(A) The Board of Trustees, subject to the limitations set forth herein, shall have the power to levy a tax not to exceed that prescribed by state law upon the taxable value of all taxable property within the municipality for a term not to exceed that prescribed by state law in addition to the amount of tax which may be annually levied for the purposes of the adopted budget statement of the municipality, for the purpose of establishing a sinking fund for the construction, purchase, improvement, extension, original equipment, or repair, not including maintenance, of the approved uses as authorized by state law.
(Neb. RS 19-1302)
(B) To initiate the sinking fund, the Board of Trustees shall declare its purpose by resolution to submit to the qualified electors of the municipality the proposition to provide the improvement at the next general municipal election. The resolution shall set forth a clear description of the improvement, the estimated cost, the amount of the annual levy, over a definite period of years (not exceeding ten years) required to pay such cost, and the specific name or designation for the sinking fund sought to be established to carry out the planned improvement, together with a statement of the proposition for placement upon the ballot at such election. Notice of the proposition shall be published in its entirety three times on successive weeks before the day of the election in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. The sinking fund may be established after the election if a majority or more of the legal votes were in favor of the establishment of the fund. The Board of Trustees may then proceed to establish the fund in conformity with the provisions of the proposition and applicable state law. The funds received by the Municipal Treasurer shall, as they accumulate, be immediately invested with the written approval of the Board of Trustees in the manner provided by state law. No sinking fund so established shall be used for any purpose or purposes contrary to the purpose as it appeared on the ballot unless the Board of Trustees is authorized to do so by 60% of the qualified electors of the municipality voting at a general election favoring such a change in the use of the sinking fund.
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 19-1301 through 19-1304
Investment of funds, see Neb. RS 77-2337 and 77-2341