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St. Joseph City Hotel Levy Increase (June 2011)
A St. Joseph City Hotel Levy Increase measure was on the June 7, 2011 ballot in the city of St. Joseph, which is in Buchanan County.
This measure was approved
- YES 2,884 (58.37%)
- NO 2,057 (41.63%)[1]
This measure sought to increase the current hotel tax by a rate of 3 percent for a period of 30 years in order to further help pay for tourism promotion in the city as well as paying for convention facility improvements in the city.[2]
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| Shall the City of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, increase the current Three Percent (3%) Transient Guest (Hotel/Motel) tax levy by Three Percent (3%), commencing on the 1st day of October, 2011, and terminating the increased amount on the 30th day of September, 2031, on each sleeping room or campsite occupied and rented by transient guests and any docking facility which rents slips to recreational boats which are used by transients for sleeping in the City of St. Joseph, where the proceeds of which shall be expended for the purpose of funding the promotion of tourism and convention facilities, including capital expenditures therefore?[3] |
Footnotes
- ↑ Buchanan County Elections, June Election Results
- ↑ Buchanan County Elections, June Sample Ballot
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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