City of Merriam
Ballot Questions - November 2000
City of Merriam - Question No. 1
Shall the following be adopted?
Shall a retailers' sales tax in the amount of one-eighth of one percent (.125%) be levied in the city of Merriam, Kansas (the "City"), for the purpose of paying the cost of improving the "Historic Merriam District" (two blocks either side of Merriam Drive, from Shawnee Mission Parkway to Antioch, within the corporate limits of the City) including parking, sidewalks, decorative lighting, sculptures, fountains, street improvements, signs, landscaping, storm water improvements, and improvements to the farmer's market ("Improvements") and paying the principal of and interest on revenue bonds issued to pay the cost of such Improvements and all things necessary and related to such Improvements, provided that such retailers' sales tax shall expire five years from the date of imposition, all pursuant to K.S.A. 12-187 et seq., and K.S.A. 12-195?
City of Merriam - Question No. 2
Shall the following be adopted?
Shall a retailers' sales tax in the amount of one-eighth of one percent (.125%) be levied in the city of Merriam, Kansas (the "City"), for the purpose of paying the cost of improving certain residential neighborhood streets, which improvements may include grading, curbs, gutters, pavement and other surfacing, driveway entrances and structures, drainage works incidental thereto, service connections from utility mains, conduits or pipes necessarily lying within curb lines, streetlights, street lighting systems, storm water drains, retaining walls and area walls on public ways or land abutting thereon, sidewalks and related improvements ("Improvements") and paying the principal of and interest on revenue bonds issued to pay the cost of such Improvements and all things necessary and related to such Improvements, provided that such retailers' sales tax shall expire five years from the date of imposition, all pursuant to K.S.A. 12-187 et seq., and K.S.A. 12-195?
City of Merriam - Question No. 3
Shall the following be adopted?
Shall the City of Merriam, Kansas issue its General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 to pay a portion of the cost of constructing, expanding, repairing, equipping and furnishing the Public Safety/City Hall Facility with the balance of such costs to be paid from available funds of the City as authorized by K.S.A. 10-101 et. seq., K.S.A. 12-1736 and K.S.A. 12-1737?
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