HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-R-27BEFORE TIIE JEFFERSONVILLE COMMON COUNCIL
STATE OF 1NDIANA
Resolution No. 2002-R-
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING FUNDING
AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CITY HALL
WHEREAS, there has been discussion and preliminary plans to relocate the city offices from
the City-County Building;
WHEREAS, the administration desires to construct a new city hall;
WHEREAS, the city is experiencing a fiscal crisis and budget shortfall for fiscal year _00~;
WHEREAS, there is no immediate need to relocate the city officesifi'om the existing City-
County Building; '"
WHEREAS, the Common County of the Cit'y of Jeffersonville, as the fiscal body, believes it
would be fiscally irresponsible to incur additional debt for the construction of a new city hall;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Jeffersonville, that it hereby does not support the relocation of the city offices from the City-County
Building;
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville that
the city offices should remain in the City-County Building contingent on the city obtaining an
acceptable lease extension beyond 2003 and that all planning, designing, and expenditures related to
the construction of a new city hal'l shall immediately cease until the Common Council concludes that
the project is financially.feasible;
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, that the equity' proceeds~from th,e, City-County Building
shall be immediately deposited into a separate account hereby designated as City Hall Construction
Non-Reverting Fu/qd" and those proceeds shall remain in said fund and used in the future for the
construction a new city hall.
Passed a~d adopted by the Commot~ Cotmcil of th~' CiO: of deffersot~ville, Clark Country,
lttdiat~a o~ this~_~l_ day of ~ 2002~~ ~
Thomas R. Galligan
Presiding Officer