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RESOLUTION N0. 85- 61 <br />INTRODUCED BY Mayor Carmen & Council as a Whole <br />A RESOLUTION URGING THE CONGRESS OF THE <br />UNITED STATS OF AMERICA TO ENACT SENATE <br />BILL S1570 SO AS TO EXEMPT GOV ERNMENTAL <br />AGENCIES FROM THE PROVISIONS AND <br />REQUIREMENTS OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS <br />ACT. <br />WHEREAS, the decision of the United States Supreme Court in <br />Garcia v San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority has had an <br />immediate and adverse impact on the finances at all levels of <br />government; and <br />WHEREAS, the inclusion of state and local governmental <br />bodies and their respective subdivisions under the Fair Labor <br />Standards Act will create a burden of millions of dollars on the tax- <br />payers of said governmental entities; and <br />WHEREAS, there has been introduced in the Congress of the <br />United States Senate Bill 51570 which will exempt governmental <br />entities from the provisions and requirements of the Fair Labor <br />Standards Act thus, in effect, reversing the decision of the United <br />States Supreme Court in Garcia; now, therefore <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: <br />Section 1. The Mayor and Council of Mayfield Village, <br />Ohio, do hereby urge the Congress of the United States of America to <br />enact Senate Bill S1570 or similarly worded legislation designed to <br />exempt governmental entities from the provisions and requirements of <br />the Fair Labor Standards Act. <br />Section 2. The Clerk of Council is hereby authorized and <br />directed to forward certified copies of this Resolution to Senators <br />Howard Metzenbaum and John Glenn and to United States Representative <br />Edward Feighan. <br />section 3. This Resolution s 1 take effect at the <br />earliest time allowed by law. <br />PASSED: <br />APPROVED: <br />-, <br />Ric and C. Etzler, Council President <br />198 <br />1d 2i $ ~ <br />Fred N. Carmen, l~ayoaq /~ <br />Octobe <br />~, <br />APPROVED AS TO FORM: <br />C. Feneli,`~aw Director <br />Date <br />ATTEST ° "~.JO~~~-~' ~ ~~ <br />° Donna J. H h, Clerk of Council <br />