HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2351 RESOLUTION NO. 2351
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
URGING THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO
CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE INQUIRY INTO THE COST OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT SERVICES SUPPLIED BY THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO CONTRACT CITIES
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Grand Jury recently received a report
from an independent accounting firm which disclosed that contract cities in
the Los Angeles County have not paid the full cost of law enforcement services
provided to them by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department; and
WHEREAS, this condition was created because all expenses incurred in
supplying this service to cities under contract with the County were not in-
cluded in the charges made to these cities and this resulted in a shifting of
a part of the cost to all taxpayers of Los Angeles County causing a dispropor-
tionate tax assessment on residents of independent cities of Los Angeles County
unrelated to the services received from the County; and
WHEREAS, the County Board of Supervisors has requested the County Adminis-
trative Officer to provide it with information concerning the cost of supplying
law enforcement services to contract cities of Los Angeles County;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Downey resolves as
follows:
Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Downey respectfully urges
the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to implement Report No. 2 to the
Grand Jury for 1969 on the cost of providing law enforcement services for contract
cities;
SECTION 2. That the City Council of the City of Downey respectfully urges
the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to complete its study and report
in sufficient time that necessary changes may become effective in the 1970 -71
fiscal year.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk be, and is hereby authorized and directed,
to forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors of Los Angeles County and to each member of the Board, addressed
to the Board of Administration, 500 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, California
90012.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 9th day of February,1970.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the
—� City Council of the City of Downey, at a regular meeting thereof held on the
5th day of February,1970, by the following vote:
AYES: 5 Councilmen: Ferris, Corbin, Winton, Morton, Temple
NOES: 0 Councilmen: None
ABSENT: 0 Councilmen: None
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City Clerk