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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 1969-071# 1 4 X r 4 J W VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the Village Council of the Village of Plymouth, Minnesota was held on the 17th day of March,.1969. The following members were present: Mayor Hilde, Councilmen Humphrey, Hagen, Hintz and Johnson; and there were no absent members. Mayor Hilde introduced the following Resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 69- 71 NOW THEREFORE BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH: That the attached Resolution be adopted. The motion for the adoption of the attached Resolution was duly seconded by Councilman Humphrey, and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Mayor Hilde, Councilmen Humphrey, Hagen, Hintz and Johnson; and there were none who voted against. Whereupon said Resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. STATE OF MINNESOTA ) COUNTY OF HENNEPIN ) SS. VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH) I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting clerk of the Village of Plymouth, Minnesota, hereby certify that I have carefully com- pared the foregoing extract of minutes of a regular meeting of the Village Council of said Village held March 17, 1969, with the original thereof on file in my office and the same is a full, true and correct transcript there- from. WITNESS, My hand officially as such clerk and the corporate seal of the village this 15tWay of April , 1969. RESOLUTI^Y NO. 69-71 A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE PROPOSAL OF THE METROPOLITAN SECTION OF THE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA MUNICIPALITIES FOR A METROPOLITANGROSS INCOME TAX AND OBJECTING TO THE VETHODOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION FORMULAS PROPOSED WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Section of the League of Minnesota Municipalities has proposed a gross income tax on all residents in the seven county metropolitan area and, WHEREAS, the avowed purpose of such a tax is to provide an additional source of revenue for counties, school districts and municipalities and to eliminate certain alleged disparities and inequalities between and among them and, WHEREAS, the Village Council does not agree with the basic premises of the need for such tax in that, 1. There is an insufficient showing that real and substantial disparities exist between the so-called "haves" and the so-called "have-not" governmental units. 2. The differences that may exist in the capacities of various governmental units to raise revenues may be in part the result of a deliberate effort on the part of some to keep their areas almost totally residential, having no desire to encourage industry and commerce to locate within their boundaries. Although these governmental units are entitled to such a view, those who have encouraged industrial and commercial growth should not be thus the victims of a discriminatory tax. 3. Governmental units with higher assessed valuations by reason of having attracted industrial and commercial development have also had to absorb and provide for the demand for increased governmental services, the import of greater traffic in their areas, often an increase in the incidence of crime, a loss in aesthetic advantages over areas that are basically residential and other similar disadvantages that come with industrial and commercial developmer and, WHEREAS, the methodology and distribution formula proposal fails to take into account significant differences in the operation of the various governmental units in that, 9 0 • 0 1. The use of a tax to population ratio overlooks the fac that some governmental units include in their tax char services that are paid for privately in other areas. 2. Items of service which some communities pay from ad valorem taxation are in others the subjects of special assessments. Street lighting is one example of this type of difference. 3. Some suburban communities have special problems of sparse development in many parts of their areas but continue to be faced with an educational burden that is often as heavy as the burdens borne by the heavily populated communities. The use of a population factor in the meth- odology and distribution factor thereby is unfair. 4. Again initiative, aggressiveness and skill in the man- agement and operation of local governmental units are penalized and indeed are not encouraged by such methods, and WHEREAS, such a proposal further tends to encourage the reliance of local and municipal governments upon a more centralized authority and, WHEREAS, the taxing and spending powers of local government units would in some cases be seriously impaired, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF PLYMOUTH AS FOLLOWS: 1. The Village of Plymouth is strongly opposed to the Earn- ings Tax proposed of the Metropolitan Section, League of Minnesota Municipalities. 2. The Village of Plymouth does encourage study and effort which would allow for decreased government spending at federal and state levels and conversely, increased spending at the local level where the citizens have more control and efficient use of their funds. 3. The Clerk -Administrator is directed to distribute certi- fied copies of this resolution to the State Legislators representing the people of this Village, officials of the Metropolitan Section, and to such other persons as may be deemed appropriate. -2- W 3. The first somber of the board of the Bassetts Creek Flood Control Commission, established by said agreement, from this municipality, shall be Richard J. O'Fallon, who shall serve without compensation, provided, however, such member of the Commission may be paid his actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of his duties. Adopted by the Plymouth Council this 7th day of April, 1969. SIGNED: (Seal)