94-4810 Position StatementRESOLUTION NUMBER 94-4810
A RESOLUTION CONCERNING UNFUNDED MANDATES.
WHEREAS, unfunded mandates on state and local government havf
increased significantly in recent years;
WHEREAS, federal and state mandates require cities to perform dutie,,
without consideration of local circumstances, costs, or capacity, and subject
municipalities to civil or criminal penalties for noncompliance;
WHEREAS, federal and state mandates require compliance regardles,,
of other pressing local needs and priorities affecting the health, welfare, ane
safety of municipal citizens;
WHEREAS, federal and state mandates are too often inflexible, one size
fits all requirements that impose unrealistic time frames and specify procedures
or facilities where less costly alternatives might be just as effective;
WHEREAS,
initial steps
have begun to be taken by Congress and
the
Kansas Legislature
to curb the
practice of imposing unfunded mandates,
but
key legislation that
would curb
future unfunded mandates failed in both
the
state legislature and
U.S. Congress this year;
WHEREAS,
much more
remains to be done to reduce the growth
in
mandates and the
pressure by
the federal and state governments to
set
municipal spending priorities;
WHEREAS, the National League of Cities and League of Kansas
Municipalities, following up on last year's successful effort, is continuing its
national public education campaign to help citizens understand and then reduce
the burden and inflexibility of unfunded mandates and has scheduled a National
Unfunded Mandates Week, October 24-30, 1994; SO NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. That the City of Salina endorses the efforts of the
National League of Cities and League of Kansas Municipalities supports working
to fully inform our citizens about the impact of federal and state mandates on
municipal government and the pocketbook of our citizens.
Section 2. That the City Clerk shall send copies of this resolution
to each member of the Kansas Congressional Delegation, the President of the
Kansas Senate and Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives, and the
League of Kansas Municipalities.
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners and signed by the Mayor this
24th day of October, 1994.
Jose A. Warner, Mayor
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
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