1998-31 RESOLUTION NO. 98-31
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA CALLING AND GIVING
NOTICE OF THE HOLDING OF A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY,
DUNE 8, 1999 FOR SUBMISSION TO THE VOTERS A
QUESTION RELATING TO A UTILITY USER TAX
WHEREAS,under the provisions of the laws relating to General Law cities in the State of
California, a special municipal election shall be held on June 8, 1999. The City Council desires to
submit to the voters at the election questions relating to a utility user tax; and.
WHEREAS, in the course of conduct of the election it is necessary for the City to request
services of the County; and
WHEREAS,all necessary expenses in performing these services shall be paid by the City of
Grand Terrace.
NOW,THEREFORE,THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE,
CALIFORNIA,DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
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SECTION 1: That pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the State of California relating to
General Law cities within said State,there shall be,and there is hereby called and ordered,to be held
in the City of Grand Terrace, California, on Tuesday, June 8, 1999, a special municipal election of
the qualified electors of said City for the purpose of submitting to the voters a question relating to
a utility user tax.
SECTION 2. That the City Council,pursuant to its right and authority, does order submitted to the
voters at the Special Municipal Election the following questions:
Shall an ordinance be adopted establishing a Yes
utility user tax of five percent (5%) No
SECTION 3. That the proposed measure submitted to the voters is attached as Exhibit"A."
SECTION 4. That the ballots to be used at the election shall be in form and content as required by
law.
SECTION 5. That the Registrar of Voters of the County of San Bernardino is hereby authorized,
instructed and directed to procure and furnish any and all official ballots, notices, printed matter and
all supplies, equipment and paraphernalia that may be necessary in order to properly and lawfully
conduct said election with the exception that the City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace shall cause
the publication of all notices that are indicated as the responsibility of the City Clerk in the Election
Calendar for said election.
SECTION 6. That the polls for said election shall be open at seven o'clock a.m. on the day of the
election and shall remain open continuously from said time until eight o'clock p.m. of the same day
when said polls shall be closed,except as provided in Section 14301 ofthe Election Code ofthe State
of California.
SECTION 7. That in all particulars not recited in this Resolution, said election shall be held and
conducted as provided by law for holding municipal elections in said City.
SECTION 8. The City of Grand Terrace recognizes that additional costs will be incurred by the
County by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the County for any such costs.
SECTION 9. That notice of the time and place of holding said election is hereby given and the
Registrar of Voters of the County of San Bernardino and the City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace
are hereby authorized,instructed and directed to give such further or additional notice of said election
in time, form and manner as required by law.
SECTION 10. Said Registrar of Voters is hereby authorized to canvass the returns of said General
Municipal Election.
SECTION 11. That the City Clerk is directed to forward without delay to the Registrar of Voters,
a certified copy of this Resolution.
SECTION 12. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution, shall
enter in the book of original Resolutions of said City, and shall make a minute of passage and
adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council of said City, in the minutes of
the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
MOVED,PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10 th hday of December, 1998 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Hilkey., Singley and Garcia; Mayor Pro Tem Buchanan;
Mayor Matteson
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
Mayo Ux
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ATTEST:
Brenda Stanfill, City Cle
APPROVED A TO FORM:
Jo R. Harper, I
Uyttorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO)
I,Brenda Stanfill, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace,California,DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing Resolution was duty adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 10 th
day of December , 1998.
Brenda Stanfill, City Clerk
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Resolution No. 98-31
Exhibit "A"
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE,
CALIFORNIA, ENACTING A UTILITY USERS TAX
The City Council and the People of the City of Grand Terrace do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. ENACTMENT OF CHAPTER 3.26
Chapter 3.26 of the City of Grand Terrace Municipal Code is hereby enacted in its entirety to read
as follows:
Sections:
3.26.010 Definitions
326.020 Exemptions
3.26.030 Telephone Users Tax
3.26.035 Water Users Tax
3.26.040 Electricity Users Tax
3.26.050_ _ Gas Users-Tax:..
