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RESOLUTION NO. 93-33
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA
QUINTA PROTESTING THE STATE CUTBACKS AGAINST LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS
WHEREAS, the State of California has experienced severe
budget problems over the past two years and has had difficulty
in addressing these problems; and
WHEREAS1 the last state budget approval process in 1992
continued for 64 days beyond the constitutional deadline and
resulted in considerable delays, difficulties and uncertainties
for local governments; and
WHEREAS, the State Legislature and the Governor have
exhibited an increasing inclination to reduce levels of funding
to local governments while increasing the level of mandated,
required and unfunded State programs; and
WHEREAS, the balanced budget actions" by the State have
hampered the City of La Quinta in its efforts to serve its
citizens, have threatened the financial stability of the City
and all local governments and special districts throughout the
State, and have compromised the ability of said governments to
provide basic services to their citizens; and
WHEREAS, the State*s reduction in funds to local
governments resulted in both new and increased charges,
withholding of traditional revenues, and therefore, forced
tremendous cuts in all local budgets; and
WHEREAS, the City of La Quinta, in 1991-92, was forced to
increase the budget for new County Jail Booking Fees, new
Property Tax Collection Fees, for California Fire Incident
Reporting Systems CFIRS) required upgrades; and lost revenue
transfers of Motor Vehicle License Fees, Motor Vehicle Code
Violations and Parking Citation Fines; and
WHEREAS, the City of La Quinta, in 1992-93, was forced to
increase the budget for County Jail Booking Fees, Property Tax
Collection Fees and required CFIRS maintenance; and lost
revenue from Cigarette Tax Revenue elimination, Parking
Citation Fines and Motor Vehicle Code Violations; and after
City Budget adoption, the State confirmed permanent elimination
of the City*s share of Cigarette Tax Revenue by 9 percent; and
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WHEREAS, the City of La Quinta has been severely impacted
by these cuts resulting in the need to consider reductions in
the funding of full-time positions, reductions in part-time
staff and the potential elimination of programs in order to
balance its own budget;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1
The City Council demands that State of California balance
its own Budget without raiding the treasuries of local
governments and special districts.
Section2
The City Council directs the City Clerk to send a copy of
this resolution to the Governor*s Office, the President of the
Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly and to all local
legislators that represent the City of La Quinta.
ADOPTED this 4th day of May 1993.
Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted by the City of La Quinta at a regular meeting
thereof held on the 4th day of May 1993, by the
following vote:
AYES: council Members Bangerter, McCartney, Perkins, Sniff & Mayor Pena
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ity Clerk
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