Resolution 010-1971
RESOLUTION NO. 10 -1971
A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE CONCEPT OF FEDERAL
REVENUE SHARING AND ENCOURAGING EARLY CONGRESSIONAL
ACTION ON ENACTMENT OF A FEDERAL PROGRAM
WHEREAS, it is becoming increasingly difficult for City" County"
and State Government to provide necessary services with revenues cur-
rently available" and
WHEREAS, the primary source of revenue for governmental purposes
1S the Federal Income Tax levied and collected by the Federal Government"
and
WHEREAS, the current administration at the Federal Government
level has proposed a Federal Revenue Sharing Program to assist local
governments in the provision of services;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County" Florida, in regular session assembled
this 9th day of February, 1971, that it does hereby strongly endorse the
principle of Federal Revenue Sharing and encourages the Ninety-Second
Congress to enact legislation establishing such a program at the earliest
opportunity.
Dated February 9, 1971.