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Sedalia council votes to place reduced electric license tax on Aug. 4 ballot
Summary
Council voted unanimously to advance Bill 2026-60 to place a ballot question before Sedalia voters on Aug. 4, 2026 to reduce the electric utility license tax from 5.0% to 4.75% and remove the large-industrial annual tax cap; council recorded a roll call with all voting in favor.
Sedalia’s City Council voted on May 18 to advance an ordinance (Bill 2026-60) placing a ballot question before voters in the August 4, 2026 municipal election asking whether to lower the electric utility license tax from 5.0% to 4.75% and to remove the special annual tax cap that had applied to qualifying large industrial customers.
City staff explained the existing code (cited as city code sections 12-268 and 12-269) levies a 5.0% license tax on gross receipts from electricity sales for domestic and commercial customers, with qualifying industrial customers previously subject to an annual combined cap of $15,000. The proposed ordinance would apply the 4.75% rate uniformly across all customers and eliminate that cap.
Council called for the second reading, then conducted a roll-call vote in which all members present — Redford, Franklin, Robinson, Ames, Scribner, Boggas, Coington and Cross — voted yes to advance the ordinance.
Why it matters: If voters approve the measure, all customers within Sedalia would pay the same 4.75% license tax on electric sales without the prior industrial cap; the change would reduce the percentage on household and small-business electric bills while also altering the tax treatment of large users.
Next steps: The ordinance will appear on the August 4 municipal ballot for Sedalia voters to decide.
