HomeMy WebLinkAbout1530 A Resolution to petition federal legislation
with regard to revenue sharing.
We, the City Council of the City of Bremerton of the
State of Washington, respectfully petition as follows:
WHEREAS, A resolution of our nation's myriad and diverse
domestic problems is contingent upon a viable partnership between
the federal government and strengthened local governments; and
WHEP~AS, Increasing demands upon local governments for
essential public services have compelled the cities and counties
to rely heavily on highly regressive and inelastic consumer taxes
and property taxes; and
WHEREAS, Federal revenues based predominantly on income
taxes increase significantly faster than economic growth, while
state and local revenues based heavily on sales and property taxes
do not keep pace with economic growth; and
WHEREAS, The fiscal crisis at state and local levels has
become the overriding problem of intergovernmental relations and
of continuing a viable federal system; and
WHEREAS, The evident solution to this problem is a mean-
ingful sharing of federal income tax resources; and
WHEREAS, The United States Congress, despite the immediate
and imperative need therefor, has failed to enact acceptable revenue
sharing legislation; and
W~EREAS, Further delay in enactment of this vitally needed
federal legislation will further worsen the financial crisis faced
by local and state governments in the State of Washington;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the City Council of
the City of Bremerton in the State of Washington, that the Congress
of the United States pursuant to the authority invested in it does
make available each year to local and state governments, by means
of direct allocation without limiting directly or indirectly the use
of such monies for any purpose not inconsistent with any other
provision of the Constitution of the United States; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this vitally needed
legislation be immediately passed by the Congress of the United
States now assembled so as to provide for the maintenance of
existing and desired level of essential City Services.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution
be immediately transmitted by the City Clerk to the President
of the Senate of the United States, the speaker of the House
of Representatives of the United States, and to each member of
the Congress from this state.
ATTEST:
~~y clerk