HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 3509 1985-08-26
RESOLUTION NUMBER ~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH
URGING THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO
OPPOSE CONGRESS' FEDERAL BUDGET COMPROMISE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY RESOLVE:
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WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
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WHEREAS,
Congress has reached a tentative budget agreement that
will have major impacts on city budgets; and
as a result of the budget agreement, General Revenue
Sharing will terminate in September 1986; and
General Revenue Sharing funds of $176,000 in Fiscal
Year 1984/85 were used by the City of Seal Beach for
public safety in the area of Police Services; and
the budget agreement also calls for a 15% reduction
in the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
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$106,000 in CDBG funds were used in Fiscal Year 1984/
85 by the City of Seal Beach in response to the
primary goal of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974 to promote the continued development of
viable urban communities through the provision of
decent, safe and sanitary hQusing, and a suitable
living environment for particularly low-and moderate-
income families; thereby improving habitability for
all Citizens; and
the elements of the budget agreement most adverse to
local government is the Mandatory Medicare coverage of
all city employees and mandatory Social Security
coverage for all newly hired employees, effective
January 1986; and
WHEREAS, with its 1.45% employer/employee payroll contribution,
the mandatory medicare coverage, using the present
Fiscal Year budget figures, would increase payroll
costs by $51,620; and
WHEREAS, under the full Social Security provision all newly
hired employees would have to contribute 7.15% of
'covered compensation, to be matched by the employer,
which would increase payroll costs to the City of Seal
Beach by approximately $34,000 in the first year, to
be compounded annually, reaching a potential of over
$254,000 in increased payroll costs per year; and
WHEREAS, the implication of these proposals would be disruptive
to the local community and would restrict the
effectiveness and efficiency of local government as
it attempts to meet the needs of the community on a
daily basis.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Seal Beach urges the California Congressional Delegation to oppose the
Federal Budget Compromise on the basis that the compromise would
adversely affect local government's role in our society, and hereby
directs the City Manager to forward this document to the honorable
members of the State of California Congressional Delegation.
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AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
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RESOLUTION NUMBER .1lUJ9
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ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF SEAL BEACH
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I, Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is the original copy of
Resolution Number~~ on file in the office of the City Clerk,
pa ed, approved and ad pted by the City Council of the City of Seal
ac at a egular meeting thereof held on the ~~~ day of
, 1985.
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