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RESOLUTION • OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY COUNCIL 2000-2002 STATE BUDGET WHEREAS, the 2001 General Assembly adjourned on February 24 without enacting a state budget bill; and WHEREAS, the lack of a budget agreement means that the Appropriations Act approved by the 2000 General Assembly becomes the budget by default; and WHEREAS, the 2000 Appropriations Act was built on revenue projections larger than those now estimated, meaning yet -to -be -determined cuts will have to be made to state agencies and localities because that budget would be out of balance by $421 million; and WHEREAS, Governor Gilmore has signed Executive Order 74 to bring appropriations and estimated revenues into balance for the remainder of the biennium; and WHEREAS, the budget impasse is centered around the Governor's commitment to increasing the personal property tax reimbursement level to 70%, and the Senate's insistence that the state cannot afford such an increase without cutting essential services and failing to meet its commitments to local governments; and WHEREAS, local governments, meanwhile, remain in limbo about state aid to localities • as they prepare their budgets for FY02 and as they try to anticipate state funding changes for the remainder of the current fiscal year; and WHEREAS, the degree of state funding for items critical to local governments, such as second year teacher salary and state -supported local employee salary increases, FIB 599 funding, Comprehensive Services Act, transportation and school construction funding, remain uncertain or in jeopardy at this time; WHEREAS, because the legislature adjourned without agreeing on the budget and the level of state reimbursement to localities for personal property tax relief, some local governments are confronted with the question of what to do about sending personal property tax bills. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council for the City of Charlottesville, that the Governor and General Assembly are urged to preserve and enhance critical state aid to localities, specifically in the areas noted above, when approving a budget; and be it RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Governor and General Assembly act as soon as possible to approve revisions to the 2000-2002 state budget, so as to not further impede the local government budgeting process. Approved by Council /)U A),[ March 5, 2001 CT2P of City Council