3.26.060 Service Users Receiving Direct Purchase of Gas of Electricity
3.26.070 Tax Rate Reduction
3.26 080 ,..Remittance of;Tax.: , i
3.26.090 Actions to Collect
3.26:100 Duty to Collect.-Procedure_s
3.26.105 Direct Billing
3.26.110 Additional Power and Duties:ofTaxAdministrator
3.26.120 Assessment- Service User Administrative Remedy
3.26.130 Records
3.26.140 Refunds
3.26.150 Termination of Suspension of Utility Tax
3.26.160 Severability
3.26.010 Definitions: The following words and phrases whenever used in this Chapter shall be
construed be,construed as.defined in this section.
(a)'; .i.�..'Person" shall.meanany.domestic:&,foreign corporation,;firm,,association, syndicate joint
stock company-,.partnership of.any.kind,joint venture, club society, individual, local government entity,
public agency,municipality; district of:any kind, political Subdivision of the State, and any department,
division,-%bureau; office,,board.,commission or other agency of the foregoing not otherwise excepted.
(b) "City" shall,mean:the City of Grand Terrace.
(c) "Gas" shall mean natural or manufactured gas or any alternate hydrocarbon fuel which
may be substituted therefor.
(d) "Telephone corporation", "electrical corporation," "gas corporation," shall have the same
meanings as defined in Sections 234, 218 and 222'respectively,.respectively, of the California Public
Utilities Code except "electrical corporation," and "g'as'corporation", shall be construed to include any
municipality, public agency or person engaged in the`selling or supplying of electrical power or gas to a
service user.
(e) '.'Tax Administrator" shall mean Finance Director of the City of Grand Terrace.
(f) "Service supplier" shall mean any entity required to called or self-impose and remit a
tax as imposed by this Chapter.
(g) "Service use" mean any person required to pay a tax imposed by this Chapter.
(h) "Month" shall mean a calendar month.
(i) "Non-utility Supplier" shall mean: (1) a service supplier, other than an electrical
corporation serving within the City, which generates electrical energy in capacities of at least 50 kilowatts
for its own use or for sale.to others;.!or(2) a gas supplier other than a.gas corporation, that sells or supplies
gas to.users within the.City. ..
3.26.020 Exemptions:
(a) Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as imposing a tax upon any person when
imposition of such tax upon that person would be in violation of the Constitution of the United States or
that of the State of California.
(b) All public school districts and community college districts are and shall be exempt from
each and all of the taxes imposed by this Chapter.
(c) The City Council may, by ordinance or resolution, establish one or more additional classes
of service users, otherwise subject to payment or a tax imposed by this Chapter, and provide that such
classes or persons shall be exempt, in whole or in part from such tax.
(d) The Tax Administrator shall provide for the means of claiming and administrating an
exemption established by or pursuant to this Section. The decision of the Tax Administrator in respect to
a claim for exemption shall be final.
(e) The Tax Administrator shall prepare a,list of the persons exempt from the provisions of
of this Chapter by virtue of this Section and furnish a copy thereof to each service supplier.
3.26.030 Telephone Users Tax
(a) There is hereby imposed a tax on the amounts paid for any intrastate telephone services
by every person in the City other than a telephone corporation using such services. The tax imposed by
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this Section shall be at a rate of five percent(5%) of the charges made for such services and shall be paid
by the person paying for such.
(b) As used in this Section, the term "charges" shall not include charges for services paid for
by inserting coins in coin-operated telephones except that where such coin-operated service is furnished
for a guaranteed amount, the amounts paid under such guarantee plus any fixed monthly or other periodic
charge shall be included in the base for computing the amount of tax due; nor shall the term "charges"
include charges for any type of service or equipment furnished by a service supplied subject to the Public
Utility regulation during any period in which the same or similar services or equipment are also available
for sale or lease from persons other than a service supplier subject to public utility regulation; nor shall the
words "telephone communication services" include land mobile service or maritime mobile service as
defined in Section 2.1 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as said Section existed on January
1, 1970. The "telephone communication services" refers to that service which provides access to a
telephone system and the privilege of telephone quality communication with substantially all persons having
telephone stations which are part of such telephone system. The Telephone Users Tax is intended to, and
does, apply to all charges billed to a telephone account having a situs in the City, irrespective of whether
.a particular communication service originates and/ or terminates within the City.
