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A RESOLUTION ENDORSING JACKSON COUNTY'S TAX BASE MEASURE PROPOSAL IN THE
AMOUNT OF $15,700,000.
THE CITY OF ASHLAND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the voters have not approved an Increase In Jackson County's tax base since 1916, and
WHEREAS, Jackson County has relied on O & C revenues from the Federal govemment generated from
logging In Federal forests to fund needy 50% of its general fund In recent decades, and
WHEREAS, revenue for the County general fund has decreased because timber harvests have
decreased, and
WHEREAS, because of decreased revenue and increased costs of doing business, the County general
fund can no longer support basic services, and
WHEREAS, the existing tax bass of $1,546,049 annually does not provide adequate funding for even the
most essential services, and
WHEREAS, a tax base of $15,700,000 annually will raplace the current criminal Justice levy ($3,857,000)
and the library levy ($4,100,000) and allow for the restoration and continuance of important basic
services such as criminal Justice, public health, libraries, dean and safe parks and and assessing and
collecting property tax for all local government; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND, OREGON, that the City of
Ashland hereby endorses the County tax bass measure proposal In the amount of $15, 700,000,
The foregoing msdutlon was READ and DULY ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of
Ashland on the 20th day of February, 1996.
Barbara Chdstenssn, CIty Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this ,~/ day of
Catherine M. Gdden, Mayor
Paul Ndte, City Attorney
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