Fiscal Note
No appropriation is required.
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Regarding the creation of a Complete Count Committee.
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WHEREAS, the United States Constitution requires a Census of the population of our nation every ten years; and
WHEREAS, Census information is used to determine how many members our state has in the United States House of Representatives and is also used to determine the districts in our state legislature and local governing bodies; and
WHEREAS, having an accurate and complete Census count is important to our community in determining Federal and state aids and grants, economic development, housing assistance, transportation improvements and many other uses; and
WHEREAS, every resident of our community counts and deserves to be counted; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council recognized its intent to create a Complete Count Committee jointly with Dane County
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the mayor and Common Council create the Complete Count Committee tasked with publicizing the 2010 Census and the benefits of an accurate count to a wide range of communities across the city and county, with the primary goal of ensuring a high rate of return on Census forms that will be mailed out in 2010;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Complete Count Committee will be made up of 18 citizen members appointed by the City and the County that represent a broad cross section of our community, especially those identified as hard to enumerate by the U.S. Census Bureau; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Complete Count Committee will meet monthly from the fall of 2009 through summer of 2010.