1.First reading-economic growth sales tax ordinance

CASS COUNTY COMMISSION POLICY MANUAL SUBJECT: ORDINANCE #2008-1 (ECONOMIC GROWTH PLAN SALES TAX) 38.20 ADOPTED DATE: PAGE 2 OF 4 Contract with Tax Commissioner. The Cass County Auditor is hereby authorized to contract with the Tax Commissioner for administration and collection of taxes imposed by this Ordinance. The County Auditor has all powers granted to the Tax Commissioner and in the absence of a valid contract with the Tax Commissioner or failure of the Tax Commissioner to perform the delegated duties, shall perform these duties in place of the Tax Commissioner. Dedication of Tax Proceeds. 1. The proceeds of the sales tax, which is imposed pursuant to the Cass County Home Rule Charter, shall be solely utilized for the purposes outlined in the Growth Plan. Subject to the rules of governance and approvals of paragraph 6, the proceeds from such tax may be used to make direct payment of expenditures of the type and nature outlined in the Growth Plan and may be pledged by the Cass County Board of Commissioners to amortize bonds or other debt instruments, which may be sold to finance such expenditures. 2. Until expenditures are made pursuant to the Growth Plan, the sales tax receipts shall be placed and segregated in a separate account or accounts owned and maintained (the "Growth Plan Accounts"). The interest earned off the Growth Plan Accounts shall be used for the same purposes as the sales tax funds under the Growth Plan. In the event that expenditures of the sales tax funds generate income or other gains, the cash proceeds of such income or other gains shall be deposited in the Growth Plan Accounts and shall be used for the purposes outlined in the Growth Plan. (The sales tax funds, any interest earned on such funds, any proceeds from the sales or other debt instruments, and any income or other gains are collectively referred to as the "Funds"). 3. No expenditures of the Funds shall be made until and unless each of the following conditions and requirements are satisfied and completed (the "Sales Tax Revenue Governance Rules"): a. The EDC shall be solely responsible for investigating, designing, and proposing all expenditures of the Funds under the Growth Plan. If the EDC shall propose to make an expenditure of the Funds, such proposal (the "Proposal") shall be in writing and shall contain a reasonably detailed description of the proposed expenditure of the Funds, including the following: (i) the amount of the Funds to be used; (ii) how the use of the Funds will further the purpose and intent of the Growth Plan, and (iii) the expected economic development outcomes from the