HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1681.} • kr-
'f
A Re.SOlia~ion Adopted Nesolution Nd,
ESTABLISHING
A STATEMENT OF POSITION ON THE
TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE RESOLUTIONS
WHEREAS, prior to each legislative session, the Texas Municipal League
(TML) adopts a list of legislative policy resolutions that serve as a
basis for the TML legislative program which is organized on behalf of
the cities of Texas; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Municipal League compiled and issued to member
cities on October 1, 1990, a booklet of fifty-eight resolutions
submitted to the League by TML committees and member cities containing
legislative issues of concern that are now under consideration by the
TML Resolutions Committee for adoption by TML; and
WHEREAS, the TML Resolutions Committee is comprised of city officials
from throughout Texas and will meet on October 24, 1990 to consider the
resolutions issued by the League; and
WHEREAS, the representatives on the TML Resolutions Committee from the
City of Fort Worth are Councilmember Virginia Nell Webber and Assistant
City Manager Sob Terrell; and
WHEREAS, the City staff and the City Council have reviewed the
fifty-eight resolutions under consideration by the Texas Municipal
League's Resolutions Committee and the City Council has developed
herein a statement of position on each resolution;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT .RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS:
that the Fort Worth City Council offers the following statement of
position on the fifty-eight resolutions under consideration for
adoption by the Texas Municipal League and asks that Councilmember
Virginia Nell Webber and Assistant City Manager Bob Terrell deliver the
City of Fort Worth's position on each TML resolution to the Texas
Municipal League's Resolutions Committee.
The City of Fort Worth offers no position on the following TML
resolutions:
No. 21 City Elections and Changes in Boundaries
No. 23 Raising Automatic Exemption Age for Jury Duty
No. 40 Windstorm Damage Insurance
The City of Fort Worth opposes the following TML resolutions:
No. 5 Redemption periods
No. 48 Solid Waste and Texas Department of Health
CITY OF POHT ~YOHTS
:.~~:.
The~City of Fort Worth supports the following TML resolutions:
No. 1 Appreciation/Annual Conference
No. 2 Adopting Report of Policy Cmte. on Community/Econ. Dev.
No. 3 General Law City Annexation
No. 4 Redemption Periods
No. 6 Registration of Property Deeds
No. 7 Transfer of Property Ownership through District Court
No. 8 Texas Racing Act, State Take Out Fee
No. 9 Texas Racing Act, Pari-Mutuel Wagering Proceeds
No. 10 Adopting Report of Policy Cmte. on Finance Administration
No. 11 Appraisal of Open-Space Land
No. 12 Appraisal of Agricultural Land
No. 13 Competitive Bidding
No. 14 Competitive Bidding/Hid Openings
No. 15 City Employee/Official Exemption from Hotel/Motel Tax
No. 16 Surety Bonds for Hotel/Motel Tax
No. 17 Sharing of County Road and Bridge Fees
No. 18 Taxable Non-Income Producing Personal Property
No. 19 Freeport Tax Exemption-Phase-in Provision
No. 20 Absentee Voting
No. 22 Award of Contracts Prior to Bond Proceeds
No. 24 Sales Tax on Mail Order Goods
No. 25 Sales Tax on Municipal Garbage Collection
No. 26 Exemption of Gasoline Tax on Public Vehicles
No. 27 Local Option Fuel Tax
No. 28 Central Appraisal Districts
No. 29 Adopting Report of Policy Committee on Personnel
No. 30 Supporting Policy Committee/Labor Relations Task Force
No. 31 Supporting Amendments to Chapter 143
No. 32 Supporting Affirmative Action Under State Civil Service Law
No. 33 Public Official Liability
No. 34 Unemployment Compensation Charge-Back to Cities
No. 35 Adopting Report of Policy Committee on Public Safety
No. 36 Vicious Dogs, Penalties
No. 37 State Board of Insurance Rules
No. 38 Vehicle Identification Numbers
No. 39 Armor-Piercing Ammunition
No. 41 Bar Codes on Drivers' Licenses
t7o. 42 Notification - Vacant Structures and Abandoned Vehicles
No. 43 Assaults on Uniformed Code Enforcement Employees
No. 44 Financial Responsibility/Motor Vehicle Registration
No. 45 Juvenile Criminal Records
No. 46 Zip Guna as a Prohibited Weapon
No. 47 Adopting Report of Policy Cmte. on Utilities/Environment
No. 49 Recycled Newsprint
No. 50 Relating to Municipal Landfills
No. 51 Solid Waste/Landfills
No. 52 Relating to Recycling
No. 53 Opposition to Texas Water Commission $6 Per Capita Charge
No. 54 Opposition to Texas Water Development Board Proposed Fees
No. 55 Opposition to Fee Assessments by State and Federal Agencies
No. 56 Water Supply Act
No. 57 Flow Standards ~
No. 58 Cable Industry ~
C1T! OP POHZ NOS'1'H
~~
,;
Approved this
ATTEST:
City Secretary
,. 1990, A. D.
APPROVED BY
CITY COUiyC1L
~~}}O ,C,T 23 19?0
lUa~ ~
-Y - ~_., ~ _ _ _ _ _ _
~~~~
cnz o~ ~osr woara
day of
Mayor Bob Bolen
Citp Seczetary of the
Citq of Fort Worth, TezoA