Western Nebraska Observer - Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

QUESTION: Several years ago we voted in a sale tax increase for city improvements. How was this bill written? Can the revenue be used for upgrading our wastewater treatment and other improvements? Or would it have to go back on the ballot?

ANSWER: After many phone calls, emails and trips to the courthouse, the Observer has learned that there are three special elections that may help readers understand the topics of the special elections.

The special election in July 1998 was the original Kimball City Sales Tax to Fund Economic Development. The goal of the Kimball Economic Development Plan i...