HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-241 CCR Member Gene Lhotka introduced the following resolution
and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 81 -241
RESOLUTION URGING IMMEDIATE ACTION BY THE LEGISLATURE TO RESOLVE THE
STATE'S SHORT -TERM CASH FLOW AND LONG -RANGE DEFICIT PROBLEMS
WHEREAS, because of the State's huge budget deficit, the State of
Minnesota has notified the City of Brooklyn Center that its November 15 installment
payments of both local government aid and homestead credit will be deferred to an
unknown date; and
WHEREAS, the State has also indicated that the December payments, of the
same aids may also be deferred; and
WHEREAS, the deferred payments due to the City for November and December
total $652,022 and represent approximately eleven per cent of the City's 1981
General Fund and Debt Retirement Budget; and
WHEREAS, the City faces the uncertainty of not only knowing when these
payments are to be made but also the uncertainty of whether the payments will be
reduced or eliminated entirely; and
WHEREAS, because of the State's budget deficit, the City also faces the
possibility of local government aid and homestead credit cuts in 1982; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Cities have been asked to bear a disproportinate
share of the State's cash flow problem because the Governor is prohibited by law
from unilaterally cutting school aids or delaying their payment; and
WHEREAS, it is likely that the Governor will call a special session of
the Legislature to deal with the State's short -term cash flow program and ignore,
in that session, the State's long range deficit problems; and
WHEREAS, postponing the problems will mean that cities will have to live
longer with financial uncertainty and be less able to plan for likely 1982 cutbacks:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Brooklyn
Center to urgently request that the Governor and Legislature act quickly in special
session to (1) change "S.F.1" to allow the Governor to make delays or cuts in school
payments so the cash flow and deficit problem can be spread more equitably among
local governments; (2) commit the State to pay 1981 payments to cities in full; and
(3) address the State's long range deficit problems:
BE IF FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be sent to area legislators,
appropriate legislative committees, and the League of Minnesota Cities.
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November 23, 1981
Date Mayor
RESOLUTION NO. 81, 41
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The motion for th= adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Bill Fignar and upon vote being taken thereon, the following
voted in favor thereof: Dean Nyquist, Tony Kuefler, Bill Fignar, Gene Lhotka,
and Celia Scott;
and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.