RESOLUTION NO. 2024-003
Resolution Adopting Transportation Plan Pursuant To the Rebuild Alabama Act

WHEREAS, the Alabama legislature in Act. No. 2019-2 adopted the Rebuild Alabama Act;

WHEREAS, the Rebuild Alabama Act provides for an allocation among the municipalities of the state on the basis of the ratio of population of each municipality to the total population of all municipalities of the state a portion of the additional taxes levied under the Act to be used for transportation infrastructure, improvement, preservation and maintenance;

WHEREAS, the Act provides that the municipal governing body of the Town of West Point shall adopt an annual Transportation Plan no later than August 31 which shall provide a detailed list of projects for which expenditures are intended to be made in the next fiscal year and shall be based upon an estimate of the revenues anticipated from the fund in which the additional revenue is deposited during the next fiscal year; and

WHEREAS, the Act further provides that such funds shall be used only for the maintenance, improvement, replacement, and construction of roads and bridges maintained by the Town of West Point and such other uses as area defined in the Act.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Town Council of the Town of West Point as follows:

1. The Town Council of the Town of West Point hereby passes this Resolution as its Transportation Plan submitted in compliance with the Rebuild Act, Act No. 2019-2.
2. Pursuant to the Act, the Town Council of the Town of West Point estimates that its anticipated allocation from the Rebuild Alabama Act fund for the first fiscal year will be approximately $10,791.00, with increasing allocations for each fiscal year thereafter. **The Town of West Point to date, 08/15/2024, has received $42,118.08 in the Gasoline Tax and $14,838.54 in Diesel Tax. **
3. Pursuant to the Act, the Town anticipates expending funds received pursuant to the Act, in part or in whole, to fund any of the following listed project.
   **** Finish paving County Road 1141 Vinemont, AL
   *****Finish paving County Road 1140 Vinemont, AL

4. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and instructed to post a copy of this Resolution As it Transportation Pan in a conspicuous place at the Town Hall of West Point.

5. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to establish a separate fund maintained by the Town of West Point for receipt and deposit of funds received pursuant to the Act, the proceeds of which shall be expended solely for the maintenance, improvement, replacement and construction of roads and bridges maintained by the Town and such other uses are authorized by the Act.

ADOPTED THIS 19th day of August, 2024

Gerald Schafer, Mayor
Joann Jones, Municipal Clerk

 

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