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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION NO. 95-028
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA, PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION TO
THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF SEWARD THE QUESTION
OF ENACTING AN INITIATIVE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A
FOUR PERCENT HOTEL/MOTEL ROOM TAX AT THE REGULAR ELECTION
IN AND FOR THE CITY OF SEWARD ON OCTOBER 3,1995
WHEREAS, the City Clerk has certified a petition calling for an election to enact an
ordinance providing for a four percent hotel/motel room tax; and
WHEREAS, Section 4.6 of the Charter of the City of Seward provides that a City Code
provision may be initiated in the manner and subject to the limitations as set forth by law or in
the City Code; and
WHEREAS, Seward City Code S 4.15.045 B provides that unless the City Council enacts
substantially the same measure within 30 days of submission of the certified petition, the City
Clerk and the City Attorney shall prepare an ordinance or resolution to implement the petition
and shall submit it to the voters at the next regular election; and
WHEREAS, on April II, 1994, the City Council repealed a similar hotel/motel room tax
following the certification of a referendum petition on the matter and is, therefore, prohibited
from enacting a hotel/motel room tax as set forth in the petition within the time frame provided;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA, that:
Section 1. The City Clerk and the City Attorney are hereby instructed to prepare an
ordinance to implement the proposed hotel/motel room tax and to submit to the qualified voters
of the City of Seward at the October 3, 1995, regular city election a proposition substantially in
the following form:
PROPOSITION NO.
HOTEL/MOTEL ROOM TAX
Shall Initiative Ordinance No. 95-_ of the City of Seward,
providing for a four percent hotel/motel room tax, be approved?
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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION NO. 95-028
Section 2. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. The initiative
ordinance shall become effective following certification of the October 3, 1995, regular city
election if approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting on the question at that election.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the city of Seward, Alaska, this 10th
day of April, 1995.
THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
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Dave W. Crane, Mayor
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Anderson, Crane, Darling, Deeter, King, O'Brien, Sieminski
None
None
None
ATTEST:
(City Seal)