HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 128-13 (2)•
RESOLUTION
A JOINT RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF AN
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF $80 MILLION FOR
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AID AND HF 1608, WHICH
PROVIDES FOR A CHANGE IN THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AID FORMULA CALCULATION
WHEREAS, a large number of Minnesota cities are dependent upon local government
aid to provide for property tax relief; and,
WHEREAS, the existing local government aid formula has created year-to-year
reductions and shifts in local government aid appropriations to cities; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Rochester Common Council that
the City of Rochester, along with the cities of Byron, Chatfield, Eyota, Kasson, and
Stewartville, support the contemplated $80 million increase in appropriation to the Local
Government Aid program under the Governor's budget along with an inflation measure that
takes into account inflation and population growth.
• BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Rochester, along with the cities of Byron,
Chatfield, Eyota, Kasson, and Stewartville, support House File 1608, which provides for a
change in the local government aid formula calculation.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS /,57- DAY/,OF
ATTEST: 1 /
ITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS zwd DAY OF
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
ACTING PRESIDENT OF SAID
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