HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-03 House Bill No. 1141ti
RESOLUTION N0. ~
T0; THE HONORABT~E JOHN G. HACKIE AND PALMER L. BURCH
RE: H04JSE BILL N0. 114i
WHEREAS, the Town of Vail is primarily a resort community wherein
the permanent residents derive most of their income from sucrmer and winter
tourists and,
WHEREAS, the Town of Vail, with a permanent population of less than
500, is required to furnish services to a transient peak population of 5,000, and
WHEREAS, it is extremely burdensome far the residents of the Town of
Vail. to support municipal services far ten tames its population out of property
taxes and,
WHEREAS, the Town of Vail sorely needs municipal revenue to provide
adequate services and facilities Evr its residents as well as for the winter
and summer tourists who visit the Town and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the State of Colorado as well
as the 'town of Vail that the Tawn of Vail be in a position to build and construct
better and increased municipal facilities to handle the influx of people carving
to this community and,
WHEREAS, there are now other towns and cities in Colorado in a similar
situation and the number will increase as Colorado`s skiing and summer tourist '
industry continues to grow and,
WHEREAS, a great number of the tourists that came to Colorado towns
and cities are from out of stake and pay no taxes for the municipal services
rendered them and,
WHEREAS, statutory towns and cities are not authorized by law to
levy a s..les tax for the purpose of raising revenue for municipal purposes and,
WHEREAS, for all of the above reasons it is of extreme importance and
of the utmost necessity that Colorado municipaliL•ies, including the Town of Vail,
be authari~ed and empowered to levy a sales tax fnr the purpose of providing
adequate municipal revenue on an equitably assessed basis.
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NQW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Vail that said
Board of Trustees hereby supports and endorses House Bill No. 1141
providing for authorising the Levying of u sales tax by statutory towns
and cities in the State of Colorado.
The above Resolution is hereby adopted aC a regular meetittg of the
Board of Trustees of the Town of Vail on f'ebruary 13, 1967.
TOWN OF VAIL
ATTEST:
u/ F. Blame Lvnch
By /sl Charles E. Kindel
Mayor
s/ 3oseph LanQmaid
Trustee
3'. Mitchell Hoyt
Trustee
s/ Lorence C. Burdick
Trustee
s/ Peter W. Seibert
Trustee
s/ ,Tohn A. Dobson
Trustee
s/ H. L. Willett
Trustee