HomeMy WebLinkAbout971 - SUPPORTING the Boulder County "Drop In The Bucket" Campaign to redirect 2003 TABOR Tax RefundsBoulder City Council
RESOLUTION NO. 971
A RESOLUTIQN SUPPORTING THE BO~LJLDER COUNTY `DROP IN THE
BUCKET' CAMPAIGN TO REDIRECT.2003 TABOR TAX REFUNDS TO
" DESIGNATED NON•PROFIT.ORGANIZATIONS
WHEREAS, Boulder County must refund approxirnately $2:5 million in 2Q03 property
tasc revenue due to TABOR requirements, and
WHEREAS, the triedian refund to Boulder County property owners will be $11 and 92
percent af refunds wi11 be less than $30, and
WHEREAS, every dollar matters for local non-profits because ~many are experiencing
_. unprecedented demand for services or faeing budget cuts due to decreased funding, and
WHER~AS, these pressures aze felt by specific Boulde,r County programs like
Community Food Share, which has increased charitable food distribution by 30 percenf
in two yeazs; the Mental Heaith Center o£ Boulder County, whieh recently losf $4 million
in funding despite steady demand; Access Counseling, which has experienced a 30-
percent inerease in demand for its low-cast mental health counseling services; and the
Safe SHelter of St. Vrain Valley, which had to refuse sHelter to 161 individuals last year
because the facility was too smal"1, and
WI~REAS, the County is offering the opportunity for taspayers to donate their refvnds
to designated coinmunity non-profits, and ,
WHEREAS, the list of eight non-profit categories includes non-profit services benefiting
residents througho.utthe Boulder County communiYy
NOW, THEREFOR~, ~E IT RESpLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL'OF THE
CITY OF BQUDER, COLQRADO THAT:
1. The Boulder City Co~pcil supports tfie county's "Drop in the BuckeP' effort to redirect
2003 TABOR property talc refunds to designated npn-profits. '
2. The Bouldez.City Council encourages personal, commercial and business.property
owners within our city limits to participate in the program by checking off a non-pro£tt
category of their choice and donating their refiands. .
Resolved this ~ day of May, 2005.
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Mayor
Attest
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City Clerk on, behalf of the
Director of Finance and Record