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Measure E Appropriations Limit Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District Majority Approval Required
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Shall the appropriations limit of the Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District for Fiscal Year 2011-2012 be established at $3,305,662.00 and should the limit for that Fiscal Year (i.e., $3,305,662.00) be used to determine the limits for Fiscal Years 2012-2013 through 2014-2015?
Article XIIIB of the California Constitution restricts a public entity's spending of tax proceeds by imposing an annual appropriations limit on the entity. The appropriations limit is also referred to as the "Gann limit." A public entity's appropriations limit is adjusted each year based on changes in the cost of living and population. For a maximum period of four years at a time, voters may establish an appropriations limit different than the limit imposed on an entity by Article XIIIB. At the expiration of a voter-approved change, either the voters must approve another change or the limit returns to the level it otherwise would have been without voter approval. This measure would establish the District's appropriations limit for fiscal year 2011-2012 at $3,305,662. Thereafter, the fiscal year 2011-2012 appropriations limit established by this measure would be adjusted annually in fiscal years 2012-2013 through 2014-2015 in accordance with California law. This ballot measure does not seek voter approval to impose any new or additional tax. A "yes" vote is a vote to approve the establishment of the appropriations limit for the stated fiscal years. A "no" vote is a vote to reject the establishment of the appropriations limit for the stated fiscal years.
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| This measure is necessary in order to ensure that your Police Protection and Community Services District can continue the present levels of police staffing for the next four years. It will not result in any increase in your taxes but will allow the District to make full use of the revenues it already receives.
An amendment to the State Constitution in 1979 imposed a limit on expenditures of most local government agencies, including the District. This "appropriations limit" was originally based on the level of the agencies' expenditures during Fiscal Year 1978-79. That base year was one year before the District voters approved a special tax to be used only for police protection services furnished by the District. As a result, the State-imposed expenditure limit would have prevented the District from making use of funds that an overwhelming majority of District voters had approved. The State Constitution allows local agency voters to correct situations of this kind by approving temporary increases in the local appropriations limit. Kensington votes approved such an increase in 1981 and authorized its continuation at elections in 1984, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 and, most recently, in 2010 when District votes approved a supplemental special tax. Your Board of Directors is asking that the increased limit be continued for an additional four years. This will ensure that we do not have to reduce our complement of public safety officers.
We want to provide you high quality police service and consider this measure necessary to do so. Please vote yes on Measure E. Charles E. Toombs, Director, Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District Richard W. Lloyd, Director, Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District Cathie Elaine Kosel, Director, Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District Mari E. Metcalf, Esq., Director, Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District Linda Lipscomb, Director, Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District
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