R-15-12VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
RESOLUTION 2015 -12
URGING PROTECTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUES
WHEREAS, the Village of Deerfield is a member of the Northwest Municipal Conference
(NWMC) a corporate organization representing municipalities and townships chartered within
the State of Illinois and the Counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake and McHenry; and
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 10, of the Constitution of the State of Illinois and Chapter 5,
Act 220 paragraphs 1 through 8 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, authorize and encourage
intergovernmental association and cooperation; and
WHEREAS, the public officials of the Northwest Municipal Conference represent forty-five
local governmental bodies and a population of over 1.3 million residents; and
WHEREAS, the protection of all state collected local government revenues (including the Local
Government Distributive Fund, sales tax and the motor fuel tax) is tantamount for ensuring that
Illinois communities have sufficient resources to provide quality public services that protect the
health, safety and welfare of our residents and businesses; and
WHEREAS, local government revenues, including the motor fuel tax, were reduced to balance
the Fiscal Year 2015 budget; and
WHEREAS, a proposal to reduce the Local Government Distributive Fund (LGDF) by 50% in
the state's Fiscal Year 2016 budget is currently under consideration; and
WHEREAS, a 50% reduction in the LGDF would annually take over $900,000 from the Village
of Deerfield and over $66 million collectively from NWMC member communities that would
result in crippling public safety and/or other critical service cuts or result in property and/or other
tax increases.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor and Board of Trustees strongly
oppose any reduction to local government revenues; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to Governor
Rauner, the Village's state legislators and the Northwest Municipal Conference.
Passed this 18tlilay of May, 2015
Approved this inlay of May, 2015
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Harriet Rosenthal
Mayor
ATTEST:
Kent Sireet
Village Clerk