Resolution 7117 RESOLUTION NO. 7117
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
is cognizant of the increasing burden of taxation upon all of the
taxpayers of Dade County, Florida, including those of the City of
Miami Beach, and
WHEREAS, the City Council is also cognizant of the serious
economic effects upon the City and County which may result from
increasing the said tax burden, and
WHEREAS, the City Council is desirous of avoiding the curtail-
ment of governmental functions and services required by its citizens,
but is of the opinion that the cost of such governmental functions
and services can be reduced, without such curtailment, by increasing
the general efficiency of operation, thus reducing operating costs
to the taxpayers of such functions and services, and
WHEREAS, it is the clear and imperative duty of every public
body, officer and employee to exert every effort to secure such
reduction in costs of government by increasing efficiency in
operation, with view, not only to avoid the necessity for increasing
taxes, but also toward the substantial reduction of taxes,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the City Manager and the heads of all
City Departments and Every City Employee be and they are hereby
urged to immediately take steps to see that efficiency is increased
in the operation of the City, that unnecessary expenses are elimi-
nated and that every means is utilized short of curtailment of
services to reduce operating costs so that the budget which will be
prepared during the next few months will show a substantial reduction.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners,
the County Budget Board and the Dade County Board of Public
Instruction, be advised of this action by the City Council and of
the imperative necessity for a reduction in County taxes to the end
that investors and prospective home owners may feel assured that
properties which they may acquire will not be confiscated through
excessive taxation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be and he is hereby
directed to transmit copies of this resolution to the Board of County
Commissioners, the County Budget Board and the Dade County Board of
Public Instruction.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a Committee be appointed by the
Mayor to meet with the Board of County Commissioners, the County Bud-
get Board and the Dade County Board of Public Instruction, for
discussion and cooperation in attaining the purposes and objects of
this Resolution.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 1st day of Marc1�, A. D. 1950.
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