ORD NO 26-2023 CITY OF VAN BUREN,ARKANSAS
ORDINANCE NO.U,�QC -2023
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL,FOR THE CITY OF VAN BUREN,
ARKANSAS,AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED:
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING (RENEWING) THE MILLAGE TAX FOR
THE CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL PURPOSES AND FOR THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 2023;DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY;AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the City of Van Buren,Arkansas,is duly incorporated under the laws of the State of
Arkansas,with all powers,authority and duties of a city of the First Class;and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this Ordinance is immediately necessary for preservation of the health,
safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Van Buren,Arkansas,and an
emergency exists which requires that this Ordinance become immediately effective
and in full force and effect;and
WHEREAS, the City of Van Buren,Arkansas,must have funds for its municipal operations,and
can only obtain the requisite funding to continue its current level of services to its
citizens by renewing the levy of a 2 mill tax on real and personal property,for
the general municipal purpose of the City,and by renewing the levy of a 1.4 mill tax
on real and personal property tax for the Van Buren library maintenance purposes.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF VAN BUREN,ARKANSAS,THAT:
SECTION 1: The rate of all real and personal property taxes in Van Buren,Arkansas,for the year
2023,for general municipal purposes under the authority of Section 4,Article XII,of the
Constitution of 1874,of the State of Arkansas,be,and the same is hereby affixed at
2 mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all real and personal property subject to
taxation in the City of Van Buren,Arkansas,for the year 2023,for general municipal
purposes.
SECTION 2: The rate of all real and personal property taxes in the City of Van Buren,Arkansas,for
the year of 2023,for the maintenance of a City Public Library,under the authority of a
vote of the people of the City of Van Buren,Arkansas,and the City General
Elections held on the 7th day of April, 1942,(1 mill)and the 8th day of November,
1994,(A mill),be,and the same is hereby affixed at 1.4 mills on the dollar of the
assessed valuation of all real and personal property subject to taxation in the City of
Van Buren,Arkansas,for the year 2023,for the library maintenance purposes,
subject to the provisions of Act No. 848 of 1981;the same being"adjustment or
rollback of tax rates due to increase in aggregate valuation of taxable property."
SECTION 3: A Certified Copy of this Ordinance shall be filed in the office of the County Clerk
of Crawford County,Arkansas,in order that the Quorum Court of Crawford County,
Arkansas,may include the same in the general levy of the year 2023 and cause the
same to be extended upon the tax books and collected as required by law.
SECTION 4: This Ordinance being immediately necessary to obtain revenue to pay expenses of the
City Government for the City of Van Buren,Arkansas,and necessary in providing
for the immediate preservation of the public peace,health,and safety,an emergency
is declared to exist and this Ordinance shall be,take effect,and be in force after its
passage and publication.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the City of Van Buren,Arkansas,by its City Council, did pass,
approve,and adopt,by a vote of for and 0 against,the foregoing Ordinance at its regular meeting
held on the 25 h day of September 2023.
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