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67 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION STATINGTHE CITY COUNCIL'S OPPOSITION TO A <br />PROPOsALBy TM STATE cOMpENsATiON EOARD TO AGAIN REDucE STATE <br />FUNDING FOR ITS sHARE OF THE EXPENSES OF CONSTITUTIONAL <br />OFFICERS' BUDGETS BEGINNING JULY 1, 1995. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Governor Wilder has projected a $500 million <br />shortfall in State revenues for the upcoming biennium; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the State Compensation Board has been targeted to <br />have its budget reduced by $24.4 million; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the State Compensation Board in an effort to <br />address its reduction has proposed, among other things, to <br />eliminate funding of its share of fringe benefits for <br />Constitutional Officers, which would result in a loss of <br />funding to the City in an amount of approximately $585,000.00; <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the State Compensation Board has in past years <br />already significantly reduced its level of funding for its <br />share of the costs of the budgets for the Constitutional <br />Officers to address prior State budget shortfalls; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the State Compensation Board has, in an effort to <br />reduce the impact of its reduced funding, indicated that it <br />will be proposing to the General Assembly a fee for civil <br />process for General District Court and Circuit Court cases, a <br />fee which has been proposed in the past by other entities and <br />has yet to be approved by the General Assembly. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City <br />of Portsmouth, Virginia that it does hereby express its <br />opposition to a current proposal by the State Compensation <br />Board to address its share of Governor Wilder's anticipated <br />$500 million shortfall by reducing funding of benefits for the <br />City's Constitutional Officers. <br /> <br /> AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council does <br />hereby call upon the State Compensation Board, the Governor and <br />the General Assembly to address State shortfalls of revenue in <br />a forthright manner and to refrain from passing along the <br />State's revenue shortfalls to local government so as to say <br />that it did not increase taxes. <br /> <br /> AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution <br />be sent to the State Compensation Board, Governor Douglas L. <br />Wilder and Governor-Elect George Allen and the City's <br />representatives in the Virginia General Assembly. <br /> <br /> <br />