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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 410 - Resolution Opposing House File 54. Abolition of Township Relief - 03/09/1971 VILLAGE OF EDEN PRAIRIE HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 410 A RESOLUTION URGING EDEN PRAIRIE LEGISLATORS TO OPPOSE HOUSE FILE NO. 54 PROVIDING FOR TRANSFER OF POOR RELIEF TO COUNTIES. WHEREAS, there has been introduced in the 1971 Session of the State Legislature, House File No. 54 which proposes that the town system for caring for the poor in the County of Hennepin be abolished, and WHEREAS, such bill would cause the cost of the Village for such relief to increase plating an additional tax burden upon our citizens, and WHEREAS, such a law would remove any Village control of the administration of the welfare program, thereby preventing direct control of expenditures, and WHEREAS, the Village feels than it is capable of continuing to perform this service for the citizens of Eden Prairie in an adequate manner keeping the cost to the local taxpayer at a minimum, therefore BE IT RESOLVE© by the Village Council of the Village of Eden Prairie that the Village hereby goes on record as opposing this bill and urqes its representatives to take all steps possible to prevent this additional burden from being added to the Village taxpayers, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to provide the Village's Senator and Legislator with a certified copy of this resolution indicating the position of the Village on this matter. ADOPTED by the Village Council March 9, 1971 . Mayor ATTEST: Village Cl erk i