Town of Yountville Appropriations Limit Increase - Gann Override, Measure Q (November 2014)
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A Town of Yountville Appropriations Limit Increase - Gann Override, Measure Q ballot question was on the November 4, 2014 election ballot for voters in the town of Yountville in Napa County, California. It was approved.
Measure Q was designed to override for four years the town's state-mandated spending limitations - or gann limit - allowing the town to spend up to $3,744,262 per year. Measure Q did not seek to increase taxes but simply allowed the town to spend an additional $1.5 million per year if it collects that much revenue from imposed tax rates. A gann limit is a restriction on how much a local governmental agency is allowed to spend in a year. The gann limits for local governments in California were set by Proposition 4 in 1979. The result of this limit is that sometimes a government will collect more revenue than it can legally spend, forcing it to return some of the money. State law gives voters in a governmental jurisdiction the authority to override a local gann limit for up to four years, allowing the jurisdiction to spend all of its revenue. Measure Q did this for the town of Yountville.[1]
Election results
| Yountville Measure Q | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 982 | 84.08% | ||
| No | 186 | 15.92% | ||
Election results via: Napa County Elections Office
Text of measure
Ballot question
The question on the ballot:[1]
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In order to fully utilize TOT and sales tax generated for vital public services, street maintenance, police and fire emergency medical service programs, shall the appropriations limit set pursuant to Article 13B of the California Constitution be increased by the amount of $1,500,000 in additional funds each year for a four year period commencing with fiscal year 2014/15? By approving this appropriation limit, no new taxes are created nor will any existing tax be increased.[2] |
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See also
- Gann overrides on the ballot
- Napa County, California ballot measures
- November 4, 2014 ballot measures in California
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Town of Yountville Elections Office, "General Election 2014 Ballot Measures," accessed November 13, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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