1 RESOLUTION NO. 2024-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE
PLACING A TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX MEASURE ON THE
NOVEMBER 5, 2024, GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT
WHEREAS, as authorized by state law, the City imposes a transactions and use tax, commonly known as a local sales tax, through Title 3, Chapter 3.05 of the Marysville Municipal Code (Rev. & Tax. Code, § 7251 et seq.);
WHEREAS, the City’s transactions and use tax is currently set to expire on September 30, 2026, depriving the City of an important source of revenues to fund general services to its residents;
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to extend this transactions and use tax beyond its current expiration date, without raising the tax rate, and to update Chapter 3.05 to reflect changes in state law since City voters adopted this tax in 2016; WHEREAS, the proposed ordinance implementing these amendments to Chapter 3.05 is attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Ordinance”) and is incorporated by this reference; WHEREAS, because the Ordinance extends a general tax, it must be approved by a majority of the City’s voters (Cal. Const., art. XIII C, § 2(b); Rev. & Tax. Code, § 7285.9); WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2024-15, the City Council called a general municipal election to be held on November 5, 2024 (the “Election”); and WHEREAS, the City Council therefore wishes to submit the Ordinance to the City’s voters at the Election (Elec. Code, § 9222).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Marysville as follows:
SECTION 1.
The City Council hereby orders the Ordinance attached hereto as Exhibit A to be submitted to the voters at the Election, and it further orders the following question concerning the Ordinance to be placed on that ballot:
Shall the measure, without raising taxes, to protect and maintain City of Marysville services including Police
and Fire Departments, essential services, neighborhood
police patrols, 911 emergency response times,
street/pothole repairs, emergency preparedness and for
general government use, to continue an existing voterapproved 1-cent sales tax, until ended by voters, providing an estimated $3.9 million a year, with
independent audits, an oversight committee and all
money locally controlled, be adopted?
YES
NO
2 SECTION 2.
The City Attorney is hereby authorized and directed to prepare an impartial analysis of the Ordinance by such deadline as the City Clerk may establish. (Elec. Code, § 9280.) SECTION 3.
The City Clerk is authorized, instructed, and directed to give further or additional notice of the election in the time, form, and manner required by law. The Clerk is further directed to file a certified copy of this Resolution with the Yuba County Board of Supervisors and with the Yuba County Clerk-Recorder no later than 88 days before November 5, 2024.
SECTION 4.
The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate the necessary funds to pay for the City’s share of costs to place the Ordinance on the ballot for the Election, and to execute any necessary agreements with Yuba County for the Election.
SECTION 5.
The City Clerk is hereby authorized, instructed, and directed to implement applicable procedures concerning arguments in favor of or against the Ordinance, including but not limited to Elections Code section 9280 et seq. The Clerk may work with the County elections official as necessary to complete this task.
SECTION 6.
The adoption of this Resolution is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq. and California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15000 et seq. (CEQA Guidelines). The calling of a municipal election is not a project within the meaning of CEQA Guidelines section 15378. Further, the general tax proposed by this Resolution is a government funding mechanism that does not “involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment,” and thus adopting this Resolution is not a project under CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4).
SECTION 7.
This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
SECTION 8.
The City Clerk shall certify the passage and adoption of this Resolution as required by law. 3 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted by the Council of the City of Marysville, California, on the 18th day of June 2024, by the following vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
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Nicole Moe. City Clerk
City of Marysville, California
By its City Council
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Chris Branscum, Mayor