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RESOLUTION NO. 631
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ROLLING HILLS SUPPORTING THE REPEAL OF
SENATE BILL NO. 2557.
WHEREAS, after the longest budget stalemate in
California's history the California Legislature adopted a 1990-91
budget package that shifts state and county costs to cities, and
diverts city revenues to finance state/county responsibilities; and
WHEREAS, counties are an administrative arm of the state
with responsibilities for carrying out state programs, while cities
are in a different business of providing local municipal services
which are determined locally and have no responsibility or
authority for administering state or county programs; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature have shifted state and county
financial responsibilities to cities; and
WHEREAS, all 457 Cities in California balanced their
budgets only to find their budgets were subsequently thrown out of
balance by cost shifts and revenue losses designed to balance the
budget of the state; and
WHEREAS, the actions in the state budget package were
enacted by passage of Senate Bill No. 2557 which: 1) directed
counties to charge cities, school districts and special districts
for the county function of administering the property tax; 2)
authorized counties to charge for booking prisoners arrested by
City employees; and 3) allowed counties to retain property tax
revenues that should otherwise go to 90 "No and Low Tax Cities";
and
WHEREAS, these shifts of city revenues to counties were
specifically enacted to replace cuts in state revenue for counties
that should have funded state responsibilities carried out by
counties; and
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Council of
the City of Rolling Hills supports the repeal of Senate Bill No.
2557 and the protection of cities from the state budget process;
and supports alternatives that will provide adequate long-term
funding for cities and counties:
SECTION 1. Copies of this Resolution shall be forwarded
to Senator Robert Beverly, Senator Cecil Green, Assemblyman Gerald
Felando, the League of California Cities and the California
Contract Cities Association.
SECTION 2. The Mayor is hereby authorized to sign this
Resolution signifying its adoption, and the City Clerk is irected
to attest thereto.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED ��City uncil of the
City of Rolling Hills on this 28th da f a ar 1 1991.
ATTEST:
Ok OQW
CITY CLERK
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HEINSHEIMER, MAYOR
The foregoing Resolution No. 631 entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ROLLING HILLS SUPPORTING THE REPEAL OF
SENATE BILL NO. 2557.
was approved and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council
at a meeting on January 28, 1991 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Leeuwenburgh, Murdock, Swanson
and Pernell; mayor Heinsheimer
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Deputy &ity Clerk
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