{"id":12003,"date":"2014-10-10T23:47:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T04:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=12003"},"modified":"2014-10-21T20:03:56","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T01:03:56","slug":"sales-tax-referendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=12003","title":{"rendered":"Sales Tax Referendum"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, November 4, Wichitans have a chance to make a difference for our community by voting in favor of the one-cent sales tax to fund plans for water, transit, jobs and streets.<\/p>\n

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The proposed ballot question is as follows:<\/strong> Shall the City of Wichita, Kansas, be authorized, pursuant to K.S.A. 12-187 et seq., to impose a one percent (1.0%) city-wide retailers\u2019 sales tax to be effective April 1, 2015, and which will terminate no later than April 1, 2020, with an amount not to exceed $250 million dollars of such tax applied to pay the costs for the purchase, development, maintenance and operation of a long-term water supply, with an amount not to exceed $80 million dollars of such tax applied for job development and creation, with an amount not to exceed $39.8 million dollars of such tax applied to support Wichita Transit operations, and with an amount not to exceed $27.8 million dollars of such tax applied for street maintenance and repairs?<\/p>\n