Jackson County Missouri - File #: 3732

• File #: 3732
• Version: 0
• Name: April 4, 2006 election
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/9/2006
• In control: Legislature As A Whole
• On agenda: 1/9/2006
• Final action: 1/24/2006
• Title: AN ORDINANCE submitting to the qualified voters of Jackson County, at a special election to be held on Tuesday, April 4, 2006, a question authorizing Jackson County to impose a countywide sales tax at the rate of three-eighths of one percent for a period of twenty-five years for the purpose of improving and modernizing the Harry S Truman Sports Complex.
• Sponsors: Dan Tarwater III
• Indexes: Harry S Truman Sports Complex, SALES TAX, SPECIAL ELECTION
• Related files: 5822

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/24/2006	0	County Legislature	Go To 3rd Perfection	Pass
1/24/2006	0	County Legislature	perfect floor substitute	Pass
1/24/2006	0	County Legislature	suspend the rules to consider final passage	Pass
1/24/2006	0	County Legislature	adopt	Pass
1/21/2006	0	County Legislature	Go To 2nd Perfection	Pass
1/13/2006	0	County Legislature	Go To 1st Perfection	Pass
1/9/2006	0	County Legislature	assign to committee

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

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AN ORDINANCE submitting to the qualified voters of Jackson County, at a special election to be held on Tuesday, April 4, 2006, a question authorizing Jackson County to impose a countywide sales tax at the rate of three-eighths of one percent for a period of twenty-five years for the purpose of improving and modernizing the Harry S Truman Sports Complex.

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ORDINANCE #3732, January 9, 2006

INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator



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WHEREAS, the Kansas City Chiefs Football Club and the Kansas City Royals Baseball Club are County and area-wide assets that have made and will continue to make significant contributions to the economic well-being and quality of life in Jackson County and the Kansas City metropolitan area; and,

WHEREAS, these major league teams have been tenants at Arrowhead and Kauffman Stadiums in the County's Harry S Truman Sports Complex since the early 1970's; and,

WHEREAS, improvements and modernization are necessary to ensure that the stadiums remain nationally competitive in the marketplace of professional sports for the foreseeable future; and,

WHEREAS, representatives of the teams, the Jackson County Sports Complex Authority, and the County have been working diligently to develop a plan for funding these needed improvements, while at the same time guaranteeing the teams' presence in Jackson County for the long term; and,
WHEREAS, as a result of these discussions, the Chiefs and Royals have agreed to new twenty-five year leases at the sports complex, providing the necessary improvements are made; and,

WHEREAS, the improvements can best be funded with a countywide sales tax at the rate of three-eighths of one percent (3/8%) for a period of twenty-five years; and,

WHEREAS, this tax is in the best interests of the health, welfare and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jack...