Resolution No. 1066RESOLUTION NO. 1066
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
CALIFORNIA, URGING THE PROMPT CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED
FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING STATUTE.
WHEREAS, heretofore all income tax monies paid into the United States
Treasury by citizens of these United States have been allocated for expenditure
by the federal Congress only; and
WHEREAS, there has been legislation introduced in Congress which will
provide for the return of a portion of said monies to local governmental
agencies for their allocation and expenditure, which said legislation is
termed Federal Revenue Sharing with allocated amounts to pass through the
states to individual counties and cities; and
WHEREAS, cities are urgently looking to revenue sharing for much needed
significant financial relief from fiscal overburden; and
WHEREAS, this Council believes that Federal Revenue Sharing is one of the
most important pieces of pending legislation before Congress; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that this Council urges its Congressmen to
give top priority to obtaining early hearings before the House Ways and Means
Committee and the Senate Finance Committee in order to meet the goal of
enactment of legislation by the end of the year; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an executed copy of this Resolution be trans-
mitted to the appropriate Congressmen for early consideration.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress, at a regular
meeting held on the 11th day of May , 1970.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY'OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA) SS
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the said
City Council held on the 11th day of May , 1970, by the following vote:
AYES: 2 COUNCILMEN: Roberts and Kanel
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: 2 COUNCILMEN: Kanode and Lacayo
ABSTAINED: 1 COUNCILMAN: Harvey
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS