75-NNN SOLUTION NO. n
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, URGING THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO ENACT LEGISLATION
THAT WOULD CORRECT THE I~QUITIES NOW EVIDENT
WITH RESPECT TO THE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND
CREATED BY CHAPTER 33 6 , FLORIDA STATUTES , AND
THE CONTROL OF COUNTY BUDGETS AS SET FORTH IN
CHAPTER 129, FLORIDA STATUTES.
WHEREAS, the Laws of the State of Florida create and
set forth the fundings and .limitations thereon of the County Road
and Bridge Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Laws of the State of Florida establish
budgeting procedures for the several County Commissions throughout
the State; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Boynton Beach
in Palm Beach County, Florida~ has taken note that there are
abuses in both the preparation of the County budget and the
distribution of the County Road and Bridge Funds assigned to
municipalities; and
WHEREAS, one specific abuse is the budgeting of massive
amounts of road and bridge construction work in other than the
Road and Bridge Fund to avoid equitable distribution of County
taxes to municipalities; and
WHEREAS, the County officials of Palm Beach County do
not distribute funds allocable to the municipalities in the County
on a timely basis and thereby deny either use of the funds by the
municipality or the accrual of interest by these municipalities;
and
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Florida has
both the power and the duty to correct these abuses;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA:
,S.ection 1: That the Legislature of the State of Flori
is implored to modify Section 336.59 of the Florida Statutes to
affect a timely distribution of the funds accruing to municipal
credit as set forth in Subparagraph 2 of this Subsection. It is
suggested that the Road and Bridge Funds accruing to municipal
credit be distributed by the County Commissions throughout the
State in accordance with the guidelines established in Section
197.016 of the Florida Statutes.
Section 2: That the Legislature be implored to modify
Chapter 129 of the Florida Statutes to ~equire the several County
ions throughout the State to provide for the construction
and maintenance of County roads and bridges only in the County
and Bridge Fund since many Commissions throughout the State
regularly construct massive road and bridge projects in the Capital
Fund and thereby escape the legislative intent that tax
collected for road and bridge construction purposes would
shared with the municipalities in order that the municipal road
bridge system could be maintained partially with monies col-
lected from municipal residents for a road system.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ~7~ day of Octobert 1975.
CITY OF BOYI~TON BEACH, FLORIDA
Mayor
City Cl~
Council Me
Council Member