(c) The tax imposed by this Section shall be collected from the service user by the person
providing the intrastate telephone communication services, or the person receiving payment for such
services. The amount of the tax collected in one (1) month shall be remitted to the Tax Administrator on
or before the last day of the following month; or at the option of the person required to collect and remit
the tax, an estimated amount of tax collected, measured by the tax bill in the previous month, shall be
remitted to the Tax Administrator on or before the last day of each month.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection(a), the tax imposed under this Section shall
not be imposed upon any person for using intrastate telephone communication services to the extent that
the amounts paid for such services are exempt from or not subject to the tax imposed under Division 2,
Part 20 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, or the tax imposed under Section 4251 of the
Internal Revenue Code.
3.26.035 Water Users Tax.
(a) There is hereby imposed a tax upon every person in the City other than a gas corporation
or electrical corporation, using, in the City, water which is transported through mains or pipes. The tax
imposed by this.Section shall be at the rate of five percent(5%) of the charges made for the water and shall
be billed to and paid by the person using the water. The tax applicable to water shall be determined by
applying the tax rate to the charges by the supplier to the service user. "Charges" as used in this Section
shall include: (1) that billed for water which is delivered through mains or pipes; (2) demand charges,
service charges, customer charges, minimum charges, annual and monthly charges, and any other charge
authorized by the California Public Utilities Commission..
(b) The tax otherwise imposed by this Section is not applicable to: (1) charges made for water
which is to be resold and delivered through mains and pipes; (2) charges made for water used and
consumed by a public utility or agency in the conduct of its business or; (3) charges made by a water public
utility for water used and consumed in the course of its public utility business.
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(c) The tax imposed in this Section shall be collected from the service user by the person
selling the water. The person selling the water shall, on or before the last day of each calendar month,
commencing the first calendar month after the effective date of this Chapter, make a return to the Tax
Administrator stating the amount of taxes billed during the preceding calendar month.
3.26.040 Electricity Users Tax.
(a) There is hereby imposed a tax upon every person in the City other than a gas corporation or
electrical corporation, using, in the City, gas which is transported through mains or pipes or by mobile
transport. The tax imposed by this Section shall be at the rate of five percent(5%) of the charges made for
such energy by an electrical corporation providing service in the City and shall be billed to and paid by
the person using the energy. The tax applicable to electrical energy provided by a non-utility supplier shall
be determined by applying the tax rate to the equivalent charge the service user would have incurred if the
energy used had been provided by the electrical corporation franchised by the City. Rate schedules for this
purpose shall be available from the City. Non-utility suppliers shall install, maintain and use an appropriate
utility-type metering system which will enable compliance with this Section.
(b) As used in this Section, the term "using-electrical energy shall not be construed to mean
the storage of such energy by a person in a battery owned or possessed by him for use in an automobile
or other machinery device apart from the premises upon which the energy was received, provided,
however, that the term shall include the receiving of such energy for the purpose of using it in the charging
of batteries; nor shall the term include electricity used and consumed by an electric utility supplier in the
conduct of.its business; nor shall the term include the mere receiving of such energy by an electric
corporation or governmental agency at a point within the City of Grand Terrace for resale, nor shall the
term include the use and consumption of such energy by a public utility or governmental agency in the
L conduct of its business.
(c) The tax imposed in this Section shall be collected from the service user by the service
supplier or non-utility supplier. The tax imposed in this section on use supplied by self-generation or from
a non-utility supplier not subject to the jurisdiction of this Chapter, shall be collected and remitted to the
Tax Administrator in the manner set forth in Section 3.26.100. The amount of tax collected by a service
supplier or a non-utility supplier in one month shall be remitted .by United States mail to the Tax
Administrator postmarked on or before the last day of the following month; or at the option of the person
required to collect and remit the tax, an estimated amount of tax measured by the tax billed in the previous
month; shall be remitted by the United States mail to the Tax Administrator, postmarked on or before the
last day of each month.
