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RESOLUTION N0. 85- 62 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Carmen & Council as a Whole A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE MANDATORY INCLUSION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INTO THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM. WHEREAS, United States Senator Dole has introduced a proposal to include all current state and local government employees mandatorily under the medicare portion of the social security system and all newly hired employees under full social security provisions; and WHEREAS, the House of Representatives Budget Conference Committee also has recommended that state and local government employees be subject to full social security coverage; and WHEREAS, the House Ways and Means Committee has recommended that all new state and local government employees mandatorily be included under the medicare portion of the social security system; and WHEREAS, under current law, local and state governments have the option of joining the social security system and the medicare portion therein; and WHEREAS, the cost implications for local governments not already part of the system could well exceed millions of dollars and unduly disrupts existing labor agreements; and WHEREAS, the effective date of these proposals would be January 1, 1986 which would have a potentially disasterous effect on local government budgets previously adopted; and WHEREAS, mandatorily including all state and local government employees in the social security system erodes self- determination by those governmental entities; now, theref ore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: Section 1. The Mayor and Council of Mayfield Village, Ohio, do hereby urge the President and Congress of the United States of America to oppose any proposal to include state and local govern- ment employees into any aspect of the social security system and to work actively to defeat any such proposal. Section 2. The Clerk of Council is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified copy of this Resolution to President Ronald W. Reagan, United States Senators Howard Metzenbaum and John Glenn and United States Representative Edward Feighan.