(a)   A majority of the electors voting thereon having approved, by an official question submitted for the election held on November 3, 2020, the levying of a retailer’s sales tax at the rate of one-half percent (.50%) in the City of Perry for the general purpose of providing infrastructure maintenance, as authorized by K.S.A. 12-187 et seq., and amendments thereto. There is hereby levied a city retailers’ sales tax in the amount of one-half percent (.50%) to take effect on July 1, 2021.

(b)   Except as may otherwise be provided by law, such tax shall be identical in its application and exemptions therefrom to the Kansas Retailers’ Sales Tax Act and all laws and administrative rules and regulations of the Kansas Department of Revenue relating to the state retailer’s sales tax shall apply to such city retailers’ sales tax insofar as such laws and regulations may be made applicable. The services of the Department of Revenue shall be utilized to administer, enforce and collect such tax.

(Ord. 815; Code 2026)

(a)   There is hereby established pursuant to K. S.A. 12-1,117, a municipal equipment reserve fund. A municipal equipment reserve fund is established to finance the acquisition of equipment.

(b)   The city council directs that monies may be budgeted and transferred to this fund from any source which may be lawfully utilized for such purposes, including equipment use charges on the various departments and agencies of the city to finance new and replacement equipment.

(c)   Moneys credited to such fund from an annually budgeted transfer shall not thereafter be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 to 79-2937, inclusive, and amendments thereto.

(d)   Moneys in this fund may be invested in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 10-131 and amendments thereto with interest thereon credited to such fund.

(e)   If the city council determines that money which has been credited to this fund or any part thereof is not needed for the purposes for which so budgeted or transferred, the governing body may transfer, by adoption of a resolution, such amount not needed to the fund from which it came and such retransfer and expenditure thereof shall be subject to the budget requirement provisions of K.S.A. 71-2925 to 79-2937, inclusive, and amendments thereto.

(Ord. 707; Code 2026)

(a)   The currently existing Special Highway Fund is hereby replaced by Consolidated Street and Highway Fund which is established pursuant to K.S.A. 12-1,119.

(b)   The Consolidated Street and Highway Fund may receive and be credited with moneys received by the city from state payments under the provisions of K.S.A. 68-416 and 79-3425c, and amendments and replacements thereto and all other sources which may be legally utilized for such purposes.

(c)   This section hereby provides for annually budgeting the transfer of moneys in the general or other operating funds of the city budgeted for street and highway purposes to the Consolidated Street and Highway Fund.

(d)   Moneys in this fund shall may be used solely for street and highway purposes. Moneys received pursuant to K.S.A. 68-416(a) and amendments thereto, and credited to such fund shall be used solely for the maintenance of streets and highways in the city designated by the secretary of transportation as city connected links.

(e)   All moneys currently in the Special Highway Fund will be transferred to the Consolidated Street and Highway Fund.

(Ord. 708; Code 2026)

(a)   The City of Perry may but is not required to rerun an insufficient funds check through the bank when it has been returned to the City. Receipt of two insufficient funds checks in one calendar year by any individual or any person making payment for an individual on that individual’s bill will result in the City no longer accepting checks on that account and the individual will be required to make payment by cash, certified check or money order.

(b)   This section does not in any way waive the City’s rights to take any other legal action to collect on an insufficient funds check or to proceed without rerunning a check and the City retains any and all right to proceed as allowed by state law for collection of insufficient funds checks.

(c)   The City will charge a fee for any return of any insufficient funds check in an amount sufficient to pay the bank’s charge and handling fees by the City. The amount charged by the City will be posted in City Hall.

(Ord. 717; Code 2026)