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April 8, 2008 Residents of
Kansas City, Missouri
Question 1:  renewing the 3/8 cent sales tax for buses for a period of 15 years; (pursuant to Ordinance No. 080034)

 
Shall the City of Kansas City continue a city sales tax for the purposes of developing, operating, maintaining, equipping and improving a bus transit system by the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority for Kansas City, Missouri, as authorized by Section 94.605 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri at a rate of 3/8% for a period of 15 years?

 

April 8, 2008 Residents of
Kansas City, Missouri
Question 2:  raising the costs of permits for short-term loan establishments to an annual fee of $1,000.00; (pursuant to Ordinance No 071204)
 
Shall the City of Kansas City, Missouri be authorized , for the purpose of reimbursing the City for the administrative expenses related to the regulation and inspection of short term loan establishments and the issuance of permits for such businesses, to impose an annual fee of $1,000.00 for each permit (new or renewal) for a short term loan establishment or $500.00 for a permit issued with less than 6-months remaining in the calendar year?

 

April 8, 2008 Residents of
Kansas City, Missouri
Question 3: prohibiting smoking in enclosed places of employment, enclosed public places and on public sidewalks adjacent to hospitals, permitting it on casino floors, Jackson, Platte, Clay, Wyandotte and Johnson Counties prohibit smoking on casino floors; (pursuant to Ordinance No. 080073)*

 

Shall the City of Kansas City prohibit smoking in enclosed places of employment, enclosed public places and on public sidewalks abutting acute care hospitals, while allowing it in casino gaming areas until all casinos located in the Missouri counties of Jackson, Platte and Clay and the Kansas counties on and Wyandotte are obligated by ordinance, statute or law to prohibit smoking within the casino areas where gambling games are allowed for the purpose of promoting public health by decreasing citizen's exposure to secondhand smoke and creating smoke free environments for workers and citizens through regulation in the work place and all public places?