Res 99-81 RESOLUTION NO. 99-81
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE EFFORTS OF THE FLORIDA
LEAGUE OF CITIES TO SECURE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR THE
PEOPLE OF FLORIDA AND AN ALTERNATE, GROWING SOURCE OF
REVENUE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THROUGH A 1¢ STATEWIDE
INCREASE IN THE SALES TAX AND URGING THE FLORIDA LEGIS-
LATURE TO ENACT LEGISLATION EMBODYING THE PROPERTY TAX
RELIEF AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF THE
FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES; AND PROVIDING FOR FURNISHING OF
COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION.
WHEREAS, the burden of property taxation on Floridians is be-
coming increasingly heavy and unfair; and,
WHEREAS, the property tax is an inadequate source of revenue for
local governments facing exploding demands for public services in such
essential areas as law enforcement, transportation and waste treatment and
disposal; and,
WHEREAS, in view of the exemptions for purchases of essential
items such as food and medicine, the sales tax is more equitable than the
property tax and is paid by all those who benefit from public services in
Florida including tourists, who pay as much as 30% of the sales tax; and,
WHEREA~, the sales tax is an appropriate means for relieving the
property tax burden of Floridians and for providing local governments with
a growing source of revenue; and,
WHEREAS, the Florida League of Cities has established a Strike
Force for Property Tax Relief for the purpose of securing property tax
relief and state assistance to local governments through a 1¢ statewide
increase in the sales tax,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the legislative program of the Florida League of
Cities regarding property tax relief and state assistance to local govern-
ments be and hereby is approved, which legislative program is as follows:
(A) A 1¢ statewide increase in the sales tax;
(B) An equitable division of the revenue from the 1¢
sales tax increase between the Revenue Sharing Trust
Fund for Municipalities and the Revenue Sharing
Trust Fund for Counties;
(C) Distributions to municipalities and counties from
the Revenue Sharing Trust Funds in accordance with
the existing formulas applicable to each; and,
(D) A mandatory, minimum reduction in property taxes
from fiscal year 1981-1982 levels equal to the
increase in revenues to local governments resulting
from the 1¢ sales tax legislation, multiplied by the
percentage of the sales tax paid by Floridians.
Section 2. That the legislature of the State of Florida be and
hereby is urged and requested to enact leqislation embodying ~he
property tax relief and local government assistance program of the Florida
League of Cities.
Section 3. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed
to provide a certified copy of this resolution to the Governor of the
State of Florida, members of the local Legislative Delegation and Raymond
C. Sittig, Executive Director, Florida League of Cities.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on this the 8th day of
December , 1981.
LEON M. WEEKE$
ATTEST-.
City Clerk
-2- Res. No. 99-81