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NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF BALLOT TITLE
FILED IN THE CITY OF ASHLAND
August 4, 2009
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a ballot title meeting the requirements of section
1(2)(d), Article IV of the Oregon Constitution (one subject) has been filed with the City
Recorder.
The ballot title has been prepared by the City Attorney and is as follows:
CAPTION: Extend the 5% tax on food and beverage to 2030
QUESTION: Shall 5% tax on prepared food and beverages extend to 2030 for wastewater debt
and improvements (80%) and parks (20%)?
SUMMARY: This measure extends the five percent tax on prepared food and beverages sold by
restaurants, caterers, grocery store delis, coffee shops and other establishments. Alcoholic
beverages are excluded.
Eighty percent (80%) of tax revenues are dedicated to wastewater treatment plant debt and
capital improvements. Twenty percent (20%) is dedicated to parks for capital improvements and
acquisition. Projects are identified in the City’s adopted Capital Improvement Plan.
The City Council can reduce or eliminate the tax at anytime. Restaurants retain 5% of the tax
collected. The City may use up to 2% for administrative expenses.
The tax is not collected on food or beverages sold on school grounds or college campuses (except
food sold by an independent contractor), on hospital grounds, in vending machines, at senior
centers, or by non-profits or service clubs at street booths or concessions. Food provided by bed
and breakfast inns is excluded.
For single events, such as weddings, costing more than $5,000 the tax is capped at $250.
ANY ELECTOR DISSATISFIED WITH THE BALLOT TITLE may petition the Circuit Court
seeking a different title and stating the reasons the title filed is insufficient, not concise or unfair.
Petition must name as respondent the City Attorney and must be filed no later than the 7th day
after ballot title is filed with the City Recorder. Deadline is August 11, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. The
court shall review the title and measure to be initiated or referred, hear arguments, if any, and
certify to the city elections officer a title for the measure which meets the requirements of ORS
250.035.
AN ELECTOR FILING A PETITION shall notify the city elections officer in writing that the
petition has been filed. The notice shall be given NO LATER THAN 5 p.m. on the next business
day following the day the petition is filed with the Circuit Court. ORS 250.296 2.
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Barbara Christensen, City Recorder/Treasurer
Publish: August 6, 2009