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RESOLUTION NO. 4188
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION URGING THE 1992 MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE
TO PASS LEGISLATION WHICH RESTORES THE INTEGRITY OF THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT TRUST FUND AND GIVES MINNESOTA CITIES "THEIR 2 CENTS"
WHEREAS, the 1991 Omnibus Tax Bill provided for the creation
of a Local Government Trust Fund to fund local government aid to
Minnesota cities; and .
WHEREAS, Local Government Aid is a integral part of many
cities ability to provide municipal services to residents; and
WHEREAS, the continued practice of the State legislature to
cut Local Government Aid in the middle of municipal budget cycles
prompted the creation of the Local Government Trust Fund from which
two percent of the sales tax would be dedicated to Local Government
Aid; and
WHEREAS, cities in Minnesota worked cooperatively with
legislators to ensure the viability of the Local Government Trust
Fund and felt confident that cities would work within the
flucuations of the sales tax revenues and be able to adjust
accordingly knowing that in good times there would be more revenue
and in repressed times the money would be less; and
WHEREAS, cities have done their part to work within a
reduction framework; and
WHEREAS, the Governor's veto which cancelled the section of
the 1991 Monibus Tax bill which specified the growth in property
tax rlief aids from the Local Government Trust Fund has serious and
potentially devastating impacts to local governments; and
WHEREAS, it is of the utmost importance to the citizens of
every city in the state of Minnesota that the Legislature pass a
new bill for distribution of the Local Government Aid Trust Fund to
ensure the continued health and safety of all residents of
Minnesota who are dependent on city services; and
WHEREAS, the Trust Fund was designated for aid to local
governments and not to be a fund source to be raided to balance the
State's budget or to pay for non-related state general fund
expenditures.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council in and
for the City of Mounds View does urge the members of the Minnesota
Legislature to take the following actions:
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RESOLUTION NO. 4188
PAGE TWO OF TWO
ATTEST:
(SEAL)
1. Approve a new bill to restore distribution of the
Local Government Trust Fund; and
2. Provide for the the same aid distrubtion provisions
from the 1991 tax bill to be used for the Trust Fund.
3. Return to Minnesota cities their "2 cents I' and keep
cities alive.