3.26.050 Gas Users Tax.
(a) There is hereby imposed a tax upon every person in the City other than a gas corporation
or electrical corporation, using, in the City, gas which is transported through mains or pipes or by mobile
transport. The tax imposed by this Section shall be at the rate of five percent(5%) of the charges made for
the gas and shall be billed to and paid by the person using the gas. The tax applicable to gas or gas
transportation provided by non-utility suppliers shall be determined by applying the tax rate to the
equivalent charges the service user would have incurred if the gas or gas transportation has been provided
by the gas corporation franchised by the City. "Charges" as used in this Section shall include: (1)that billed
for gas which is delivered through mains or pipes; (2) gas transportation charges; and(3)demand charges,
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service charges, customer charges, minimum charges, annual and monthly charges, and any other charge
authorized by the California Public Utilities Commission or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
(b) The tax otherwise imposed by this Section is not applicable to: (1) charges made for gas
which is to be resold and delivered through mains and pipes; (2) charges made for gas used and consumed
by a public utility or agency in the conduct of its business or; (3) charges made by a gas public utility for
gas used and consumed in the course of its public utility business; (4) charges made for gas used in the
propulsion of a motor vehicle, as authorized in the Vehicle Code of the State of California; and(5) charges
made for gas used by a non-utility supplier to generate electrical energy for its own use or for sale to others
provided the electricity so generated is subject to the tax in accordance with Section 3.26.040.of this
Chapter.
(c) The tax imposed in this Section shall be collected from the service user by the person
selling or transporting the-gas. A person selling only transportation services to a user for delivery of gas'
through mains or pipes shall collect the tax from the service user based on the transportation charges. The
person selling or transporting the gas shall, on or before the last day of each calendar month, commencing
the first calendar month after the effective date of this Chapter, make a return to the Tax Administrator
stating the amount of taxes billed during the preceding calendar month.
3.26.060 Service Users Receiving Direct Purchase of Gas or Electricity.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, a service user receiving gas or
electricity directly from a non-utility supplier not specifically made subject to the operation of this Chapter,
or otherwise not having the full tax.due on the use of gas or electricity in the City directly billed and
collected by the service supplier, shall report said fact to the Tax Administrator within thirty (30) days of
said use and shall directly remit to the City the amount of tax due.
(b) The Tax Administrator may require said service user to provide, subject to audit, filed tax
returns or other satisfactory evidence documenting the quantity,of gas or electricity used and the price
thereof.
3.26.070 Tax Rate Reduction..
(a) The tax rates imposed by Subsections 3.26.030(a), 326.040(a), 3.26.050, and 3.26.060(a),
may be modified from time to time by resolution of the City Council provided that no such rate may exceed
five percent(5%) without approval of the voters at a general or special election in accordance with State
law.
(b) Any tax rate shall be effective for the first complete billing period of each supplier
following written notification of rate change by the City.
3.26.080 Remittance of Tax.
(a) Taxes collected from a Service user which are not remitted to.the Tax Administrator on
or before the due dates provided in this Chapter are delinquent. Should the due date occur on a Saturday,
Sunday or legal holiday the return may be postmarked on the first regular business day thereafter.
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3.26.090 Actions to Collect.
(a) Any tax required to be paid by a Service user under the provision of this Chapter shall be
deemed a debt owed by the service user to the City. Any such tax collected from a service user which has
willfully been withheld from the Tax Administrator shall be deemed a debt owed to the City by the person
required to collect and remit. Any person owing money to the City under the provisions of this Chapter
shall be liable to an action brought in the name of the City for the recovery, of such amount.
3.26.100 Duty to Collect -Procedures. The duty to collect and remit the taxes imposed by this
Chapter shall be performed as follows:
(a) The tax shall be collected insofar as practicable at the same time as and along with the
charges made in accordance with the regular billing practices of the service supplier. When the amount
paid by a service user to a service supplier is less than the full amount of the service charge and tax which
has accrued for the billing period, such amount and any subsequent payments by a service user shall be
applied to the utility charge first until such charges have been fully satisfied. Any remaining balance shall
be applied to taxes due. In those cases where a service user has notified the service supplier of his refusal
to pay the tax imposed on said energy charges Section 3.26.130 will apply.
(b) The duty to collect tax from a service user shall commence with the beginning of the first
full regular billing period applicable to the service user where all charges normally included in such regular
billing are subject to the provisions of this Chapter. Where a person receives more than one billing, one
or more being different periods than another, the duty to collect shall arise separately for each billing.
