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No. 05-96
Date of Adoption March 10. 2005
A RESOLUTION OBJECTING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S CUTS
TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS
WHEREAS, the United States government has consistently funded Community
Development Block Grants through the U.S. Department of Commerce, Housing and
Urban Development, which have been used by the Borough of Carteret to improve
housing conditions for low-income households, create and provide necessary services for
the disabled and low-income individuals and attend to many of the needs of the
municipality's underserved population; and
WHEREAS, many municipalities and counties throughout not only the State of New
Jersey but also across the country have come to depend and rely upon these funds in
order to meet the needs of these individuals; and
WHEREAS, in President Bush's proposed 2006 budget, he proposes (0 significantly cut
funding for these grants; and
WHEREAS, any cut in funding for these grants will severely and permanently
detrimentally impact the Borough's ability to assist those individuals who most
desperately need such help;
NOW THEREFORE BE'IT RESOLVED on this 10th day of March, 2005, by the
Mayor and Council of the Borough of Carteret, County of Middlesex, State of New
Jersey, that:
1. The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Carteret urge President Bush to
reconsider the proposed cuts to the federal government's funding of
Community Development Block Grants in the 2006 budget, and restore the
level of funding to at least the 2005 funding levels.
2. The Mayor and Council strenuously urge Carteret's elected federal
representatives to opposed cuts to Community Development Block Grant
funds and actively seek to have the funding levels restored to at least the
2005 levels.
3. The Mayor and Council urge all citizens in Carteret to contact their federal
congressional representatives.
4. A certified copy of this resolution be served upon President George W. Bush,
Senator Frank Lautenberg, Senator Jon Corzine and Representative Robert
Menendez.
Adopted this 10th day of March, 2005
and certified as a true copy of the
original on March 11,2005.
KATHLEENM. BARNEY, RMCICMC
Municipal Clerk
RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
COUNCILMAN YES NO NV A.B. COUNCILMAN YES NO NV A.B.
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DIAZ X RIOS X
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