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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />WHEREAS; The initiative gives one state politician enormous power to decide who gets <br />tens of thousands of design and building projects worth billions of dollars; and <br />WHEREAS; The state controller would have to analyze tens of thousands of proposed <br />contracts per year costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions, in <br />additional expenses; and <br />WHEREAS; To meet potential workload demands, hundreds, if not thousands, of state <br />employees would need to be employed and paid, even if no projects were underway; and <br />WHEREAS; Taxpayers would pick up the tab for billions in extra costs for projects, lost <br />jobs and more state employees to evaluate projects; and <br />WHEREAS; This could mean more delays on important projects such as the Bay Bridge <br />retrofit and the Alameda Rail Corridor in Los Angeles County. <br />THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Colton City Council hereby opposes the so- <br />called "Government Cost Savings and Taxpayers Protection Amendment" that will cost our <br />cities, counties, special districts and economy millions and we support the efforts of the <br />growing coalition of Taxpayers Fed Up With More State Bureaucracy. <br />PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 17th day of February, 1998. <br />ATTEST: <br />CAROLINA BARRERA <br />City Clerk <br />K E. G YTAN <br />Mayor <br />