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IntroduC8d by Ald8rman Jos8ph Donaldson
RESOLUTION NO. 189
Series of 1972
RESOLUTION OPPOSING PASSAGE OF CONSTITUTIONAL TAX AMENDMENTS 7 AND 12
WHEREAS, thBre will appear on the November 7, 1972 general
election ballot proposed Constitutional Amendments 7 and 12, and
WHEREAS, local officials have long supported and worked for
constitutional revision and modernization to enable local govern-
ments to meet community needs and 20th Century problems; and
WHEREAS, local govBrnment was modernized and home rule self-
determination for municipalities was strBngthened bV passage in
1970 of Constitutional Amendment Three; and
WHEREAS, adoption of either Amendment 7 or 12 wDuld:
(1) impair local authority to raise nacessarv revenuBs
to finance local services and programs,
(2) limit cherished municipal home rule powers granted
bV Article XX of the Colorado Constitution,
(3) encourage encroachment bV thB General Assembly and
State of Colorado on revenue sources relied upon bV
local governments,
(4) risk fiscal or legislative chaos in thB allocation of
restricted property tax revenues among counties,
municipalities and special districts,
(5) imposB inflexible tax formulas in the Colorado
Consti tution,
(5) inadequately provide for revenues to replace those
eliminated bV the AmBndments, and
(7) result in major tax shifts and altered tax burdens
for Colorado taxpayers.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:
(1) That the City of Wheat Ridge goes on public rBcord
as opposing adoption of Constitutional Amendments
7 and 12;
(2) That the City of Wheat Ridge urges its citizens to
become acquainted with and vote No on Amendments 7
and 12;
(3) That a copy of this RBsolution be mailed to the
Colorado Municipal League office.
DONE AND RESOLVED this 19th
A: D., 1972 bV a vote of 4 to
day of
October
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LouiseF. Turner
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