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RESOLUTION APPROVING ADDITIONAL JAIL POD CONCEPT
Resolution No.
St. Croix County, Wisconsin
WHEREAS, the Public Protection Committee has held discussions with the United States
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) about building an addition to the County jail to
house additional INS detainees; and
WHEREAS, the Public Protection Committee favors building an addition if housing the
detainees would generate more revenue than expense (capital and operational); and
WHEREAS, the Public Protection Committee Chair presented the concept to the County
Finance Committee and asked for a joint session of the two committees to develop a specific
financial and operational proposal; and
WHEREAS, the Finance Committee concluded that the Board of Supervisors should
consider the concept of adding to the jail to house INS detainees before the committees
developed a specific proposal; and
WHEREAS, the Finance Committee takes no position on the virtue of the concept and
recommends that the Board of Supervisors make that determination; and
WHEREAS, this resolution is written so that an affirmative vote for the resolution would
support the concept of the addition to the jail.
THEREFORE, be it resolved by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors that the
concept of an addition to the County jail to house INS detainees, resulting in revenues which
exceed expenses (capital and operational), is approved;
FURTHER, be it resolved that the Public Protection Committee and Finance Committee
jointly develop specific plans and negotiate a proposal with INS, if possible, and present it to the
County Board for consideration;
FURTHER, be it resolved that this resolution in no way binds the County Board to agree
to provide additional jail space for INS detainees.
Dated this day of ,1997.
Offered by: Finance Committee
NEGATIVE AFFIRMATIVE
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ST. CROIX COUNTY WISCONSIN
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
RESOLUTION
SUPPORTING USER FEE INCREASES
FOR STATE TRANSPORTATION B GET
Resolution No. // d'
St. Croix County, Wisconsin
WHEREAS, St. Croix County's, as well as all of Wisconsin's, economic well being depends on
a high quality, safe and efficient transportation system; and
WHEREAS, Wisconsin's transportation infrastructure is currently underfunded to the point that
the quality of the system cannot be maintained and existing funding levels are totally
inadequate to address emerging transportation needs; and
WHEREAS, the inadequacy of existing funding levels has been recognized by numerous
organizations, including the Department of Transportation, the Transportation Development
Association of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau, the Transportation Finance
Study Committee, the Wisconsin County Highway Association, and the Wisconsin Counties
Association; and
WHEREAS, failure to invest in our transportation system will result in a deterioration in the
quality of life of our citizens; jeopardize the public safety; create major impediments to
the economic growth in the state; and make Wisconsin's businesses and industries less
competitive in state, national, and world markets; and
WHEREAS, failure to address transportation infrastructure needs in the 1997 -1999 State of
Wisconsin Biennial budget will result in higher costs and the need for even more sizable user
fee increases in subsequent budgets.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors supports the
following user fee increases to be devoted to transportation funding: a three (3) cent per
gallon increase in the motor fuel tax; a ten dollar increase in the motor vehicle
registration fee; and the modification of the gas tax indexing formula to eliminate the
consumption factor; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors asks that these
revenues be used to meet pressing needs in our transportation system including:
rehabilitation, reconstruction and resurfacing of state highways such as STH 35/64 from
Houlton to New Richmond, STH 35 from I -94 to River Falls, the Stillwater Bridge approaches
in St. Croix County; increase funds for local roads and streets, including returning counties
to a 30% share of costs in General Transportation Aids and enhancing the County Highway
Improvement Program; and enhancing and improving other modes such as mass transit, intercity
bus service, rails, harbors, and aviation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Governor Tommy G.
Thompson, our State Representatives and Senators, Department of Transportation Secretary
Charles Thompson and the Wisconsin Counties Association.
Dated this day5OMay , 1997 at St. Croix County.
NEGATIVE SUPP0;•1 /
STATE OF wi: CoNSiN
COUNTY OF sr. CROIX r �1�r•
1, Sue E. Nelson. St. Crobr
Cody CM, CO HEREBY CERTIFY that . Ns
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