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AUG 16 2024
PAULA BROWN,CLERK
BY
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS ON THE QUESTION
OF LEVYING A CITY-WIDE ONE-FOURTH OF ONE
PERCENT (0.25%) SALES AND USE TAX; AND
PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING THERETO.
WHEREAS,the.City Council of the City of West Memphis,Arkansas(the "City")
has passed Ordinance No.?(;7 7 (the "Tax Ordinance")providing for the levy of a 0.25% sales
and use tax within the City(the "Sales and Use Tax"); and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this Ordinance is to call a special election on the
question of the levy of the Sales and Use Tax;
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of West
Memphis,Arkansas:
Section 1. There is hereby called a special election to be held on November 5,
2024, at which election there shall be submitted to the electors of the City the question of the levy
of the Sales and Use Tax.
Section 2. The question of levying.the Sales and Use Tax shall be placed on
the ballot for the election in substantially the following form:
0.25% SALES AND USE TAX
Adoption of a 0.25%local sales and use tax within the City of West Memphis,the
net collections of which remaining after deduction of the administrative charges of
the State of Arkansas and required rebates will be used for one or more of the
following: (a)to pay and secure the repayment of bonds approved by the voters and
issued by the City from time to time to fmance capital improvements,(b)to acquire,
construct, improve, expand, equip, furnish, operate and maintain new or existing
park and recreational facilities and(c) for public safety purposes. The levy of the
tax is not dependent on any bonds being approved or issued.
FOR ❑
AGAINST ❑
Section 3. The election shall be held and conducted and the vote canvassed and
the results declared under the law and in the manner now provided for municipal elections and
only qualified voters of the City shall have the right to vote at the election.
Section 4. The results of the election shall be proclaimed by the Mayor, and
such Proclamation shall be published one time in a newspaper having a general circulation in the
City, which Proclamation shall advise that the results as proclaimed shall be conclusive unless
attacked in the courts within thirty days after the date of publication.
Section 5. A copy of this Ordinance shall be (a) filed with the Crittenden
County Clerk at least 70 days prior to the election date and (b) given to the Crittenden County
Board of Election Commissioners so that the necessary election officials and supplies may be
provided. A certified copy of this Ordinance shall also be provided to the Commissioner of
Revenues of the State of Arkansas as soon as practical.
Section 6. The Mayor and City Clerk,for and on behalf of the City,are hereby
authorized and directed to do any and all things necessary to call and hold the special election as
herein provided and,if the levy of the Sales and Use Tax is approved by the electors,to cause the
Sales and Use Tax to be collected, and to perform all acts of whatever nature necessary to carry
out the authority conferred by this Ordinance.
Section 7. Following adoption,this Ordinance shall be posted in the following'
public places in the City: District Court of West Memphis, West Memphis Public Library, West
Memphis Utilities, West Memphis City Hall and West Memphis Civic Center. This Ordinance
shall also be posted at the Crittenden County Courthouse.
Section 8. All ordinances and parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section 9. The provisions of this Ordinance are separable and if a section,
phrase or provision shall be declared invalid, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the
remainder of the Ordinance.
PASSED: ,4 y ' c'/0,2024
APPROVED:
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Mayor
City Clerk
(SEAL)
RECEIVED
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CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, City Clerk of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, hereby
certifies that the foregoing pages are a true and perfect copy of Ordinance No.o?lr7t passed at
a/'f AI session of the City Council of the City of West Memphis,Arkansas,held at the regular
me • g place of the City Council at 5 o'clock p.m.,on the `5' day of X ¢ ,
2024 and that the Ordinance is of record in Ordinance Record Book No. , Page ,
now in my possession.
GIVEN under my hand and seal this /$ day of i!,lCi s7/- ,2024.
City C erk
(SEAL)
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