provide for an Increase in the Rate of City Sales Tax from 4.5% to 4.85%, with 0.3% of the Increase Providing Funds to Pay Debt Service on the General Obligation Bonds which will Expire on December 31 the Year when the City has Received Sufficient Funds from the Increase to Pay all of that Debt Service, Including Information that may Influence the Outcome of the Election on The Proposition. Smith.
Ordinance/Resolution ID:
18-27(A)
Ordinance/Resolution Status:
Adopted
Introduction Date:
04/23/2018
Effective Date:
05/15/2018
Public Hearing Date:
05/14/2018
Second Reading Date:
05/14/2018
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CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA
Smith
ORDINANCE 18-27(A)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, APPROPRIATING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 FROM THE POLICE STATION RESERVE FUND FOR A PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN IN SUPPORT OF THE BALLOT PROPOSITION TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF $5 MILLION DOLLARS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A POLICE STATION AND PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE IN THE RATE OF CITY SALES TAX FROM 4.5% TO 4.85% WITH 0.3% OF THE INCREASE PROVIDING FUNDS TO PAY DEBT SERVICE ON THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS WHICH WILL EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31 THE YEAR WHEN THE CITY HAS RECEIVED SUFFICIENT FUNDS FROM THE INCREASE TO PAY ALL OF THAT DEBT SERVICE, INCLUDING INFORMATION THAT MAY INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION ON THE PROPOSITION.
WHEREAS, City Council has previously shown through approval of Resolution 13-087(A) and Resolution 14-093 that having a new Public Safety Building was one of the top five Capital Improvements Projects and due to the decline in revenues, particularly from the State of Alaska, the City faces the probability of the project not receiving additional funding; and
WHEREAS, The City Council views the acquisition and construction of a new police station and related capital improvements as necessary and beneficial to the community, and determines that to fund such improvements general obligation bonds of the City should be authorized, issued and sold; and
WHEREAS, It is prudent long-term planning to identify a source of funds required to properly maintain this important public asset over time; and
WHEREAS, It is the Council’s duty and desire to ensure all city voters are aware of the impact that issuing General Obligation Bonds and implementing a 1% 0.35% sales tax would have on the construction and financing of the new Police Station; and
WHEREAS, AS 15.13.145(c)(2) permits the City to provide the public with nonpartisan information about a ballot proposition, but AS 15.13.145(b) prohibits the City from using funds to influence the outcome of an election concerning a ballot proposition unless the City specifically appropriates the funds for that purpose by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, The Alaska Public Offices Commission (“APOC”), which enforces AS 15.13.145, has interpreted nonpartisan information permitted under AS 15.13.145(c)(2) very narrowly, so that the City cannot inform the public fully about the effects of the ballot proposition to issue general obligation bonds in an amount of $5 million dollars and increase the sales tax seasonally .XX% April 1 through September 30 0.35% to pay debt service without including information that APOC likely would categorize as influencing the outcome of the election on the ballot proposition.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF HOMER ORDAINS:
Section 1. The City Council hereby appropriates funds from the Police Station Reserve Fund to provide public information on the ballot proposition to issue General Obligation Bonds in the amount of $5 Million Dollars to finance the acquisition and construction of a police station and provide for an increase in the rate of city sales tax from 4.5% to 4.8% with 0.25% 4.85% with 0.3% of the increase providing funds to pay debt service on the general obligation bonds which will expire on December 31 the year when the city has received sufficient funds from the increase to pay all of that debt service and 0.05% remaining into perpetuity for the sole purpose of police station operations and maintenance , including information that may influence the outcome of the election on the proposition.
Revenue:
Account Description Amount
Police Station Reserve Fund $5,000.00
Expenditure:
Account Description Amount
Public Information Campaign
on Ballot Proposition $5,000.00
Section 2. This is a budget amendment ordinance, is temporary in nature and shall not be codified.
ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, this ___day of _______, 2018.
CITY OF HOMER
_______________________
BRYAN ZAK, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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MELISSA JACOBSEN, MMC, CITY CLERK
YES:
NO:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
First Reading:
Public Hearing:
Second Reading:
Effective Date:
Reviewed and approved as to form:
_________________________ ____________________________
Katie Koester, City Manager Holly C. Wells, City Attorney
Date: ____________________ Date: ________________________