A CHARTER ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BLUE RAPIDS, KANSAS, TO LEVY TAXES TO CREATE A SPECIAL FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING UTILITY SERVICE COST.

Section 1. The City of Blue Rapids, Kansas, by the power vested in it by article 12, section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from provisions of K.S.A. 79-5001 to 79-5016 (1977 Supp.), inclusive, to make said sections inapplicable as they apply to the limit of the levy of taxes by the City of Blue Rapids, Kansas, for the payment of utility service costs, whether they are paid from a separate property tax levy fund of the city or any other tax supported fund.

Section 2. The City of Blue Rapids, Kansas, is hereby authorized to levy a tax for the purpose of paying utility service costs. As used in this charter ordinance, “utility service cost” shall include payment made by the city to a water, electric or natural gas system, company or utility for the purpose of obtaining street lighting or traffic control signals or for the lighting, heating, cooling or supplying of water or energy to any city building or facility or for the operation or performance of any function or service by the city. Amounts produced from any levy specified or authorized in this charter ordinance, including any levy or purpose authorized to be levied in addition to or exempt from the aggregate levy limit of the city, shall not be used in computing any aggregate limitation under article 50 of chapter 79 of the 1977 supplement to the Kansas Statutes Annotated.

(03-21-1978)