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OFFICIAL BALLOT
SPECIAL ELECTION
CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS - AUGUST 8, 2023
Ruddell Ward 4
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INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER
1. Vote for a candidate by blackening
the oval (40) beside the candidate's
name. Vote on amendments, acts,
and measures by placing an
appropriate mark below the
amendment (or act or measure)
either FOR or AGAINST.
2. If you vote for more than one
candidate in a race, your vote in that
race will not count. If you make a
mistake on your ballot, return it to an
election official for a replacement
ballot. You may replace up to two
ballots in an election.
Municipal
ORDINANCE NO. 2023-05-02
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 2011-12-05 IN
ORDER TO AUTHORIZE THE NET
COLLECTIONS OF THE 0.5%
SALES AND USE TAX LEVIED
WITHIN THE CITY OF BATESVILLE,
ARKANSAS BY ORDINANCE NO.
2011-12-05 TO BE USED TO PAY
AND SECURE THE REPAYMENT
OF BONDS APPROVED BY THE
VOTERS AND ISSUED BY THE
CITY FROM TIME TO TIME TO
FINANCE AND REFINANCE ALL OR
A PORTION OF THE COSTS OF
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS; AND
PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS
PERTAINING THERETO.
o FOR Ordinance No.
2023-05-02
o AGAINST Ordinance No.
2023-05-02
REFUNDING BONDS
Bonds of the City of Batesville in one
or more series in the maximum
aggregate principal amount of
$12,820,000 for the purpose of
refunding the City's Sales and Use
Tax Bonds, Series 2012 and, in order
to pay the bonds, the pledge of a
0.5% local sales and use tax levied
within the City by Ordinance No.
2011-12-05, adopted December 27,
2011, as it may be amended from
time to time. In order to provide
additional funds to pay or to further
secure repayment of the bonds, the
City may also pledge to the bonds the
net collections of a 0.5% sales and
use tax levied within the City by
Ordinance No. 2011-12-03, adopted
December 27, 2011.
o FOR
o AGAINST
Municipal
PARK AND RECREATIONAL
IMPROVEMENT BONDS
Bonds of the City of Batesville in one
or more series in the maximum
aggregate principal amount of
$25,985,000 for the purpose of
financing all or a portion of the costs
of park and recreational facilities and
improvements and any necessary
land acquisition, demolition,
furnishings, equipment and parking,
lighting, landscaping, street, drainage
and utility improvements related
thereto and, in order to pay the
bonds, the pledge of a 0.5% local
sales and use tax levied within the
City by Ordinance No. 2011-12-05,
adopted December 27, 2011, as it
may be amended from time to time.
In order to provide additional funds to
pay or to further secure repayment of
the bonds, the City may also pledge
to the bonds the net collections of a
0.5% sales and use tax levied within
the City by Ordinance No.
2011-12-03, adopted December 27,
2011.
o FOR
o AGAINST
WATER IMPROVEMENT BONDS
Bonds of the City of Batesville in one
or more series in the maximum
aggregate principal amount of
$110,000,000 for the purpose of
financing all or a portion of the costs
of acquiring, constructing and
equipping extensions, betterments
and improvements to the City's water
system and any necessary demolition
related thereto and, in order to pay
the bonds, the levy and pledge of a
1 % local sales and use tax within the
City.
If the bonds are approved, there will
be levied within the City a 1% sales
and use tax, the net collections of
which remaining after deduction of
the administrative charges of the
State of Arkansas and required
rebates, will be used solely to retire
the bonds and obligations of the City
with respect thereto. The effective
date of the 1 % sales and use tax will
be April 1, 2024. The 1 % sales and
use tax will expire after the bonds
have been paid or provision is made
therefor in accordance with Arkansas
statutes.
o FOR
o AGAINST