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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-069 CCR Member Gordon Ericksorintroduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 67 -69 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE ADOPTION OF SENATE FILE 955 RELATIVE TO STATE AID TO MUNICIPALITIES WHEREAS, the tax burden presently shouldered by property owners in the State of Minnesota is great, and this burden can be expected to increase C as the demands for additional services at the local level increase; and k WHEREAS, in his budget message to the 1967 State Legislature the Governor of Minnesota recognized the problems created by excessive reliance on the property tax for the financing of governmental activities, and therefore recommended that municipalities receive assistance from the State government, said assistance to be financed from non property tax revenues; and WHEREAS, if adopted, Senate File 955 would provide financial grants to municipalities at the rate of $4. 00 per capita: NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center as follows: 1. The City Council endorses and supports the concepts and provisions embodied in Senate File 955, and the representatives of the people of Brooklyn Center in the Senate and House of Representatives are herewith called upon to work for the adoption of this legislation. 2. The Clerk is hereby instructed to transmit copies of this resolution to the aforementioned representatives, the Hennepin County Legislative Delegation, the Governor of the State of Minnesota and the chairmen of the appropriate legislative committees. March 20, 1967 Date L Mayor ATTEST: 1 1 &Z 4 r: Deputy Clerk The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Howard Heck and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Philip Cohen, John Leary, Gordon Erickson, Howard Heck and Theodore Willard and the following voted against the same: none whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.