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} cY jai �'V r*f ijzf 4(REdb/fntalndad)LEDAL(' r Ig�Y RESOLUTION NO. 94-51 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA CALLING ATTENTION TO THE EFFECT OF UNFUNDED MANDATES ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND URGING CONGRESS TO REDUCE THESE BURDENS ON LOCAL CITIZENS. WHEREAS, unfunded mandates on state and local governments have increased significantly in recent years; and WHEREAS, federal mandates require cities and counties to perform duties without consideration of local circumstances, costs, or capacity, and subject local governments to civil or criminal penalties for noncompliance; and WHEREAS, federal mandates require compliance regardless of other pressing local needs and priorities affecting the health, welfare, and safety of our citizens; and WHEREAS, excessive federal burdens on local governments force some combination of higher local taxes and fees and/or reduced local services on citizens and local taxpayers; and WHEREAS, federal mandates are too often inflexible, one -size -fits -all requirements that impose unrealistic time frames and specify procedures or facilities where less costly alternatives might be just as effective; and WHEREAS, existing mandates impose harsh pressures on local budgets and the federal government has imposed a freeze upon funding to help compensate for any new mandates; and WHEREAS, the cumulative Impacts of these legislative and regulatory actions directly affect the citizens of our county; and WHEREAS, the International City Managers Association, the National Association of Counties, the National League of Cities, and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, in conjunction with other state and local government representatives have begun a national public education campaign to help citizens understand and then reduce the burden and inflexibility of unfunded mandates, beginning with a National Unfunded Mandates Day on October 27, 1993, 1