R-11-37 RESOLUTION NO. R -11 -37
Resolution In Support of Restoration of State Funding for Aid to Localities
WHEREAS, state financial assistance for mandated and high priority programs, including
public education, health and human services, public safety and constitutional officers, is $800
million less in FY12 than in FY09; and
WHEREAS, cities and counties ra dollarb ar dlingaand real estate future
state assistance is unreliable, federal stimulus
assessments are declining; and
WHEREAS, the Appropriation Act contains $60 million in across - the -board cuts to cities and
counties for both FY1 1 and FY12, under which localities are required to either elect to take
reductions in particular state aid programs, or to send the State a check for the amounts
determined by the Department of Planning and Budget ( "Local Aid to the State "); and
WHEREAS, the reductions are applied to essential services, including law enforcement, jail
administration, foster care and child protection services, election administration and social
services; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fairfax does not have the authority to unilaterally decide to
discontinue providing services such as election administration or to refuse to house and care
for State prisoners in local and regional jails; and
WHEREAS, the state budget cuts are not accompanied by any reductions in state - imposed
mandates, standards and service requirements, nor do they provide any administrative
flexibility for local agencies; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fairfax will remit $50- 60,000 for FY11 and will be required to remit
another $50- 60,000 in FY12; and
WHEREAS, cities and counties will have provided the State with $220 million by the close
of FY12 for this "Local Aid to the State" program; and
WHEREAS, these reductions shift State costs to local taxpayers and artificially increases the
amount of state surplus revenue; and
WHEREAS, State revenues have begun to recover and the State is expecting to have a
revenue surplus for the second year in a row; and
WHEREAS, revenue collections for the City of Fairfax continue to reflect the struggling real
estate market; and
WHEREAS, the State should not shift its share of the costs for mandates and responsibilities
to local governments;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Fairfax asks
Governor Bob McDonnell to submit a budget amendment to the 2012 session of the General
Assembly to reverse the $60 million -a -year reduction for the current year, FY12, and to
eliminate the aid to localities reduction in the budget submitted for FY13 and FY14; and
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that the members of the General Assembly support a
budget amendment to the 2012 session of the General Assembly to reverse the $60 million -a-
year reduction for the current year, FY12, and to eliminate the aid to localities reduction in the
budget submitted for FY13 and FY14.
ADOPTED this 12 day of July, 2011.
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ATTEST:
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City Clerk
The vote on the motion to approve was recorded as follows:
VOTE:
Councilman Drummond Aye
Councilman Greenfield Aye
Councilman Meyer Absent
Councilmember Schmidt Aye
Councilman Silverthorne Aye
Councilman Stombres Aye