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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR] ORDINANCE NO. 220998
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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas
Calling for submission to the voters of Kansas City, at an election to be held on the general municipal election date prescribed by Section 115.121.3, RSMo, of Tuesday, April 4, 2023, a question of whether to impose an additional sales tax of three percent (3%) on the retail sale of adult use non-medicinal marijuana; directing the City Clerk to provide notice of the election; and recognizing an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, the Missouri Constitution permits voters in cities to impose an additional sales tax of three percent (3%) on the retail sale of adult use non-medicinal marijuana; and
WHEREAS, the Missouri Constitution permits voters in cities to impose an additional sales tax on the retail sale of adult use non-medicinal marijuana to support efforts such as equitable neighborhood quality of life in the city, homeless prevention and outreach, and violence prevention and intervention initiatives; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works' Solid Waste Division is responsible for the abatement of neighborhood dumping and trash removal; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Department's Office of Homeless Prevention is responsible for implementing community-wide strategies to expedite assistance to the houseless and those at-risk of becoming houseless and creating strategies to reduce houselessness and generational poverty; and
WHEREAS, the Health Department's Office of Violence Prevention is responsible for implementing holistic and evidence-based programs aimed at eradicating the root causes of crime, building healthy families, and fortifying strong communities to combat the public health crisis that is gun violence; and
WHEREAS, Section 115.121.3 of the Missouri Revised Statutes provides that the "general municipal election day" is on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in Apri...
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