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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />RESOLUT/ON NO. 95-58 <br />BY: THE MAYOR AND ENT/RE CITY COUNCIL <br />A RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS TO REINSTATE A FEDERAL <br />REVENUE SHAR/NG POOL TO BE USED ONLY FOR UNFUNDED FEDERAL <br />MANDATES, AND DECLAR/NG AN EMERGENCY. <br />WHEREAS, This Administration and City Council recognize the critical ro/e <br />that federa/ revenue-sharing had played in providing assistance to millions of <br />local taxpayers in meeting and needs of local governments across the country; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, An increase in unfunded federa/ mandates has caused a <br />tremendous burden on local governments to meet the needs of their citizens; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, The increase in the costs of funding schoo/s, providing <br />accessibility to the handicapped, housing and sewer system costs, increased <br />costs for the upkeep of jails, fire and police departments, mu/tiplied by an ever <br />increasing demand for improved se?vices have strained the budgets of local <br />governments, which are forced to absorb this increase in responsibility since the <br />abolition of federal revenue sharing; and <br />WHEREAS, a federa/ revenue-sharing poo/ to be used for unfunded <br />federa/ government mandates wou/d allow for a sharing of these increased <br />burdens beiween federal, state and local governments, and wil/ he/p to keep <br />pace with positive changes for all local communities. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE lT RESOLVED BY THE COUNC/L OF THE <br />C/TY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF <br />OHIO: <br />SECTION 1: That it is the desire of this Administration and City Council to <br />support a federal revenue-sharing pool to be used only for unfunded federal <br />mandates as a critica/ program for he/ping local governments meet their <br />increased costs of operations. <br />SECT/ON 2: That the C/erk of Council be directed to send a copy of this <br />Reso/ution to President William Clinton, Congressmen Martin Hoke and Sherrod <br />Brown, Governor George Voinovich and Senator Michae/ DeWine. <br />? ???. ? r ,. , r: ,K. ?? y? . .,?•?? ?,? ?? -.?. : ??? , s ?.4 ?, ? a-?.. :> i ? ? m?.? ??... .., .._ . ,,. . ?? .