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Brawley, California, Utility User Tax, Measure W (November 2017)
| Measure W: Brawley Utility User Tax |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| November 7, 2017 |
| Status: |
 Approved
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| Topic: |
| Local utility tax and fees Expires in: 5 years |
| Related articles |
| Local utility tax and fees on the ballot November 7, 2017 ballot measures in California Imperial County, California ballot measures City tax on the ballot |
| See also |
| Brawley, California |
A utility user tax was on the ballot for Brawley voters in Imperial County, California, on November 7, 2017. It was approved.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of extending for five years the 4 percent utility tax that applies to users of utilities such as electricity, natural gas, cable television service, water, sewage, garbage collection, and landline phone service. |
| A no vote was a vote against extending for five years the 4 percent utility tax that applies to users of utilities such as electricity, natural gas, cable television service, water, sewage, garbage collection, and landline phone service, thereby ending the tax in May 2018. |
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,649 | 62.03% | ||
| No | 1,010 | 37.98% | ||
- Election results from Imperial County Elections Office
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
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Shall the City of Brawley ordinance extending the Utility Users Tax for five years at a rate not to exceed 4%, upon the use of telephone, electricity, gas, water, sewer, trash and cable television utilities, to maintain city services, including, but not limited to, police, fire, administration, library and parks and recreation, and subject to future council action to reduce said percentage, and which is projected to raise $1.9 million per year, be adopted?[2] |
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Impartial analysis
The following impartial analysis of the measure was prepared by the office of the Brawley City Attorney:
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In 2013, the voters of the City of Brawley approved the renewal of the City’s four percent (4%) utility user’s tax on persons in the City that use utilities such as landline telephone communication, electricity, natural gas, cable television service, water, sewage and garbage collection. The tax has been in place since 1991 and is currently set to sunset in May, 2018. The City of Brawley Utility User’s Tax is a general tax. The revenue generated by the tax is used by the City of Brawley to fund existing municipal services such as police, fire, library, parks and recreation, animal control, planning, building and administration. The existing Utility User’s Tax is scheduled to expire in May of 2018. Continuing the current rate of four percent (4%), the tax provides general fund revenue of approximately $1,900,000 per year, and currently comprises 13.2% of the City of Brawley’s annual general fund budget. This ballot measure was placed on the ballot by the City Council. The issue before the voters is whether or not to extend the utility user’s tax for an additional period of five years from the scheduled sunset date. The rate and scope of the tax would remain the same. A majority vote in favor of this measure will mean that the existing utility user’s tax will stay in place for an additional period of five years. A majority vote against this measure will mean that the existing utility user’s tax will expire in May of 2018. General fund revenue will decrease by approximately fifteen percent, and current service levels provided by the City will have to be reduced accordingly. [2] |
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| —Brawley City Attorney[1] | ||
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Brawley, California.
See also
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Imperial County, "County Voter Information Guide," accessed November 14, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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