Agenda - Council - 11/15/1983 - Special

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The Counisston The Hianesots Tax Counisston (souetiues referred to as the I~ciner Tax C~ssiou s~ce i~ lo ~ed by S~. Paul ~yor ~orse hc~r) bi-partio~ Sr~ of 16 ci~is~ ippo~ed by ~e~or ~e~lch to conduc~ ~Jor I~udy of ~soCl°l ~ i~Cure Kd to raced ~uBes co ~e ~he s~a~e ~d loc~ r~e ~s~. ~e C~ss~ is. required ~o report on Hi~eso~a Car policy to the ~ve~or and the ~i8llture by Dec~er 1~, 198~. In the vo~ds of the C~ssl~, the 're~o~ is Co ~nCa~ ~h, it~Lze T~ues, met ~e needs of H~eso~a's peop~ nd ~de ~esoCa ~h a c~peci~ive position ~ the s~a~es,n Mhst is the Purpose of the Rearings? Accordins to the Commission, nChe purpose of these hearings is to-~eceive ~he vle~oin~s of the pL~I~c re~srd~ng the equ~) of the Hi~esoCs state and lo~1 ~ s~cCure. Specific t~ics of ~e~esc to the C~86i~ ~clude the tucerrela~iouships of 8ca~e iud local toes ~d dire~ csx. relief pr~r~s, the s~sCe ~les usaSe of properS7 tax relief prosr~, the re~sht~ be~een taxes and bus~s and 3ob d~el~n~, I~lifi~i~ of ~ol~cy relacinS ~o ~i~l~uc~ ~d, the appr~rh~e proposals, for tu c~, ~cl~g ~aflve the oco~ of the~ hear~s ere topics rehting to the state nd Io~1 e~endi~re st~cture, l~el of e~endttures or the issues ~rta~ to. the ot~cture of wo~n*s ~nseti~ mud ~lo~ent c~ensati~ prosr~s.B · . lr~t Issues HiBht Cities Irt-_-. Before the Counission? There are eever&t mis theues tha~ cl~les should bz-l~ he, are ~e C~s~. I~ t~ ~ties tes~i~y~g echo c~ th~, ~ C~ssi~ ~ be ~re ap~ hundreds of questi~s t~ c~d ~ asked ~t the ~so~ ~ ~sc~. b~!~s ~~t ~o ~ are ~ed. and Understandsbilit~ of the l~ro~er~y Tax ~t~ht nov, ~t .is very difficu~t for even ~nfornmd ttxpayers ~ fi~e ~t ci~ share of the ~ire bill ~ us~lly 25 percen~ or less ~d ~ely ~y ciU pro~y ~ ~r~Hs ~e a d~ect r~lt oi o~te 1~ decisions ~t bac~ ~)