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RESOLUTION
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No, 74 - 134
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION BY THE „
CITY OF CLEARWATER WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES
WITHIN PINELLAS COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
DETERMINING THE PORTION OF PINELLAS COUNTY
REVENUES ATTRIBUTABLE TO EACH MUNICIPALITY
AND THE POSITION OF PINELLAS COUNTY EXPENDITURES
BENEFITING EACH MUNICIPALITY.
WHEREAS, the City of Clearwater and its citizens contribute a large
amount of revenues to Pinellas County each year; and
WHEREAS, the effects of inflation and increasing demands on City
government are placing serious strains on the budgets of the. City and its
citizens; and
WHEREAS, there is great concern on the part of the City of Clearwater
and other municipalities as to whether the citizens of these municipalities are
receiving benefits from Pinellas County government proportionate to the
revenues they are contributing to the County; and
WHEREAS, there have been requests in the past by some municipalities
for Pinellas County to justify its expenditures in relation to the revenues it
receives from these municipalities and the requests have not resolved the
issue; and
WHEREAS, the City of Clearwater with other municipalities has con-
sidered the feasibility of obtaining an expert analysis of the fairness of the
revenues collected from these municipalities by the County in proportion
to the benefits received from the County by these municipalities;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
IN SESSION REGULARLY AND DULY ASSEMBLED, AS
FOLLOWS:
1. The City of Clearwater believes it is not receiving an equitable
proportion of benefits from Pinellas County in relation to the taxes its citizens
are paying.
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2. That it will be in the best interest of the City to have a nationally
recognized expert on budget analysis and taxes to conduct a study of the
Pinellas County budgets for the last five years for the purpose of determining
the inequities between revenues collected from the City by Pinellas County
and the expenditures Pinellas County makes that benefit the City of Clearwater.
3. That the City of Clearwater is hereby authorized to participate
with other Pinellas County municipalities affected by these inequities in
obtaining an analysis of the Pinellas County budget with the cost thereof
being borne by all municipalities on a proportionate basis as related to the
percentage of taxes its citizens pay to the County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of November, A. D. 1974.
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