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Section XVI – Taxation
The aggregate amount of taxes that may be levied by the Council without a vote of the people, for all municipal purposes, on property which is taxable according to value, shall not exceed five mills on each dollar of taxable valuation. Taxes may be levied for such purposes outside of this limitation upon approval by a majority of the electors of the City voting thereon at a November election or in any manner provided by general law for voting levies outside the statutory limitations.

The Council shall not enact any ordinance levying an income tax, including a change in a municipal income tax credit, except upon approval by a majority of electors of the City voting thereon at a general or special election held not less than sixty days after the adoption by Council of a resolution calling for such election, which resolution shall set forth the rate of the proposed tax and the purposes for which the receipts therefrom shall be used. In the event of an affirmative vote, the proceeds of such levy shall be used only for the specified purposes.