3793 - 57 Urge OH Gen Assembly to maintain City Health Districts

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RESOLUTION NO. 3793 BY: Messrs. Fahrenbach, Gaydos, Oottermeyer, Ward, Chockley. To memorialize the General Assembly of Ohio to consider the advantages of maintaining City Health Districts in Metro- politan Communities° WHEREAS, House Bill No. 575, as amended, would permit combining all City Health Districts and the General Health Dis- trict of Cuyahoga County into a single County Health District by a simple majority vote in the County, and ~EREAS, House Bill No. 575, as amended, would provide that taxes could be levied county-wide for the operation of such County Health District, and ~EREAS, the appointment of a board by a board, as pro- vided, is a negation of public responsibility, and WHEREAS, the establishment of a County Board of Health as provided would reduce service in each area to the level possible in the entire County, and WHEREAS, the establishment of a County Board of Health would weaken the structure of every city government in Cuyahoga County, and P~EREAS, the public health needs of each city can best be determined by the legislative authority of the city, and WHEREAS, the City Health District of the City of Lakewood presently serves the needs of the people of this City with greater effectiveness and with lower costs than would a County Health District~ Now, Therefore, Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Lakewood, State of Ohio: Section 1. This Council opposes those provisions of House Bill 575, as amended, which would permit the establish- ment of a County Health District, unless the authority to main- tain a City Health District financed by local taxation is pre- served, and opposes those provisions that would permit the im- position of taxes on our citizens for services that would not be needed, wanted, or used by them. Section 2. The Clerk of Council is directed to trans- mit copies of this resolution immediately to the following members of the Generel Assembly of Ohio: The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chairman and members of the Rules Committee of the House of Representatives, the President Pre Tem of the Senate, and the members elected from Cuyahoga County. Passed: May 20. 1957 Approved ,(s), H. A. Rees Clerk of Council Yeas: Chockley, Fahrenbach, Nays: Fairgrieve, Quinn Gaydos, Thomas C. Ward President of Council Mayor Gottermeyer, Ward.