HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991 Resolution No. 041RESOLUI'ICN NO. ../ I
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A RESCLm'ICN ADOPTING A GENmAL REVENUE POLICY FOO THE CITY CF ENGI.J:NJOO,
~, it is a specific responsibility of the Engle-.ood City Council to
detennine the quantity and type of revenue the City shall oollect; a nd
WIW.<FJ\S, the City Council desires to establish SCITe general lX)licies
pertaining to City revenues; and
WHERF.AS, a camti.ttee of Council has deliberated possible revenue policies
and certain policies have been prq:,osed;
IOI. Tl!EREFl'.llE. BE IT RESOLVFl> BY THE CITY cn.JNCIL CF nm Cl'l'Y OF
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Section 1. THE CITY CF E2G.El'iCXJJ HEREBY AllCPl'S THE FOLI.OllOO:
GJ'l,IEl1AL Pi.VENUE POLICIES:
The City of Ehgl.....aocl desires to provide, at a min.inun, the
essential services of public safety, adequate i:nysiCll.l
infrastructure, and library services. To that end, the City will
estimate and oollect adequate revenue for the City's general fund
and various other funds through taxes , user fees and other
appropriate charges that are broadly based, f airly adninistered,
aggressively enforced and econanically feasfrle to oollect.
The City will aggressively seek grants, intergovenunental
agreerents, adverti sing incare , public/private partnerships and
sources of volunteer tine or funding that will reduce the need for
funding fran the City 's n-ore rout ine revenues .
The City will attent>t, ..tierever possible, to reduce the need for
City revenue and funding by pu:rchasing services fran the private
sector when it can."10t be sho.m that the City can provide the service
for less cost.
The City Manager will, in each departnent and division,
constantly seek ano evaluate alternative rre ans of providing City
servi ces for tl .e e ;\))·ress purpose of minimizing the cost of providing
service to o..rr ci ~ ~ ; 'Pn!l .
The City will aggressively pursue the highest possible accounting
standards when estimating, collecting , disbursing and monitoring tl1e
funds o f the City .
The City recognizes the dependence of t he School Di s tricts a,
prcperty ta,ces and will not approve any c xe,rption o r t,,ke any action
that ..::iuld reduce School Di s tricts revenue without cons ulting with
and seeking the concurrence of the School Dis tr icta .
The City of Engle',K100 will define user fees as any fee assessed
to an individual or group for a specific service by a governnent
agency. Persons who choose not to use the service are not users,
and will not be assessed the fee .
The City will not collect fWlds in oxcess of foreseeabl e needs,
nor retain a general fund balance in excess of a,e third of the
current general fund expenditure budget.
LEVELS OI? SERVICE:
City Council defines Essential City Services according to the
follc,,,ing priorities, and directs that f unding and r esources be
applied ac:x:ording to these rankings, to provide the highest level of
service at the la.est possible cost.
Priority l: Public Safety
water and Sewer
Priority 2: Infrastructure/F.conanic Develcprent
Priority J: """1cipal Court
Priority 4 : Quality of Life, parks, recreation, culture
and Library.
Pric ·ity 5: Adninistration and Legislation
POLICY STATll!ENI':
The foregoing Revenue Policy is a stal:erent by the City of
Englewood and is rot in and of itself legislation. All ta>ces, user
fees and negotiated contracts shall be in full COTpliance with the
U.S. Constitution, the Constitution of the State of Colorado, the
U. s. COde, the statutes of the State of Colorado where applicable,
the Charter of the City of l:))glewood and all applic abl e court
clecisi.ons . In and of itself this policy statement is not intended
t u ~ an adq:ltion of a t ax , fee , user charge , or contract. This
Policy stdtes the City's desired course when dealing with matters of
financial i.npact in the City .
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section 2. FVIURE POLICY srATJ:lllENI'S:
It is the intent of Council that the General luevenue Policies
may be supplerrented on a regular basis and that the developnent of a
revenue policy for the City of Engle.ood will be an ongoing process
that will be refined in the caning n,:,nths.
ADCi'TED AND APPROVED as ..rended this 6th day of May, 1991.
~-4-susaiivan D'j~r
I, Loocrishia A. Ellis, Deputy City Clerk for the City of Englewood,
COloracb, hereby certify the above is a true copy of Resolution l<O. ±L,
Series of 1991. ~ •
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