HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02031987 - 1.27 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 12.."""0.p1-d'7
FROM: Phil Batchelor C*o ltra
. County Administrator (JoJIQ
DATE: January 27, 1987 W^
SUBJECT: Legislation: Senate Joint Resolution 1 (Ellis)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position of support for Senate Joint Resolution 1 by
Assemblyman Ellis which requests the President and the Congress
to remove the transportation trust funds from the unified federal
budget.
BACKGROUND:
The federal highway and aviation trust funds consist primarily of
user fees from fuel and excise taxes and are dedicated to the
support and construction of the country' s transportation network.
Currently, they are considered a part of the overall federal
budget. The trust funds, which contain several billions of
dollars, appear to make the federal deficit smaller than it
actually is.
The absence of authorizing legislation to allocate the trust
funds has caused critical transportation projects to be deferred.
Removing the trust funds from the unified federal budget is more
straightforward in terms of accounting practices and would allow
allocation of the funds to the states more quickly. Therefore,
it is recommended that the Board support SJR 1 and urge its
passage.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
&dZ4-1&
S I GNATURE I S): i z'�"G
ACTION OF BOARD ON February 1, 1987 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED FEB 3 1987
Public Works Director ----
Community Development Director PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Senator Jim Ellis SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY
M382/7-83 ,DEPUTY