HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 91-150 - City's Position on Local Opt Sale Tax - 06/18/1991 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 91-150
• A RESOLUTION CONVEYING TO HENNEPIN COUNTY THE CITY'S
POSITION REGARDING THE "LOCAL 'OPTION' SALES TAX"
WHEREAS, the City of Eden Prairie has been requested by
Hennepin County to state support or opposition to impose the
"optional" local sales tax; and
WHEREAS, the 1991 Minnesota Legislature has chosen to reorder
the financial relationship between the State and local governments,
primarily with the creation of a local "option" sales tax and
establishment of a local government trust fund; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature concocted a financing system of
sharing sales tax revenues in such a manner that denying the tax
increase would cost the residents of a county more than the
imposition of a new, higher sales tax; and
WHEREAS, this legislation appears to have been structured in
such a manner that its denial would have a great and negative
impact in the human services area; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that it is unfairly put
into a position of being requested to ratify poor and poorly-
mandated State public policy or to deny vital funding for the
residents of Hennepin County;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of
Eden Prairie that reluctantly and with great protestation for the
reasons recited above, hereby declare its support for the Hennepin
County Board of Commissioners to adopt the one-half percent local
"option" sales tax in order that the residents of the County may
fully benef it from their sales taxes placed in the local government
trust fund; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council would support the
County Board if it chose not to impose the local option sales tax.
ADOPTED June 18, 1991 by the following votes:
Councilmember Anderson - aye
" Harris - aye
" Jessen - abstain
" Pidcock - aye
Mayor Tenpas - n
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