MAYOR MARSH ONLY WANTS $14 MILLION A YEAR THIS TIME

MAYOR MARSH ONLY WANTS $14 MILLION A YEAR THIS TIME   

Consider: (i) directing the City Clerk to submit to the qualified voters of the City of Modesto at the next Regular Municipal Election a certain measure relating to a proposed ordinance imposing a ½ percent transaction and use (sales) tax for general fund purposes and an advisory measure regarding the same; (ii)  directing the City Clerk to transmit a copy of the ballot measures entitled “Safer Neighborhoods Initiative” and “Safer Neighborhoods Advisory Measure” to the City Attorney for the purpose of preparing an impartial analysis of said measures; (iii) authorizing the members of the City Council, or any of them, to file written arguments in favor of or in opposition to the ballot measures entitled “Safer Neighborhoods Initiative” and “Safer Neighborhoods Advisory Measure”; and (iv) Introduce by title only and waive the first reading of an ordinance adding Article 11 to Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Modesto Municipal Code relating to transaction and use tax. (Funding Source: General Fund)