West Plains, MO. – Tuesday, April 4, 2023, will be the General Municipal Elections for Missouri. Every county in the News Team 7 area will have school board and other elections on the ballot, as well as potential tax increases.
We have taken the liberty of listing the questions that will be seen:
Marijuana Sales Tax on the ballot
Numerous counties and towns have proposed a sales tax on adult use marijuana. The tax in each case is a proposed 3% tax on all retail sales sold in that county or town. Three counties, Douglas, Texas, and Wright, are proposing a county-wide sales tax on adult use marijuana along with the following towns:
- City of Ava
- City of West Plains
- City of Houston
City Sales Tax for the Village of Raymondville 1%
Shall there be a city sales tax of one percent (1%) on the receipts from the sale at retail of all tangible personal property or taxable services at retail, subject to the sales tax imposed by the State of Missouri, (and on residential utilities).
Oregon County Online Retailer Tax
Shall the County of Oregon impose a local use tax at the same rate as the total local sales tax rate, provided that if the local sales tax rate is reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax rate shall also be reduced or raised by the same action?
The purpose of the proposal is to eliminate the current sales tax advantage that non-Missouri vendors have over Missouri vendors.
Thayer Mayor Election Modification Question
Shall the City of Thayer, Missouri be authorized to forgo annual elections in the six years through 2029 for each office for which the number of candidates filing for the office equals the number of positions in the office up for election?
Proposition K.I.D.S. – Alton R-IV Schools
Shall the Board of Education of the Alton R-IV School District, Missouri, be authorized to increase the operating tax levy by $0.5000 to $3.2500 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation for the purposes of attracting and retaining quality certified and support staff, maintaining facilities, and meeting additional operating expenses?
(If this proposition is approved, the adjusted operating tax levy of the District is estimated to increase by $0.5000 from $2.7500, currently, to $3.2500 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation and be applicable to the assessed valuation for each year thereafter. The District intends to implement the increase over five (5) years to a rate of $2.8500 in the first tax year, 2023; a rate of $2.9500 in the second tax year, 2023; a rate of $3.0500 in the third tax year, 2025; a rate of $3.1500 in the fourth tax year, 2026; and a rate of $3.2500 in the fifth tax year, 2027.)
Make It Equal Question – Wright County Online Retailer Tax
This was on the April 2022 ballot as well. This would enact a local use tax to purchases made from out-of-state vendors and shipped to a location in Webster County.
Shall Wright County impose a local use tax at the same rate as the total local sales tax rate, provided that if the local sales tax rate is reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax rate shall also be reduced or raised by the same action?
Passage of this measure is necessary to ensure that the same local tax rate that is now imposed on sales from local retailers in rural Wright County will apply to purchases and sales from online sellers and vendors, making the tax rate on purchase transactions from local and online retailers the same.
School Propositions
Special School Bond Election Proposition Kosh Schools
Shall the board of the Oregon-Howell R-III School District, Missouri, without an estimated increase in the current debt service property tax levy, borrow money in the amount of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars for the purpose of providing funds to replace the current asphalt parking lot with an asphalt overlay with fiber parking lot; to upgrade heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) units as needed; to repair roofs; to the extent funds are available, complete other repairs and improvements to the existing facilities of the district; and issue general obligation bonds for the payment thereof? If this proposition is approved, the adjusted debt service levy of the School District is estimated to remain unchanged at $0.8000 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation of real and personal property.
Special School Levy Election Proposition Maintain
Shall the Board of Education of the Oregon-Howell R-III School District, Missouri, be authorized to continue, without increasing, the existing temporary operating tax levy of $0.6618 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation through Tax Year 2037 in order to provide additional funds to retain qualified staff, maintain its facilities, and meet the operating expenses of the District?
(If this proposition is approved, the current adjusted operating tax levy of the District of $3.2432 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation is to continue unchanged and the present expiration scheduled to occur after Tax Year 2022 of the existing temporary levy of $0.6618 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation is extended through Tax Year 2037)
