2011-10RESOLUTION NO. 2011 —10
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING REDUCTION OF STATE COLLECTED
REVENUES DUE MUNICIPALITIES
WHEREAS, all Illinois municipalities provide direct frontline services to
their citizens; and
WHEREAS, these services have an immediate and fundamental reality to
those citizens who depend on local police and fire protection, water and sewer
service, snow removal, roads and traffic safety; and
WHEREAS, local citizens pay income taxes to the State for both the State
budget and local municipal budgets and the revenue is collected by the State;
and
WHEREAS, since the inception of the State income tax in 1969,
municipalities have received, relied upon and provided services with those
revenues to their local taxpaying citizens; and
WHEREAS, the fiscal reality is that municipalities have already
experienced less income tax revenues from the State; and
WHEREAS the recent income tax increase provided new revenues all of
which went to the State budget — NONE OF THE INCREASE WAS RECEIVED
BY CITIES OR VILLAGES — costing over $2.7 billion in future lost revenues; and
WHEREAS the State, through its Legislature and Governor, is
contemplating further reductions to municipal revenues;
WHEREAS, one proposal under discussion would take an additional $300
million of State - collected income tax from cities and counties, which would
reduce their revenues by $23.40 per capita; translating to an approximate
$930,000 annual loss in revenue to the Village of Buffalo Grove.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, LAKE AND COOK
COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, as follows:
Section 1: That the Village of Buffalo Grove cannot preserve basic
services with this tremendous loss of income tax revenues. The Village
would be forced to either reduce public safety, public works and general
services to all of its residents, resulting in a decrease in the well -being of
its residents, a reduction in work force and accelerated deterioration of the
Village's infrastructure or increase taxes on our residents creating an
undue burden on our mutual constituents on top of the recently approved
income tax increase.
Section 2: That the Village of Buffalo Grove strongly opposes further
reduction in state collected revenues and demands that the General
Assembly and Governor take NO FURTHER ACTION TO FINANCIALLY
HARM MUNICIPALITIES AND OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR MUTUAL
CONSTITUENTS.
AYES:
NAYES
ABSENT
6 — Braiman. Glover. Berman. Trillina. Sussman. Smith
0 — None
0 - None
PASSED: April 25, 2011
APPROVED: April 25, 2011
APPROVED:
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