In addition to the Platte County sales tax measure, the City of Platte City will ask voters permission to issue nearly $6 million in general obligation bonds on Tuesday, April 2.
The Platte City board of aldermen approved two ballot questions at the Tuesday, Jan. 15 meeting. The questions read as follows:
“Shall the City of Platte City issue its general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $3.2 million for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, furnishing, equipping and improving city buildings, facilities and structures including without limitation funding for a police station or a combined police station or a combined police station and city administration building?”
And, “Shall the city of Platte City issue its general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $2.5 million for the purpose of acquiring rights-of-way and designing, constructing, reconstructing, extending and improving highways, streets, roads, sidewalks and bridges in the city including without limitation funding improvements in the Highway 92 corridor and the Highway 92 overpass and ramps at Interstate 29?”
Platte City leadership has worked on an updated capital projects plan for some time, with city subcommittees approving the plan last year.
Last November, Platte City voters approved an extension of the city’s three-eighths cent transportation tax, extending it for an additional 20 years to fund continued road improvements in Platte City.
The City of Parkville also has a measure on the April ballot, asking for approval of a half-cent sales tax for parks and recreation.