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R E S O L U T I O N
Urging Enactment of
House Bills 525 and 526
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WHEREAS, House Bill 525, now under consideration by the Illinois Gen-
eral Assembly, would authorize Illinois municipalities to levy a property
tax of not to exceed .15% for police protection, and House Bill 526 would
authorize a similar .15% tax for fire protection, and both of these levies
would be available by action of the corporate authorities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston's police and fire payrolls have risen
35% during the past three years because of inflation, State minimum wage
laws for policemen and firemen, and conditions in our society that have re-
quired the strengthening of protective forces; and
WHEREAS, Evanston already imposes the municipal sales tax and utility
tax at the maximum rates authorized by Illinois lace, and its 1969 general
corporate tax rate is approaching the upper limit authorized by Illinois
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WHEREAS, Evanston therefore needs additional taxing authority to ensure
that it will be able, in the face of rising wages and prices, to maintain
present services and an adequate level of capital expenditures:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of
Evanston, Illinois, that the members of the 76th Illinois General Assembly
be and they hereby are urged to enact House Bills 525 and 526 into law so
as to increase the property taxing authority of Illinois municipalities for
police and fire protection purposes; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor and City Manager are hereby
authorized and requested to transmit copies of this resolution to Senator
Arrington, Representative Dawson, Representative Johnston, Representative
Katz, and members of the Senate and House Committees considering House Bills
525 and 526, and to take other appropriate steps, in cooperation with the
Illinois Municipal league, to urge the enactment of said bills.
' APPROVED:
Mayor
ATTEST: /s/ Maurice F. Brown
City Clerk
Adopted: March 24, 1969