HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2372-1956RESOLUTION NO. 2372
A RESOLUTIO OF CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF
SOUTH mA O S CO THS A
~ICIPAL AND COUN~ TAX ORDIN~CE.
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~FAS it has been brought te the att~mtion of the City Council of the City
ef South San Francisco that the Ce~ty of San Mateo and 8 n~ber ef the :icipalities situate in said
Ce~ty have been ~ving c~nsideratien to the enactment efa Co~ty and Municipal Sales Tax Ordinance
for the ~rpose of increasinE County and Municipal t~ revenues; and
WHEREAS said City Ceuncil has given serious consideration and study to the
question ef enacting a Sales Tax Ordinance; and
~'~EREAS said City Council is presently of the opinion that through the
practice of economy and the adhering to proper budgets the County of San Mateo and all the municipalities
situate therein are able to raise sufficient tax moneys to finance all their necessary governmental
operations without the'necessity of raisinA additional revenues through Sales Tax measures; and
~EREAS said City Ceunctl is alse ef the opinion that the enactment and
enforcement ef Ceunty and Municipal Sales Tax erdinances will impose an unnecessary financial burden upen the
people residing within, and transacting business in, said Ceunty and said municipalities,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by said City Council that it shall, end it
hereby does, oppose the enactment ef Sales Tax ordinances by the Ceunty ef San Matee and the various
municipalities situate therein.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the eppesitien te Ceunty and Municipal Sales Tax
measures, as herein expressed by said City Ceu~cil, shall net be interpreted as being an irrevocable
stand insofar as concerns said matter, and said City Ceu~cil does hereby reserve its right to change
its position relative to Ceunty and Municipal sales taxation in the event that it sheuld be brought
to the attentien of said body that the raising ef moneys through such type ef'taxatienwill be '
beneficial te the County ef San Mateo and the City of South San Francisco and, at the same time,
will not be inimical to the best interests of the citizenry of said County and State.
BE IT STILL FURTHER R~OLVED that the City Clerk of said City be, and he
hereby is, instructed te forward certified copies of this resolutien to the Beard ef Supervisors of
the County ef San Mateo and to the City Councils of all the cities situate in said County.
I hereby certify that the foregoing reselutien was regularly introduced and
adopted at a regular meetinE of the City Ceuncil of the City ef South San Francisco held on the 18th day
ef June 1956, by the fellewing vote:'
AYES, COUNCILMEN:~ G. J. Rezzi, Andrew Recca, ~milie Certesi, Leo J. Ryan
NOES, " : None
ABSENT, " : Francis Lucchio
Attest:
Arthur A. Redondi
City Clerk