A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF ENTERPRISE, KANSAS FROM K.S.A. 79-1953, AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT, AUTHORIZING AND LIMITING TAX LEVIES IN ANY ONE YEAR ON EACH DOLLAR OF ASSESSED TANGIBLE VALUATION; AND PRESCRIBING AN AGGREGATE FOR ALL CITY WIDE TAX LEVIES; AND REPEALING CHARTER ORDINANCE No. 1.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ENTERPRISE, KANSAS:
Section 1: The City of Enterprise, Kansas a city of the third class, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas hereby elects to exempt and does exempt itself from and makes inapplicable to it K.S.A-79-1953, which is not applicable uniformly to all cities of the third class, the legislature not having established classes of cities for the purpose of imposing tax limitations, and hereby provides substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter provided.
Section 2: The Governing Body of the City of Enterprise, Kansas is hereby authorized and empowered to levy taxes in each year for the following city purposes, but said Governing Body shall not fix a rate of levy in any one year on each dollar of assessed tangible valuation of the city in excess of the following aimed rates; provided, that the city purposes specifically authorized by other statutes are not excluded because they are not enumerated herein:
General Operating Fund (which shall include the following activities): General government; police department; fire department; health and sanitation including refuse collection and disposal; highways (all public traveled ways, including bridges): sewer maintenance; sewage treatment and disposal; parks; cemeteries; street lighting; rest rooms; hydrant rental; forestry; military memorial maintenance; Mills
Provided that any revenues derived from the motor vehicle and motor fuel taxes shall be budgeted to the credit of the highway department of said general operating fund and shall be used exclusively for the purposes for which received;
Provided, that the aggregate of all city wide tax levies of such city except levies for the payment of bonds and interest thereon and levies for the control and eradication of noxious weeds and levies authorized by statures to be outside the aggregate limit is hereby limited to 2 mills on each dollar of assessed tangible valuation of such city.
Section 3: Charter Ordinance No. 1 adopted by the City of Enterprise, Kansas, shall be and the same is hereby repealed.
(03-12-1970)