2000-85RESOLUTION NO. 2000-85
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE THE APPLICATION
TO THE COUNTY OF ROCK, WISCONSIN, FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM
THE LIBRARY TAX LE VY.
WHEREAS, the Rock County Board of Supervisors, pursuant to Wisconsin State Statutes
43.64, has adopted a county-wide library service plan; and
WHEREAS, such service plan provides for the County to levy a tax to fund such service;
and
WHEREAS, the County has approved the Arrowhead Library System's funding of
$801,660 for 2000; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Wisconsin State Statutes 43.64(2), any city, town, or village in a
county levying a tax for a county library under sub. (1) shall, upon written application to the
county board of the county, be exempted from the tax levy, if the city, town, or village making
the application appropriates and expends for a library fund during the year for which the tax levy
is made a sum at least equal to the sum which it would have to pay toward the county tax levy in
the prior year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Janesville will expend for a library fund a sum at least equal to
the sum it would have to pay toward the prior year's county tax levy and thus qualified for such
exemption;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Janesville that the City Manager be and hereby is directed to make the application to the County
of Rock, Wisconsin, for any exemption from the library tax levy.
ADOPTED: October 9, 2000
APPROVED:
-SS~een El Sheiffe~, Ci"'ty Mam(ger
ATTEST:
Jear~n Wulf, City Clerk-Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~
City
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ttorne
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MOTION BY: Brien
SECOND BY: Williams
COUNCILMEMBER AYE NAY PASS ABSENT
SCHNEIDER x
WILLIAMS x
NOLL x
BRIEN x
MURPHY x
O'LEARY x
DEGARMO x
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Prepared by:
Finance Administration
Finance Administration