HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions 1994 (06) RESOLUTION APPROVING AGREEMENT FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Resolution No. (N)
St. Croix County, Wisconsin
WHEREAS, St. Croix County adopted Resolution No. 47(93) which requests certain
conditions be met if a portion of the St. Croix Meadows dog track facility is placed in trust
for the benefit of the Indian Tribes proposing to operate a Class III gaming facility (casino)
on the property; and
WHEREAS, the conditions to be met are payments in lieu of taxes for lost real
estate tax and admission tax payments and acceptance of employee protection laws by the
Indian Tribes; and
WHEREAS, the City of Hudson passed a similar resolution; and
WHEREAS, the County Board of Supervisors and City Council directed the creation
of an ad hoc committee comprised of County and City officials to negotiate with the Tribes
regarding the requested conditions and the Tribes agreed to do so; and
WHEREAS, during negotiations the Tribes represented that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) must approve an operational plan which would include any agreement
between the County and City and that the BIA would not consider payments in lieu of taxes
appropriate but would consider payment for government services provided to the Tribes
appropriate; and
WHEREAS, it was the Tribes' position that the Hudson School District should also
be considered together with the County and City when the school district expressed its
desire for compensation for lost revenues; and
WHEREAS, this resolution modifies Resolution 47(93) to the extent that it proposes
to adopt an agreement which calls for payment for government services instead of P a Ym ent
in lieu of taxes and includes provisions relating to the school district.
THEREFORE, be it resolved by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors that the
attached Agreement for Government Services is hereby approved;
FURTHER, be it resolved that the Chair of the County Board of Supervisors and
County Clerk execute the agreement on behalf of the County;
FURTHER, be it resolved that this resolution is not an endorsement of gambling.
Dated this I day of (") &..Jv , 1994.
Offered by: City /County Ad Hoc Committee
NEGATIVE AFFIRMATIVE
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Amended to read: Motion by Supr. Stephens, 2nd by Supr. Breault to approve
the agreement subject to an amendment to the ageement that the payments
beginning in 1996 be a number between $1,150,000 to $1,350,000 depending upon
a showing by the Hudson School District; through generally accepted accounting
principles, that it has suffered additional losses of revenue because of a State
revenue cap, up to a maximum of $200,000.00, which reduction was not
identified in prior negotiations.
STATE OF WISCONSIN
COUNTY OF ST. CROIX
1, Sue E. Seison, SL debt
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