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RESOLUTION NO. 2006-05 PAGE 2 WHEREAS, such constitutional tinkering will bring great harm to local communities through continued reductions in state funding, erosion of the decision making process at the local level, and will degrade the government's ability to provide the basic services residents and businesses expect and deserve; and WHEREAS, such TEL proposals would force the state and local governments to spend valuable time and money asking for permission from the same people who elected them before any action can be taken on important issues, and would also force taxpayers to pay twice for governance --once for elections of their state and local officials, and again for elections to make the decisions those officials have been elected to make; and WHEREAS, such TEL proposals contradict the fundamental principles upon which our constitution and system of representative government are based and damages the ability to craft good public policy; and WHEREAS, Council believes that state and local elected officials are elected to do a job, which is to represent the interest of their constituents, deal with difficult decisions, and thoughtfully debate and determine the best course of action for the state or community they serve. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF MAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: SECTION 1. Council hereby and herein opposes the proposed changes to the Ohio Constitution that would arbitrarily constrain state and local government's ability to effectively realize and allocate the tax resources needed to meet the people's needs through a representative democracy, and support efforts to defeat the proposed changes to the Ohio Constitution. SECTION 2. The Council finds and determines that all formal actions of the Council relating to the adoption of this Resolution have been taken at open meetings of this Council; and that deliberations of this Council and of its committees, resulting in such formal action, took place in meetings open to the public in compliance with all statutory requirements including the requirements of Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.