City of Blythe

To provide the City of Blythe with funding to maintain police and fire services, fund blight and building abatement, address homelessness, attract/retain businesses, replace aging public safety equipment, make street/pothole repairs, and fund other general services, shall the measure establishing a 1% local sales tax (transactions and use tax) that will raise approximately $1,144,000 annually, until ended by voters, with annual independent audits and all funds remaining in Blythe, be adopted?

Shall Ordinance NO. 888-18 be adopted authorizing a commercial cannabis business tax in the City of Blythe of up to three dollars per square foot of cultivation, up to two percent of gross receipts for all other cannabis businesses and an annual business license fee of five thousand dollars to maintain essential public safety and general city services including, but not limited to, police, fire, park and street maintenance, recreation and economic development?

Shall the City of Blythe increase its sales tax by one-half of one percent (0.5%) for a period of five years?

Shall the City of Blythe increase its transit occupancy tax (TOT) by 3%, to bring its transit occupancy tax to a rate of 13%, for a period of five years?

(ADVISORY) Shall road improvements and maintenance, the fire department, the police department, city promotion, community center enhancements, recreation center enhancements, and code enforcement (enhancing the appearance) be given priority in receipt of additional revenue generated, if either measure "W"(Sales Tax 0.5% Increase) or Measure "X" (Transit Occupancy Tax 3% Increase) or, if both of them, is/are approved by the voters?

Shall Ordinance No. 866-14 that would authorize and regulate medical cannabis businesses; charge each medical cannabis business a maximum of $10,000 per year for each business license issued; and tax each medical cannabis business at the maximum rate of fifteen cents for each $1.00 of proceeds collected and at a maximum monthly rate of $10 a square foot of cannabis cultivated, be adopted?

Shall the offices of city clerk and city treasurer be appointed?