Jackson County Missouri - File #: 5006

• File #: 5006
• Version: 0
• Name: Renewing the tax of 3.50% of the tariff rate for each local telephone access line
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/10/2017
• In control: Finance and Audit Committee
• On agenda: 8/14/2017
• Final action: 8/28/2017
• Title: AN ORDINANCE renewing the tax of 3.50% of the tariff rate for each local telephone access line, not to exceed 100 lines per person or per location, for emergency telephone service utilizing a single three-digit number "911."
• Sponsors: Dennis Waits
• Indexes: 911 SYSTEM FUND, TAX INCREMENT FINANCING POLICY & GUIDELINES, TELEPHONE ACCESS LINE
• Code sections: Section 190.300 - Revised Statutes of Missouri, Section 190.320 - RSMo
• Related files: 4885, 3771, 5247

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/28/2017	0	County Legislature	adopt	Pass
8/28/2017	0	County Legislature	Consent Agenda
8/28/2017	0	Finance and Audit Committee	recommend for perfection	Pass
8/28/2017	0	County Legislature	Consent Agenda
8/28/2017	0	County Legislature	suspend the rules to consider final passage	Pass
8/23/2017	0	County Legislature	Go To 2nd Perfection	Pass
8/22/2017	0	Finance and Audit Committee	hold	Pass
8/15/2017	0	County Legislature	Go To 1st Perfection	Pass
8/14/2017	0	County Legislature	assign to committee

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


Title
AN ORDINANCE renewing the tax of 3.50% of the tariff rate for each local telephone access line, not to exceed 100 lines per person or per location, for emergency telephone service utilizing a single three-digit number "911."


Intro
ORDINANCE NO. 5006, August 14, 2017

INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator


Body
WHEREAS, sections 190.300 et seq., RSMo, as amended, authorized the County Legislature to establish a tax, upon a vote of the people, to finance an emergency telephone service, in an amount not to exceed two percent of the tariff rate, in those areas of the County where emergency 911 telephone service has been contracted for; and,

WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance 940, dated January 11, 1982, the proposal was submitted to the voters of Jackson County on August 6, 1982, for their approval of such service and tax, in accordance with section 190.320, RSMo, and a majority of the votes cast on the proposal were in favor thereof; and,

WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance 3771, dated May 22, 2006, a proposal was submitted to the voters of the County on August 8, 2006, for their approval of an increased maximum rate of such tax up to seven percent of the tariff rate, and, again, a majority of the votes cast on the proposal were in favor thereof; and,

WHEREAS, area telephone service companies provide 911 emergency telephone service to Jackson County, and collect a tax of 3.50% of the tariff rate for this service, pursuant to Ordinance 4885, dated August 29, 2016; and,

WHEREAS, in view of estimated operating costs and plans of the regional E-911 system presented by the Mid-America Regional Council, it is appropriate that the tax be renewed County-wide at a rate of 3.50% of the tariff rate; and,

WHEREAS, the tax rate proposed does not exceed the rate authorized by the voters at the election of August 8, 2006; and,

WHEREAS, the Legislature has determined that, for the protection and preservati...