Question 1 - Hospital Question

Shall Logan County, Kansas, be authorized to: (1) issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $44,900,000 to pay the costs to construct, furnish and equip a new Logan County Hospital facility and construct, furnish, equip, improve, renovate, and make additions to the Logan County Health and Independent Living Facility, and all improvements related thereto (collectively the "Project"), related interest costs during construction and issuance costs; and (2) impose a one percent (1%) countywide retailers' sales tax for health care services (the "Sales Tax") to pay all or a portion of the costs of the Project, including debt service requirements on the bonds issued to finance or refinance such Project, with the collection of the Sales Tax to commence on April 1, 2025, or as soon thereafter as permitted by law, and the Sales Tax shall terminate when all costs associated with the financing of the Project, including the repayment of any general obligation bonds issued to pay such costs, shall have been paid; all pursuant to the authority of K.S.A. 12-187 et seq., K.S.A. 19-15,114 et seq., and K.S.A. 19-4601 et seq., as amended? Pursuant to law, the County will retain the Sales Tax revenue in its entirety.