City of Albuquerque
File #: R-17-154   
Type: Resolution Status: Enacted
File created: 1/4/2017 In control: City Council
Final action: 2/6/2017
Enactment date: 2/24/2017 Enactment #: R-2017-016
Title: Establishing A Legislative Policy For The City Of Albuquerque For The 2017 New Mexico State Legislature (Benton)
Sponsors: Isaac Benton
Attachments: 1. R-154, 2. R-154Enacted
Date Action ByActionResultAction Details
2/24/2017 City Clerk Published  Action details
2/24/2017 Mayor Not Signed by the Mayor  Action details
2/15/2017 City Council Sent to Mayor for Signature  Action details
2/6/2017 City Council AmendedPass Action details
2/6/2017 City Council AmendedPass Action details
2/6/2017 City Council AmendedPass Action details
2/6/2017 City Council Passed as AmendedPass Action details
1/18/2017 City Council PostponedPass Action details
1/4/2017 City Council Introduced  Action details
1/4/2017 President To be heard at the Council Meeting  Action details
CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY-SECOND COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. R-17-154 ENACTMENT NO. ____________________

SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton


RESOLUTION
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Establishing A Legislative Policy For The City Of Albuquerque For The 2017 New Mexico State Legislature (Benton)
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ESTABLISHING A LEGISLATIVE POLICY FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE FOR THE 2017 NEW MEXICO STATE LEGISLATURE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
Section 1. The following initiatives providing for the health, safety and welfare of the people of Albuquerque require the joint efforts and resources of the State of New Mexico and the City of Albuquerque and therefore are adopted as the State legislative priorities of the City of Albuquerque:
(A) REVENUE MEASURES. The City of Albuquerque supports:
(1) maintaining local government taxing authority and gross receipts tax base;
(2) examining alternatives to improve municipal revenue streams or create diversity to stabilize municipal revenue sources;
(3) creating a joint state and local government task force to identify means and methods to improve or create an alternative to the hold harmless provision of the state budget;
(4) creating a joint state and local government task force to identify means and methods to reorganize the capital outlay process to address the goals of the administration and the legislature while maintaining the ability to assist local agencies in funding projects.
(B) CAPITAL PROJECTS. The City of Albuquerque requests that the legislature reauthorize existing capital outlay grants designated for City capital projects and identifies the following inventory of ongoing projects as those capital projects that could benefit from Capital Outlay requests;
(1) developing a Regional Crisis Stabilization Center for Bernalillo County and surrounding areas in Albuquerque;
(2) purchasing lands identified as priority acquisitions for the...

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