HomeMy WebLinkAbout20002318.tiff RESOLUTION
RE: STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT 21
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to
Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of
administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, the Colorado Fair Campaign Practices Act, at
Section 1-45-117(1)(b)(Ill)(A), C.R.S., authorizes the County's adoption of a resolution and the
taking of a position of advocacy on any issue pending before the electorate, and
WHEREAS, voters of the State of Colorado will vote on November 7, 2000, on proposed
Amendment 21 to the Colorado Constitution, regarding a $25 tax cut to lower each 2001 state
and local tax in each tax bill for each utility customer and occupation tax and franchise charge;
vehicle sales, use, and ownership tax; income tax; property tax; income and property tax equal
to yearly revenue from sales and use taxes on food and drink other than tobacco and alcohol
and income tax equal to yearly revenue from estate taxes, and
WHEREAS, proposed Amendment 21 would then increase each tax cut by $25 yearly
up to the amount of the applicable tax paid, and
WHEREAS, if proposed Amendment 21 is approved by Colorado's voters, less money
will be available for vital local government services in Weld County, such as fire protection, law
enforcement, road maintenance and repair, drainage and flood control, library services, arid
other important and necessary services enjoyed by the citizens of Weld County, thereby
seriously impacting the local governments' abilities to provide such services, and proposed
Amendment 21 does not require the State of Colorado to replace the local tax cuts, and
WHEREAS, proposed Amendment 21 does not provide the opportunity for local voter-
approved overrides or waivers of the proposed tax cuts, thereby reducing and ultimately
eliminating local control of such government services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Weld County, Colorado, that it hereby expresses its opposition to proposed Amendment 21,
and hereby urges Weld County's voters to vote "no" on such ballot issue on November 7, 2000
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RE STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT 21
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The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted
by the following vote on the 27th day of September, A.D., 2000.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
W D COUNTY, COLORA9d
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Glenn Vaad
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