(c) When collected, the revenues from the tax shall be delivered to the City Treasurer for
deposit into the General Fund to be appropriated and used for the usual and current expenses of the City.
3.26.105 Direct Billing. Nothing contained in this Chapter shall prohibit the City from directly
billing or collecting such taxes from service users under appropriate terms and conditions as determined
by the Tax Administrator.
3.26.110 Additional Power and Duties of Tax Administrator.
(a) The Tax Administrator shall have the power and duty, and is hereby directed to enforce
each and all of the provisions of this Chapter.
(b) The Tax Administrator shall have the power to adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent
with provisions of this Chapter for the purpose of carrying out and enforcing the payment, collection and
remittance of the taxes herein imposed.
(c) A copy of such rules and regulations shall be on file in the Tax Administrator's office.
(d) The Tax Administrator may make administrative agreements to vary the strict requirements
of this Chapter so that collection of any tax imposed here may be made in conformance with the billing
procedures of a particular service supplier so long as said agreements do not prejudice the likelihood of
collection and forwarding of the tax in conformance with the general purpose and scope of this Chapter.
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A copy of each such agreement shall be on file in the Tax Administrator's Office.
(e) The Tax Administrator shall determine the eligibility of any person who asserts a right to
exemption from the tax imposed by this Chapter. The Tax Administrator shall provide the service supplier
with the name of any person who the Tax Administrator determines to be exempt from the Tax imposed
hereby, together with the address and account number to which service is supplied to any such exempt
person. When effectuated, the Tax Administrator shall notify the service supplier of each termination of
a right to exemption hereunder.
(f) The Tax Administrator shall provide notice to all service suppliers of any annexation or
other change in the City's boundaries. Said notice shall set forth the revised boundaries by street and by
inclusive street numbers, along with a copy of the Certificate of Completion in relation thereto as filed by
the Local Agency Formation Commission of San Bernardino County. Service users newly included within
the City as a result of such annexation or other boundary change shall become subject to the taxes imposed
by this Chapter commencing with the first billing period which commences at least ninety (90) days after
notice of the annexation or other change of boundaries was provided in writing to affected service
suppliers.
3.26.120 Assessment- Service User Administrative Remedy.
(a) Whenever the Tax Administrator determines that a service user has deliberately withheld
the amount of the tax owed by him from the amounts remitted to a person required to collect the tax, or
that a service user has refused to pay the amount of tax, the person required to collect the tax, or that a
service user has refused to pay the amount of tax, the person required to collect the taxes due under this
Chapter may be relieved of such obligation by the Tax Administrator in respect to certain named Service
users for specified billing periods as set forth below.
(b) The Service supplier shall provide the City with amounts refused and / or unpaid along
with the names and addresses of the Service users neglecting to pay the tax imposed under provisions of
this Chapter. Whenever the Service user has failed or refused to pay the amount of tax for a period of two
or more billing periods and notice of such failure or refusal has been duly given to the Tax Administrator,
the Service supplier shall be relieved of the obligation to collect taxes due until notified otherwise in writing
by the Tax Administrator. .-
(c) The Tax Administrator shall notify the Service user that the Tax Administrator assumed
responsibility to collect the taxes due for the stated periods and demand payment of such taxes. The notice
shall be served on the Service user by handing it to him/her personally or by deposit of the notice in the
United States mail, postage prepaid thereon, addressed to the Service user at the address to which billing
was made by the person required to collect the tax; or, should the service user's address change, to the last
known address. If a service user fails to remit the tax to the Tax.Administrator within fifteen (15) days
from the date of service of the notice upon him, which shall be the date of mailing if service is not
accomplished in person, a penalty of twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount of the tax set forth in the
notice shall be imposed, but not less than $5.00. When imposed, the penalty shall become part of the tax
herein required to be paid. In addition to such penalty, the service user shall pay to the City all reasonable
costs collecting such overdue and unpaid taxes, including attorney's fees and court costs.
3.26.130 Records.
(a) It shall be the duty of every person required to collect and remit to the City any tax
imposed by this Chapter to keep and preserve, for a period of three (3) years, all such records as may be
necessary to determine the amount of tax which such person is or has been obligated to collect and remit.
The Tax Administrator shall have the right to inspect such records at all reasonable times.
3.26.140 Refunds.
(a) Whenever the amount of any tax has been overpaid or paid more than once or has been
erroneously or illegally collected or received by the Tax Administrator under this Chapter, it may be
refunded as provided in this Section.
(b) A Service supplier may claim a refund; or take as credit against taxes remitted the amount
overpaid, paid more than once, or erroneously or illegally collected or received when it is established that
the Service user from whom the tax has been collected did not owe the tax; provided however, that neither
a refund nor a credit shall be allowed unless the amount of the tax erroneously or illegally collected has
either been refunded to the Service user or credited to charges subsequently payable by the Service user
to the person required to collect and remit. A Service supplier that has collected any amount of tax in
excess of the amount of tax imposed by this Chapter and actually due.from a Service user, may refund such
amount to the Service user and claim credit for such overpayment against the amount of tax which is due
upon any other monthly returns, provided such credit is claimed in a return to the.Tax Administrator dated
no later than one (1) year from the date of overpayment.
(c) Notwithstanding other provisions of this Chapter, whenever a Service supplier, pursuant
to an order of the California Public Utilities Commission or a court of competent jurisdiction, makes a
refund to Service users of charges for past utility services, the taxes paid pursuant to this Chapter on the
amount of such refunded charges shall also be refunded to service users, and, when so refunded, the
Service supplier shall be entitled to claim a credit for such refunded taxes against the amount of tax which
is due upon subsequent monthly return or returns.
(d) In the event this Chapter is repealed, the amounts of any refundable taxes arising out of
such repeal and to the extent actually received by the City will be paid by the City.
(e) A Service supplier may pay authorized refunds to the Service user in accordance with this
Section or pursuant to the Service supplier's customary practice.
3.26.150 Termination or Suspension of Utility Users Tax.
(a) The Service supplier, upon notification by the Tax Administrator that the City Council has
terminated or suspend such tax, shall terminate or suspend the Service supplier's collection of the utility
user's tax commencing with the first full billing period which occurs after the effective date of such
termination or suspension.
3.26.160 Severability.
(a). If any provision, clause, sentence or paragraph of this Chapter or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other provision or
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application of the provisions of this Chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this Chapter are hereby declared to be severable.
SECTION 2. URGENCY DECLARATION.
The City of Grand Terrace provides services to residents to protect their public health, safety and
welfare therein and the general public. With adoption of Proposition 218 by the voters of the State of
California, the City of Grand Terrace, cannot continue imposing rates and charges to finance all necessary
City services without voter approval. Therefore, it is necessary to determine, at the earliest date possible
prior to July 1, 1999, whether a tax shall be placed on telephone, gas and electrical service within the City
to finance existing services. As a consequence, this measure must be placed on the ballot for the county-
administered election on June 8, 1999,,the City must submit the ordinance to the County of San Bernardino
prior to the date of the next regular City Council meeting. This ordinance is declared to be urgent so it can
be placed before the voters and limit the impact on services provided to residents of the City. Such service
impacts is of great public concern in that inadequate community services may endanger the health, welfare
and safety of residents and the general public. This ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public health, safety and welfare, declares the facts constituting the emergency, and is passed by a
unanimous vote of the City Council. Accordingly, this measure is adopted immediately upon introduction
pursuant to Government Code Section 36934 to be placed on the June 8, 1999 ballot pursuant to Article
XIIIC, Section 2(b) of the California Constitution.
SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall be referred to, and shall be effective only if approved by a majority of the
` voters voting at an election to be held on June 8, 1999, and shall go into effect ten(10)days after the City
Council has, by resolution, declared that this ordinance was approved by a majority of the voters voting
thereon pursuant to Elections Code 9217.
SECTION 4.
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause same to
be published as required by law.
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED by the City Council and signed by the Mayor this_day of
1998.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Brenda Stanfill, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
John R. Harper, City Attorney
I Brenda Stanfill, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, California, hereby certify that the
foregoing Urgency Ordinance was duly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council
on the_day of ,1998, by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal of the City of Grand
Terrace, California, this_day of , 1998.
(SEAL)
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