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Resolution 99-14
Requesting Deletion of Meals Tax Restrictions
From Food Tax Relief Bill (HB 1601)
WHEREAS,
Governor Jim Gilmore’s proposal to reduce the state sales tax on food did
not include any change to the local meals tax; and,
WHEREAS
, HB 1601 was amended to prohibit localities from levying their meals tax
on items that meet the definition of “food for home consumption” as defined in the Food
Stamp Act; and,
WHEREAS
, the meals tax restriction in HB 1601 will reduce the meals tax revenue
collected by the Town of Pulaski by 4½ per cent; and,
WHEREAS
, the budget passed by the 1999 General Assembly includes additional
money for education but includes both a maintenance of effort requirement and a local
match requirement, which means that many localities will have to spend additional local
funds to benefit from the new state funding; and,
WHEREAS
, the 1999 General Assembly approved funds for a six-percent teacher salary
increase, provided that a locality can meet its local match requirement; and,
WHEREAS
, local governments are the providers of essential services in their
communities, and reducing existing revenues adversely affects their ability to maintain
services; and,
WHEREAS
, local governments routinely employ a variety of measures to limit the tax
burden in their communities.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
, that the Town of Pulaski, Virginia requests
that Governor Jim Gilmore amend HB 1601 to strike all references to the local meals tax.
This resolution is effective upon adoption and is adopted by recorded vote of the Town
th
Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, on this 16 day of March, 1999 as follows:
James M. Neblett - ___ W. Edgar Hale - ___
Lane R. Penn - ___ Joseph L. Weddle - ___
Jeffrey S. Worrell - ___ Pauline G. Mitchell - ___
Bettye H. Steger - ___ Charles W. Stewart, Jr. - ___
BY: _______________________________
John A. Johnston, Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Patricia Pendergrast, Clerk of Council