HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 73-69RESOLUTION NO. 73-69
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD ENDORSING
THE REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN PROCEEDING
NO. 216 BEFORE THE LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION
COMMISSION AND URGING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
RECOMMENDATION CONTAINED THEREIN.
WHEREAS, in a proceeding before the Local Agency
Formation Commission relative to an annexation to an existing
County Sanitation District whose boundaries were contiguous to
an incorporated city, the Executive Officer of LAFCO made certain
observations and recommendations in his report to the Commission,
and
WHEREAS, the report pointed out that there are no less
than seven of these County Sanitation Districts presided over by
the Board of Supervisors who receive compensation for the
meetings in addition to their annual salary, and
WHEREAS, funds out of the county general fund are being
used on behalf of these special districts such as the $2,500.00 fee
paid Hiller and Weise Engineering Company for an engineering
feasibility report for an area of land which sought annexation to
the Union Avenue Sanitation District wherein this particular area
represented only .01% of land area of the county, .56% of county
population and .08% of assessed valuation.
WHEREAS, four of these sanitation districts are not
self-sufficient in that they must rely on city disposal plants to
dispose of their sewage, and
WHEREAS, as long as the Board of Supervisors receive
additional compensation for these districts they have been unwilling
to see that they are annexed, merged, consolidated or changed in any
way to provide more economical and efficient operation, and
WHEREAS, the Executive Officer of LAFCO has undertaken
to recommend that these districts be changed to County Service
Areas thereby eliminating the unnecessary expense of administering
these districts, and
WHEREAS, the Executive Officer's recommendation~is that
LAFCO recommend to the Board of Supervisors that the supervisors
forthwith institute proceedings for the formation of County
Service Areas and the transfer of the district function to the
county under the County Service Law to be administered by the
County Government and taxes levied in the particular service area
for such operations of the area as is done in other county
service areas, thereby eliminating use of general county funds
for special districts.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BAKERSFIELD AS FOLLOWS:
1. This City supports the recommendation of the
Executive Officer of the Local Agency Formation
Commission relative to county sanitation districts
contained in his report to the Commission in pro-
ceeding No. 216.
2. That this Resolution be presented to the Board
of Supervisors of the County of Kern and to the
Local Agency Formation Commission.
3. That the supplemental recommendations contained
in the report of ~he Executive Officer in Pro-
ceeding No. 216 be acted upon without delay by
both LAFCO and the Board of Supervisors.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was
passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at
a regular meeting thereof held on the 21st day of July, 1969,
by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmen Bleecker, Heisey, Rees, Rucker, Stiern,
Vetter, Whittemore
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT Councilmen: None
ABSTAINING Councilmen: None
CITY CLERK and Ex-Officio Clerk of The
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROV-ED ' thai;-2 '~s .t, day o f~,
MAYOR o.~ ~ the- City o~i'-- Makersfield
1969
APPROVED:
CITY ATTORN~.~/