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RESOLUTION 93-86
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING PRIOR LAKE'S POSITION
WITH RESPECT TO UNFUNDED MANDATES
MOTION BY:
KEDROWSKI
SECONDED BY:
WHITE
WHEREAS, the Federal and State Government have increasingly delegated responsibility for
program implementation from their level to local governments without providing
funding to deliver the service; and
WHEREAS, such unfunded mandates on local government have increased significantly in
recent years; and
WHEREAS, federal and state mandates do not consider local circumstances, costs, or capacity,
and subject cities to civil or criminal penalties for noncompliance; and
WHEREAS, federal and state mandates require compliance regardless of other pressing local
needs and priorities affecting the health, welfare, and safety of citizens; and
WHEREAS, federal and state burdens on local governments force cities to impose a
combination of higher local taxes and fees on local taxpayers and/or reduce local
services to citizens; and
WHEREAS, federal and state mandates are often inflexible, "one-size-fits-all" requirements
with unrealistic time frames and overly specific and inflexible procedures where
less costly alternatives may be just as effective; and
WHEREAS, the cumulative impact of these laws and rules directly affect the citizens of our
cities; and
WHEREAS, unfunded mandates inappropriately shift the tax burden from federal or state
income taxes to local property taxes which may have a discriminatory impact
upon property owners and renters; and
WHEREAS, the League of Minnesota Cities, in collaboration with the National League of
Cities, seeks to help citizens understand and then help encourage law makers to
reduce the number, size and inflexibility of unfunded mandates, beginning with
the declaration of National Unfunded Mandates Day on October 27, 1993.
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AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLDYER
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCll.. OF THE CITY OF
PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA, endorses the League of Minnesota Cities efforts and those of the
National League of Cities and will fully inform our citizens about the impact of state and federal
mandates on our local spending and taxes; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED lHAT 1HE CITY COUNCll.. OF THE CI1Y OF PRIOR
LAKE, MINNESOTA, endorses this year of mandate awareness, beginning on October 27 by
informing and working with members of our Congressional delegation and our state legislators
to educate them about the impact of federal and state mandates, the actions necessary to reduce
these burdens on our citizens, and the importance of fiscal notes for all proposed legislation.
Passed and adopted this 18 th day of Octobet, 1993.
Yes No
Andren X Andren
Fitzgerald X Fitzgerald
Kedrowski X Kedrowski
Scott X Scott
White X White
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