[Adopted 2-2-1999 by Ord. No. 2878]
This article shall be known and may be cited
as the "City of El Reno Sales Tax Ordinance of 1999," and the same
shall be codified and incorporated into the Code of Ordinances of
the City of El Reno, Oklahoma.
There is hereby imposed an excise tax of 1/2
of 1% (in addition to any and all other excise taxes now in force)
to be levied upon the gross proceeds or gross receipts derived from
all sales taxable under the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code.
It is hereby declared to be the purpose of this
article to provide revenues to be used for capital expenditures for
the use and benefit of the City of El Reno, Oklahoma (the "City").
The proceeds of the tax referenced herein will be expended to purchase
the capital items listed below and said items will be purchased in
the order listed below. The dollar amounts listed to the right of
each item are purely estimates as to the purchase price of each item
and are subject to change based on the actual cost. In the event that
the proceeds of the tax are sufficient to purchase all items listed,
any excess proceeds of the tax will be expended on additional capital
items as directed by the City Council of the City.
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POLICE
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Upgrade telephone system
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$25,000
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Record storage and retrieval system
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$30,000
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1 marked patrol vehicle
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$30,000
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3 unmarked vehicles
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$60,000
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Evidence upgrade
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$10,000
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Remodel dispatch facility
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$20,000
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$175,000
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FIRE
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Heavy rescue truck
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$150,000
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Extrication equipment
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$30,000
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Bunker gear (23 sets)
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$32,000
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Brush pumper
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$70,000
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SCBA testbench/software
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$9,000
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Handheld radios
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$10,000
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Wildland fire-fighting gear
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$11,000
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$312,000
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PUBLIC WORKS
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2 2 1/2 ton trucks
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$80,000
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1 1/2 ton truck
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$20,000
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4-inch trailer-mounted pump
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$7,000
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Update engine analyzer
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$500
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3-inch portable pump
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$2,500
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$90,000
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POLICE
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Maintenance/upgrade computer and radio
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$8,000
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5 marked vehicles
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$150,000
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1 unmarked patrol unit
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$20,000
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$178,000
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FIRE
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Sport utility vehicles/mobile command
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$60,000
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Cascade/Compressor unit
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$50,000
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$110,000
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PUBLIC WORKS
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Hydraulic excavator
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$160,000
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$160,000
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Public Works Department
[Added 8-3-2004 by Ord. No. 2989] | |||
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STREETS
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3/4-ton pickup truck
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$27,100
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WATER PLANT
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2 lime slurry pumps for inside clarifier
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$9,600
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3 turbine shaft pumps
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$3,900
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$40,600
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1 pickup truck
[Added 4-19-2005 by Ord. No. 3-14] |
$7,091 (plus any remaining balance in fund)
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The provisions of this article and the collection
of the excise tax referenced herein shall become effective on and
after July 1, 1999, subject to approval by a majority of the qualified
electors of the City voting on the same in the manner prescribed by
law.[1] The provisions of this article and the collection of the
excise tax referenced herein shall terminate and said excise tax shall
not be collected after June 30, 2001.
[1]
Editor's Note: This article, as adopted by
Ord. No. 2878, was approved at the election held 4-6-1999.
All valid and subsisting permits to do business
issued by the Oklahoma Tax Commission pursuant to the Oklahoma Sales
Tax Code are, for the purposes of this article, hereby ratified, confirmed
and adopted in lieu of any requirement for an additional City permit
for the same purpose.
The tax herein levied shall be paid to the Tax
Collector at the time and in the manner and form prescribed for payment
of the state sales tax under the State Tax Law of the State of Oklahoma.
The tax levied hereby is in addition to any
and all other excise taxes levied or assessed by the City pursuant
to existing City ordinances (the "existing ordinances");[1] provided, however, that those provisions, if any, of said
existing ordinances relating to definitions; tax collector defined;
classification of taxpayers — permit to do business;
subsisting state permits; the portion of tax rate — sales
subject to tax, pertaining to sales subject to tax (not rate of tax);
the provisions of said existing ordinances regarding exemptions and
other exempt transfers; the provisions of said existing ordinances
regarding tax due when — returns — records;
the portion of said existing ordinances regarding tax constituting
debt; vendor's duty to collect tax; returns and remittances — discounts;
interest and penalties — delinquency; waiver of interest
and penalties; erroneous payments — claim for refund;
fraudulent returns; and records confidential shall apply to the excise
tax levied and assessed by this article. For purposes of this article,
references in said existing ordinances to specific provisions of the
Oklahoma Statutes shall be deemed to be references to said statutory
provisions, as amended.
The people of the City of El Reno, Oklahoma,
by their approval of this article at the election hereinabove provided
for, hereby authorize the City by ordinance duly enacted to make such
administrative and technical changes or additions in the method and
manner of administration and enforcing this article as may be necessary
or proper for efficiency and fairness or in order to make the same
consistent with the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code, as amended, except that
the rate of the tax and termination date for collection of said tax
herein provided for shall not be changed without approval of the qualified
electors of the City as provided by law.
The provisions hereof shall be cumulative and
in addition to any and all other taxing provisions of City ordinances.
