A majority of the electors voting thereon having approved, at a special question election held on November 7, 2006, the levying of a retailers' sales tax in the city of Scott City, for the purpose of avoiding property tax increases and giving voters a choice as to the method used to finance public services, as authorized by Kansas Statutes Annotated 12-187 et seq., as amended, there is hereby levied a city retailers' sales tax in the amount of one-half of one percent (0.5%) to take effect on April 1, 2007. (Ord. 1074, 12-4-2006)