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RESOLUTION NO. - 10.017
A RESOLUTION REGARDING PULASKI COUNTY'S DESIRE TO 308
REALLOCATE THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE COUNTY -WIDE SALES
TAX.
WHEREAS, the Pulaski County Quorum Court is considering proposing
reallocation of the distribution of either one third or one fourth of the City's share of
the county -wide sales tax; and
WHEREAS, the resources would be used for the County jail facilities; and
WHEREAS, the Quorum Court desires an alternative to a tax increase; and
WHEREAS, County Judge F. G. "Buddy" Villines has requested the City of Little
Rock to present a list of cuts, acknowledged by Board Resolution, that would occur
should the Quorum Court take such action as mentioned above.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The City of Little Rock would be seriously impacted with the loss
of any portion of the County sales tax, and the City of Little Rock opposes any such
consideration.
SECTION 2. Any loss of sales tax would have a negative impact on the
community, and would erase many of the gains achieved through FUTURE- Little Rock
initiatives.
SECTION 3. The City of Little Rock would be faced with serious personnel cuts
affecting many police and fire positions.
SECTION 4. That if such plan were to be implemented by the County, then the
City of Little Rock would be faced with tax increases and /or serious basic service cuts.
SECTION S. That the attached list of potential cuts and alternatives to the loss
of the county -wide sales tax is reluctantly provided.
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SECTION 6. That the City of Little Rock encourages the Quorum Court to
abandon any further discussion of reallocation of the county -wide sales tax.
ADOPTED: June 17, 1997
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ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED:
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CUTS TO CONSIDER IF ONE -THIRD OR ONE - FOURTH
OF THE COUNTY SALES TAXES
WERE DIVERTED FROM THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK
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■ The sales tax resources are normally used to balance the City's operating budget
of which public safety accounts for over 54% of the total.
■ For a one -third sales tax loss, the City would over night face mounting deficits.
In 1998, we would project a deficit of over $7.3 Million; for a one - fourth sales tax
loss, the deficit would be $5.5 Million.
■ If the Police Department had to bear the full cost for this one -third loss of
revenue, then 232 positions would have to be eliminated. For a one - fourth loss
of sales tax, 174 police positions would have to be eliminated.
■ If the one -third losses were pro -rated between Police and Fire, the Police would
have to cut 140 positions, and the Fire would have to cut 76 positions. For one -
fourth loss, 115 police and 59 fire positions would have to be eliminated.
■ Under a one -third loss of sales tax, if the City tried to preserve public safety, then
the $9,300,000 for 1998 will almost eliminate all outside funding for PIT, CATA,
Arts Center, etc.
■ It would be impossible to ever consider use of some operating resources to
support a Revenue Bond for infrastructure improvements.
■ Any current resources used for infrastructure would be eliminated and that would
not even be enough to balance the operating budgets.
■ If the City attempted to preserve all the major operational departments (Police,
Fire, Parks, Public Works) the loss of one -third of the revenue would virtually
eliminate all support services (Human Resources, Data Processing, Finance, City
Clerk). In addition, Community Programs, including the City's Alert Centers and
Housing and Neighborhood Programs would be eliminated, including rental and
environmental code enforcement. If the loss of one -third of the sales tax revenue
occurred, this could result in a loss of a major portion of the Prevention,
Intervention and Treatment programs.