R-0952-96 RESOLUTION NO. 952_96
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF MIAMI SHORES
VILLAGE OBJECTING TO ANY REVENUE SHARING PLAN PROPOSED
BY METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY THAT WOULD REALLOCATE TAX
REVENUES ON A PRO-RATA BASIS.
WHEREAS, various proposals regarding revenue sharing are being discussed and
considered by the Metropolitan Dade County Commission to the effect that taxes raised
in the various municipalities of Dade County would be reallocated throughout Dade County,
including the unincorporated area, on a pro-rata basis; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Miami Shores enjoy a high standard of living because,
in large measure, since their incorporation they have chosen to tax themselves, through
the millage rates adopted by their elected Village Council, to provide for the services that
they now enjoy; and
WHEREAS, unincorporated areas and some municipalities within Dade County do
not have the same level of services as Miami Shores has for the simple reason that such
areas have chosen to not tax themselves at a comparable millage level that would enable
them to enjoy such services;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the VILLAGE COUNCIL OF MIAMI
SHORES VILLAGE, FLORIDA, that:
Section 1. The Miami Shores Village Council strongly opposes any attempt of the
Dade County Commission to redistribute the tax revenues of Miami Shores Village and
other municipalities within Dade County on a pro-rata basis, and considers such a scheme
to be socialistic in nature, and contrary to the ethical principles of American Government.
Section 2. Dade County should provide for services for its residents in the
unincorporated areas by following the example of Miami Shores, and thereby raising its
millage rate in such areas in order to pay for such services.
Section 3. Other municipalities in Dade County which provide insufficient services
to their residents, due to their own refusal to levy a realistic millage rate, must now
recognize that they are responsible for resolving their fiscal problems by raising their own
millage rates.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 6 day of July , 1996.
Loui Imb is r Mayor
Ce r Sastre ice Wyor
Mary Rod Agosta, Council o an
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William J. eller uncilman
M hael H. Boyle, Councilma
ATTEST:
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Barbara Fugazzi, ilia a Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mark S. Ulmer, Village Attorney