To maintain vital services, improve McFarland's streets and roads, maintain local police and fire protection and 911-emergency response times; shall the city of McFarland enact a utility users tax at the rate of five percent for all utilities, for ten years, providing approximately four hundred ninety-four thousand dollars annually with exemptions for senior citizens and funds used only in McFarland, subject to independent financial audits and citizen oversight?
2, Kern County • 2018 • M
Failed
Result: 42.3% yes, 57.7% no (1,543 votes cast)
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The measure would have enacted a 5% utility users tax in McFarland for ten years to generate approximately $494,000 annually for city services including street maintenance, police, fire protection, and emergency response. The tax would have included exemptions for senior citizens and required independent audits and citizen oversight.