Voting begins June 2

Registered voters in Missouri will be leaving their homes to cast a ballot in the 2020 municipal election on Tuesday, June 2. The election, originally scheduled for April 7, was delayed by order of Gov. Mike Parson due to covid-19 precautions. Multiple tax proposals will be voted on next week, as well as positions within municipal governments and chairs on various boards.

Listed below are the items that will be voted in favor of or against.

Shall the City of Anderson, Missouri, impose a local use tax at the same rate as the total local sales tax rate, currently one and one-half percent (1.5%), provided that if the local sales tax rate is reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax rate shall also be reduced by the same actions? A use tax return shall not be required to be filed by persons whose purchases from out-of-state vendors do not in total exceed $2,000 in any calendar year.

Shall Southwest City, Missouri, issue its combined waterworks and sewerage system revenue bonds in the amount of $2,000,000 for the purpose of extending and improving the City's combined waterworks and sewerage system and the principal of and interest on said revenue bonds to be payable solely from the revenues derived by the City from the operation of its combined waterworks and sewerage system, including all future improvements and extensions thereto?

Shall there be incorporated a Stella Fire Protection District supported by a levy up to $0.30 per $100 assessed valuation?

Shall the Board of Education of Neosho R-V School District of Newton County, Missouri be authorized to; (a) increase the operating tax levy by $0.39 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation for operating expenses of the District, including the increasing compensation for employees in order to attract and retain quality faculty and staff, and funding the costs of capital projects of the District and (b) fully waive the Proposition C operating tax levy roll back as provided under RSMo Section 164.013?

If this question is approved, District's operating tax levy is estimated to increase from $2.75 to $3.14 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation of real and personal property.