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CITY OF McCALL, STATE OF IDAHO
NOVEMBER 2003
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QUESTION: Shall the City of McCall, Idaho adopt Ordinance No. 784 providing for
the imposition and collection for a period of seven (7) years from its effective date of certain non-property taxes to-wit:
(A) The revenues derived from of said taxes shall be used
only for the following purposes: a) Twenty (20) percent of the taxes collected shall be used for water ratepayer relief by reducing the monthly base rate, up to $200,000 per year; b)
ten (10) percent of the taxes collected shall be used for property tax relief; c) new paving, parking, bike paths, and transportation; d) matching funds to leverage grant funding; e)
construction and maintenance of recreation facilities to include the McCall Municipal Golf Course; f) recreational activities; g) parks, to include development of Riverfront Park site
and skateboard park; h) city beautification including but not limited to open space acquisition, streetscapes, burial of overhead utility lines; i) cultural activities and facilities
including but not limited to library, community art and cultural events; j) economic growth, marketing, and development; and k) direct costs to collect and enforce the tax: and,
(B)
The McCall City Council shall appoint an independent seven (7) member Local Option Tax Commission consisting of two members of different City Advisory Committees, one senior citizen
representative, and four at large residents whose responsibility shall be to develop annual budgets and make specific recommendations for the use of the revenues derived from each of
said taxes, in accordance with the uses approved in the previous paragraph. Said revenues shall not be used to supplement the City of McCall General Fund, except as specifically provided
in the preceding paragraph: and,
(C) A municipal sales tax imposed upon each sale at retail at the rate of one percent (1%) of the sales price of all property subject to taxation under
Idaho Code 63-3601, et. Seq., Idaho Sales tax Act, including subsequent amendments thereto: and,
(D) An additional two percent (2%) hotel-motel room occupancy sales tax on receipts
from all short term rental (30 days or less) charges for hotel rooms, motel rooms, condominium units, tourist homes and the like.
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