HomeMy WebLinkAbout870189.tiff RESOLUTION
RE: BUDGET REDUCTION OF $50 MILLION FROM HIGHWAY USERS FUND
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, on March 17 the Republican caucus in the Colorado
Senate and House approved $122 million in state spending cuts
to balance the 1987-88 budget prepared by the Legislature' s
Joint Budget Committee, and
WHEREAS, $50 million of the spending cuts is the
elimination of Nobel funds , which are sales taxes on automotive
accessories , from the Highway Users ' Fund , and
WHEREAS, the 22% of $50 million reduction in the Highway
Users Fund goes to County roads and bridges with direct impact
to Weld County being over $528 , 000 annually, of which over
$260 ,000 is already budgeted for 1987.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County
Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado hereby adamantly
protests this action by the State Legislature in that the
diversion of the $50 million from the Highway Users Fund is
unfair to taxpayers , detrimental to the transportation system
of the state, and will hamper economic development.
The above and foregoing Resolution was , on motion duly made
and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 18th day of
March, A.D. , 1987.
-` BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ATTEST&� �'/'�4 4yetignm^Fi WELD CO N QLOR
Weld County Clerk and Recorder
and Clerk to the Board GS ac , C irman
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BY: O7$-4. ci2- Lq2 C. Kir y, Pro em
Deputy County`Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM: Gene R. Brantner
EXCUSED
Jacqueline Johnson
County Attorney
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