HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 076-1968RESOLUTION NO. 76 -68
RECOMMENDING ENLARGEMENT AND EXTENSION OF
STUDY OF PAYROLL TAX BY ABAG
WHEREAS, this Council is informed that the Association o
Bay Area Governments is presently considering a proposal for the
levy of a payroll tax within its geographical jurisdiction;
WHEREAS, this Council concurs that such a study and pro-
jection should be made;
WHEREAS, this Council believes that a thorough explora-
tion of all requisite factors must necessarily include the amass-
ing of a great amount of factual material from a number of
sources, both public and private, without which a valid program
can neither be evaluated nor justified;
WHEREAS, this Council, representing a member city of the
Association of Bay Area Government deems it advisable that any suc
program, when formulated, be presented to it and to all other mem-
bers, for their consideration and study before taking any final
position;
WHEREAS, proposed legislation must be drafted in imple-
mentation of any plan agreed upon;
WHEREAS, it is considered possible by this Council that
study and reflection may result in a proposal for reapportionment
of existing taxes rather than for the imposition of a new tax, and
that the present study should be enlarged to that extent and for
that purpose; and
WHEREAS, this Council believes that the self-imposed
90-day completion date fails to allow adequate time for obtaining
necessary information for study, for drafting, for review and for
intelligent action by the members of the Association.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUN-
CIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME that:
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1. It recommends to the Association of Bay Area Govern-
ments that its present study of the feasibility of a payroll tax be
enlarged in scope to consider, as an alternative, a reapportionment
of existing taxes to meet the needs for which the proposed payroll
tax is devised.
2. It recommends that the Association of Bay Area
Governments give itself all necessary time to complete its study,
regardless of its present self-imposed 90-day completion date,
3. It believes that the imposition of a new tax upon a
regional basis will meet great resistance, and that all other
alternatives should first be thoroughly considered.
4. A certified copy of this resolution be forwarded
forthwith to the Association of Bay Area Governments and to the
North County (San Mateo) Council of Cities in order that each may
be apprised of the views of this Council.
/ 'Mayor
I. HERBERT K. WHITE, City Clerk of the City of Burlin-
game, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was intro-
duced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 4th
day of November 1968 and adopted therea ter by
the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen: Crosby-Diederichsen-George-Johnson-
NOES: Councilmen: Martin.
None.
Absent Councilmen: None.
City Clerk
W.D