Recommendation
A. Approve a ballot question: “Shall an ordinance be adopted establishing a Cannabis Business Tax on gross receipts of cannabis businesses from the sale of cannabis and related products, whether at wholesale or retail, at a rate not to exceed 10%, with initial rates of 5% (retailers), 2% (manufacturers), 4% (cultivators), and 1% (distributors and nurseries) estimated to raise $334,000 to $1,423,000 to fund general municipal services such as street repair, parks and police, until ended by voters?”
B. Approve a ballot question: “Shall an ordinance be adopted establishing an annual salary for members of the City Council set at seventy-five percent (75%) of the nonfamily household median income for the City of Goleta as determined by the United States Census Bureau (resulting in a salary of $42,134) and for the Mayor at ninety percent (90%) of the nonfamily household median income for the City of Goleta (resulting in a salary of $50,561)?”
OR:
“Shall an ordinance be adopted establishing an annual salary for members of the City Council set at seventy-five percent (75%) of the nonfamily household median income for the City of Goleta as determined by the United States Census Bureau (resulting in a salary of $42,134) and for the Mayor at ninety percent (90%) of the nonfamily household median income for the City of Goleta (resulting in a salary of $50,561) to commence in December 2020?”
C. Adopt Resolution No.18- _ entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Goleta, California, Calling and Giving Notice of the Holding of A General Municipal Election to be Held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, for the Election of Certain Officers as Required by the Provisions of the Law of the State of California Relating to General Law Cities and for the Submission to the Voters A Question Relating to Establishing A Tax on Cannabis Businesses Operating Within The City of Goleta and A Question Relating to Mayor and Council Salaries (Attachment 1).
D. Adopt Re...
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