Res 17-76 RESOLUTION NO. 17-76
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, REQUESTING REENACTMENT OF
FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING OR IN THE ATLERNATIVE AN
EXTENSION OF THE FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING PROGRAM
TO PERMIT LOCAL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT AN ADJUSTMENT
PERIOD.
WHEREAS, State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972
provided for sharing of Federal Revenue with municipalities; and,
WHEREAS, Delray Beach has participated in this program since
its inception; and,
WHEREAS, this source of funding of City of Delray Beach
activities has enabled the City to maintain current tax levels; and,
WHEREAS, Federal Revenue Sharing has enabled the city to
fund and complete various important capital improvement programs which
without Federal Revenue Sharing would not have been possible; and,
WHEREAS, Congress is considering this act in view of the
fiscal crisis that the Federal Government is in concerning the continual
deficit spending; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Delray Beach views this program as a
critical source of funding and one of the better federally funded programs
in view of the relatively few restrictions on the local expenditure of
these funds,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Congress reenact the State and Local Fiscal
Assistance Act as a continuing program for the sharing of Federal Funds
with units of local government without additional administrative
regulations or spending restrictions.
Section 2. That, in the alternative, if it is felt that
because of the Federal Government's fiscal crisis that this program cannot
be continued indefinitely that the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act
be reenacted for some temporary period of time to allow local units of
government who have become dependent upon it for a source of funding an
adjustment period. That, if reenacted for this temporary period, this
also be done without additional administrative regulations or spending
restrictions.
Section 3. That certified copies of this resolution be
forwarded to Senator Stone, Senator Chiles, Congressman Rogers, Congressman
Bafalis, Congressman Brooks and other members of the House Government
Operations. Committee of the House of Representatives in Washington.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on this the 12th day
of April, 1976.
' ?ity Clerk