HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 6776A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AZUSA.OPPOSING CONSOLIDATION OF GOVERNMENT
SERVICES IN CERTAIN AREAS PROPOSED TO THE
LOS ANGELES CITY -COUNTY CONSOLIDATION -COM-
MISSION.,
WHEREAS, the'Board-of Supervisors has created a
Lo,s Angeles City,County•.Consolid'ation Commission for'the
purpose of studying the�consolidation.of services in various .
City and County. -.functional areas for:the purpose of "efficiency"
and "economy'',; and.
WHEREAS,. the Consolidation Conunission has solicited
opinions. from local elected - 9a sixteen
proposals for consolidation of local governmental functions;
and
-14HEREAS, the'proposals.suggested by the Combission
will lead to less efx"iciency and higher costs.,to'the taxpayer
as well as loss ofcontrol because, inter;alia, such consolida-
tions usually result in layers of supervisory bureaucracy
being superimposed over existing local controls, and this
results not only•in increased costs,but.•in loss of responsive-
ness to local needs as well as.f-regiuent delays`,that presently
do not exist;: -
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the.City of Azusa resolves
as follows:
S'ECTION 1. The Council', after full consideration
of.the sixteen proposals for consolidation proposed by'the
.Los Angeles City -County Consolidation Commission, rejects all.
proposals except'those relating to airports,•ports and harbors,
which proposal's it defers to: cities which -have airports, ports
and harbors, because such proposals 'if implemented, will for
all practical purposes, virtually eliminate, local government
as a viable entity,and.increase costs of government
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall.trasmit copies
of this. Resolution to the -Board of Supervisors, the Los Angeles
City -County Consolidation Commission, Supervisor Edmund D.
Edelman, and to the City Council of each City in the County of
Los Angeles..
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was
duly adopted by the -City Council at a regular_meeting,held on
the 2nd day of Api•il; 1979, by the following- vote•of Council:
AYES: Councilmen:-:. Decker, Fry, Moses, Solem
NOES: Councilment' None
ABSENT: Councilmen: Cruz
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