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Home My WebLink About32390 / 83-12May 5, 1983 N12 RESOLUTION (CARRIED LOST LAID OVER WITHDRAWN ) PURPOSE: CONCERN FOR WISCONSIN'S ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT INITIATED BY: COUNCILPERSONS TEICHMILLER AND HULSEBOSCH WHEREAS, Mr. Darwin Smith, Chairman of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, recently expressed legitimate concerns about the future of business in Wisconsin, and WHEREAS, the Governor proposes to deal with this deficit by reducing the level of increased expenditures by 50Q million dollars and by increasing taxes by 1 billion dollars, and WHEREAS, Wisconsin is already far above the national average in the rates at which it taxes its citizens, and WNEREAS, unless this trend is reversed, the ability to attract ne.� job- creating businesses, as weli as to maintain present business and jobs witl con- tinue to deteriorate, and WHEREAS, the matter of keeping jobs and companies in Wisconsin is of paramount concern to all communities and is not a partisan political issue, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Cou�cil of the City of Oshkosh that the Governor and Legislators be respectfully requested to take into consideration the position expressed by Mr. Smith when establishine thz State budget and tax structure with a view toward improving the economic en- vironment of the State of Wisconsin. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager send copies of this resoiu- tion to Governor Earl, Senators Ellis and McCallum, and Representatives 3radley and Buettner. SUBMITTED BY APPRO'lED �� G AM1IENDMENT 7U RESULUTIUN �12 Don H, Ku,tchena, May 5, 1983 [UHEREAS, un.Pe�sa th.ih .t�cend ."v., neven.sed, .the ab.i,�,Lty to a.tt�cac,t ne�,v 1ab- cicea,t,iny bw5�.neh4e.S, a,s weCE aa �t� ma.iv�ta,in pne,aen.t buhtine,s�s and jobh w.i.P.� can.ti.nue �to deteniaha,te, and (UH�REAS, .the mn;tten o �awLtconcertn tio aP.e co be and comnavr,i.�s .�n (U.i.scu�is�n .i.6 0 .� NUW, TIiEREFURE, B� IT R�SULV�D by .the C�mmo�t Courici.2 a{ .the C.i,ty os Uehko�sh tha,i �he Gavennoh and Leyi.aQa,ton,s be ne�spec,t�u,�ky neque,s�ted �to �C��d✓�b�Q�/e �tahe 2n,to COYU��(CIPJLR,t.0011 the o�.i.ti,on ex ne.saed 6 b�n. Smi,th when ee.tabZihiu.n .the S.ta,te budyet and -tax a-t�r.uetune wi,t a v�eiu .tawan �i � �b �a�� 6�✓�d �S�2wfB�.�i� ��cfi�bk�d #�t��C��j �mp�ctiv��ig the eco�iom.ic en- v.ucanme�2�t o5 .the S.ta,te o� Ul-i�seon.s�n. BE I7 FURTHER RESOLVED, .tha,t .the C.i,ty Managen hend eop.�e� ob .t{Li/� Ke�so- ku.t�o�a to G�ve}uloh Ean,e, Sena,tah.s E2Zi�s and MeCcu"_�um, and Repne�en,ta,tive�s B.�cad2ey and Bue,ftnetc. CUDE: 1) Undet�i,�led w�nd�s ane add,i,Lio��: and 21 De2e.tion,� ane h�hueh: ,/c��,��t��. May 5> 1983 (CARRIED PURPOSE: INITIATED BY ��b�Y 'AG\U��Pl�:1 # 12 � � iG rn�� RESOLUTION WITHDRAWN ) CONCERN FOR WISCONSIN'S ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT COUNCILPERSONS TEICHMILLER AND HULSEBOSCH WHEREAS, Mr. Darwin Smith, Chairman of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, recently expressed legitimate concerns about the future of business in Wis- consin, and WHEREAS, Governor Anthony Earl foresees a 1.5 billion dollar deficit at the state level of government over the next biennium, and WHEREAS, the Governor proposes to deal with this deficit by reducing the level of increased expenditures by 500 million dollars and by increasing taxes by 1 billion dollars, and WHEREAS, Wisconsin is already far above the national average in the rates at which it taxes its citizens, and WHEREAS, unless this trend is reversed, the ability to attract new job- creating businesses, as welt as to maintain present business and jobs will continue to deteriorate, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Oshkosh that the City Manager send copies of this resolution to Governor Earl, Senators Ellis and McCallum, and Representatives Bradley and Buettner, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Governor and Legislators be respectfully requested to reconsider the State budget and tax structure with a view toward reducing both trend of tax and spending increases thereby improving the economic environme rt of the State of Wisconsin. — 19 — : � _.__ _ _.. _ _. i ; __..__.__. ----._ . i i � _._ _ ____ _ _..._.. ; �� V" � x� � W � . � , Z : � �a � rn � � � a� �� o � � � �, rt o r• 0 0 0 � � � � � � �(Q'] rt •• p. rt 7 . � � a � rt� � � � n a � � N � � rt �� v � � m � � N