ORD NO 16-2007 0 CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
ORDINANCE NO. 1 -2007
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE CITY OF VAN BUREN,
ARKANSAS AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED:
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A TAX FOR THE CITY
GENERAL MUNICIPAL PURPOSES AND FOR THE PUBLIC
LIBRARY PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 2007, 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 thi s 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 operation of the City, and can
only obtain the necessary funds to continue the current level ofservices to its citizens
by continuing to levy a 2 mill tax on real and personal and property tax for the
general municipal purpose of the City and a 1.4 mill tax on real and personal and
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 in Van Buren, Arkansas, for the year 2007,
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 property subject to taxation
in the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, for the year 2007, for general municipal
purposes.
SECTION 2: The rate of all real and personal property in the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, for the
year of 2007, 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 7 day of April, 1942, (1 mill) and the 8` day of November,
1994, (.4 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 2007, 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 2007 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 ro for and 0 against, the foregoing Ordinance at its
meeting held on the 18' day of June 2007.
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Robert D. Freema .yor
0 ATTESTED: APPROVED TO ORM:
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Barbie Curtis, City Clerk/Treasurer N. Do 'a 4. ns. J ;City •.rney
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