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Price City council approves canvass of election returns and reauthorizes 0.1% "ZAP" sales tax
Summary
At a brief special meeting on Nov. 18, Price City officials certified the Nov. 5 option-question results (2,323 for, 1,028 against, total 3,351) and approved an ordinance to reauthorize a one‑tenth of one percent sales-and-use tax for botanical, cultural, recreational and zoological purposes (the "ZAP" tax).
Price City council members, meeting as a board of canvassers, certified the Nov. 5 election returns and approved reauthorizing a local 0.1% sales-and-use tax for arts, parks and recreational uses at a special meeting on Nov. 18, 2024.
The council convened at 2:00 a.m. for a short session called by Speaker 3, who opened the meeting and read the election returns for the ballot question. "The voting went for 2,323, against was 1,028, of a total of 3,351 people that voted," Speaker 3 said, describing the results for the option question to reauthorize the city's botanical, cultural, recreational and zoological sales tax (referred to in the record as the "ZAP" tax). Speaker 2 then moved to approve the resolution to formalize the canvass. Council Member Chrisman made the motion; Council Member Miller seconded, and the council approved the resolution by voice vote. Speaker 3 declared, "Motion carries."
The council then considered ordinance item 1A to enact the reauthorized ZAP tax. The ordinance, described in the record as imposing a limited sales-and-use tax of "one tenth of 1% on all applicable transactions within the city," was presented with the stated purpose of funding arts, parks and recreational activities. Speaker 2 noted that the 0.1% rate is established by the state and "can't be changed by a city," and Speaker 1 and Speaker 3 emphasized that proceeds are limited to arts and parks and cannot be diverted to other city purposes.
Council Member Miller moved to approve the ordinance (recorded in the transcript as "ordinance number 20 20, 20 20 4 dash 0 0 7 ZAP tax"); Speaker 1 seconded the motion. The council approved the ordinance by voice vote and Speaker 3 announced, "Motion carries."
The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn that was seconded and approved; the session ended at 02:04. Several council members made informal remarks after adjournment about the unusually brief meeting and next steps for distributing the record.
Votes at a glance Resolution (canvass): motion to approve "resolution 20 20 four-twenty 3" (Council Member Chrisman moved; Council Member Miller seconded). Outcome: approved by voice vote. Ordinance (ZAP tax reauthorization): motion to approve ordinance described in the record as "20 20, 20 20 4 - 0 0 7 ZAP tax" (Council Member Miller moved; Speaker 1 seconded). Outcome: approved by voice vote.
What this means The council's formal approval completes the local canvass process for the Nov. 5 option question and reauthorizes the limited local sales-and-use tax for arts, cultural and recreational purposes at the statutory rate of one-tenth of one percent. The transcript records the vote totals for the public election (2,323 for, 1,028 against, total 3,351). The meeting did not record individual council roll-call votes; both actions were recorded as approved by voice vote.
