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Resolution <br />• Providing Local Aid to the Commonwealth <br />WHEREAS, the General Assembly chose to respond to shrinking revenue growth <br />by shifting to local governments the responsibility for reducing $100 million of core <br />services; and <br />WHEREAS, the Governor signed into law this $100 million appropriation <br />reduction for local governments in the 2008-2010 biennium without identifying the <br />programs to be reduced; and <br />WHEREAS, these reductions are in addition to those made by the General <br />Assembly and approved by the Governor affecting law enforcement, elementary and <br />secondary education, profits from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Enterprise Fund and <br />distributions of wine liter tax collections, constitutional offices, the upgrade of <br />wastewater treatment facilities in conformance with water quality standards and goals, <br />and farmland preservation to name but a few; and <br />WHEREAS, the $100 million reduction will likely be carried forward into future <br />• biennia forcing city and county governments to choose between raising taxes or reducing <br />services. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the City Council of the City of <br />Charlottesville, Virginia does hereby support the recording of this intergovernmental <br />revenue reduction from the Commonwealth as Local Aid to the Commonwealth Contra <br />Revenue; and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, this recording on all financial records <br />shall be shared with the delegation, the Governor and local news media so that citizens <br />understand the decisions made by this governing body in response to the <br />Commonwealth's choice to delegate their constitutional obligation to local governments. <br />Approved by Council <br />August 18, 2008 <br />< of City Council <br />n <br />U <br />