HomeMy WebLinkAbout43 of 1968 - A resolution opposing any deletion or reduction of the present appropriation for the establishment o Resolution No.--_43.
B ConradY B. Harrison
COMMISSIONER
Opposing any deletion or reduction of
the present appropriation for the
establishment of a customs office at
the Salt Lake City International Airport
and supporting the presently approved
customs office project.
Presented to the Board of Commissianett
AND PASSED
AUG 6 1968
CUY RECORDER
August 16, 1968
The Honorable Henry H. Fowler
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Building
Washington, D. C. 20220
Dear Sir:
Here is a resolution adopted by the Board of Commissioners of
Salt Lake City, Utah, opposing any deletion or reduction of the
present appropriation of$25,000.00, for the establishment of
a customs office at the Salt Lake City International Airport, and
announcing support of the presently approved customs office
project.
It is respectfully requested that you give this matter your earnest
consideration.
Respectfully,
City Recordaf
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ROLL CALL
VOTING Aye Nay Salt Lake City,Utah, August 6 ,196 8
Barker . . .
I move that the Resolution be adopted.
Catmull . .
Gam . . . .
Harrison l7<<l �p✓n , a. i4
Mr. Chairman . /
RESOLUTION
Result . . . .
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has heretofore approved
the Treasury Post Office Appropriation Bill designating $25,000.00 for
the establishment of a customs office at the Salt Lake City International
Airport; and
WHEREAS, the establishment of said customs office is essential to
the development and servicing of substantial international trade and
commerce in this metropolitan area and the surrounding intermountain
states; and
WHEREAS, present budget reductions of the federal government and
its agencies may jeopardize the foregoing appropriation and delay the
establishment of the presently needed customs office at said airport;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, that it vigorously opposes any deletion or reduc-
tion of the present appropriation for the establishment of a customs
office at the Salt Lake City International Airport and that said board
hereby announce its irrevocable support of the presently approved customs
office project.
The City Recorder is hereby directed to mail a copy of this resolu-
tion to the Honorable Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler, Treasury
Building, Washington, D. C.
Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah, this
• 6th day of August, 1968.
j J. BRACKEN LEE, MAYOR
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CONRAD B. HARRISON, COMMISSIONER
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GEORG CATMULL, COMMISSIONER
JAMES L. BARKER, JR., COMMISSIONER
E. J. (JAKE) GARN, COMMISSIONER