Question 2: Retailers' Sales Tax

Shall a general purpose retailers' sales tax in the amount of one percent (1.0%) be levied by and in the City of Belle Plaine, Kansas, to take effect on April 1, 2027, or as soon thereafter as such tax may be levied, with the revenue from such tax to be used for general City purposes, including, but not
limited to, the improvement, operation, repair, and maintenance of the City's water utility system
infrastructure, and for the payment of any City bonds or loans and interest thereon that may be issued
or incurred for such water utility system infrastructure; and provided that such retailers' sales tax shall
expire upon the earlier of 40 years after it is first levied or the repayment of any such bonds or loans
and interest thereon, all pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 12-187 et seq., as amended?