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RESOLUTION NO. 78_66 <br />INTRODUCED BY: Council as a Whole <br />A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING CONGRESSMAN RONALD <br />MOTTL IN HIS EFFORT TO REPEAL CERTAIN AMEND- <br />MENTS TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. <br />WHEREAS, THE Congress of the United States has passed, <br />and the President of the United States as accepted, certain Social <br />Security amendments reducing Social Security benefits where the <br />recipients are married to persons receiving retirement benefits <br />from a public retirement system such as the Public Employees Retire- <br />ment System of Ohio (PERS) or the Police and Fire Pension Fund; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, this provision works an inequity on those people <br />who have contributed to these systems during their working life <br />but who, because they are married, will realize less family income <br />if the spouse is covered by Social Security than they would realize <br />if the spouse was covered by another public retirement system; now, <br />therefore, <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF MAYFIELD, OHIO, THAT: <br />Section 1. Th3s Council endorses the repeal of that <br />portion of Section 334 of the Social Security Amendments of 1977 <br />reducing Social Security benefits for spouses and survivinq spouses <br />receiving government, state or municipal pensions. <br />Section 2. The Clerk is authorized, empowered and directed <br />to cause a certified copy of this Resolution to be delivered to <br />the Cuyahoga County Mayors and City Managers Association, to Senator <br />John H. Glenn, Senator Howard Metzenbaum, Congressman Ronald M. <br />Mottl, Congressman Mary Rose Oakar, Congressman Charles A. Vanik, <br />Congressman Louis Stokes and President James Earl Carter. <br />Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect at the <br />earliest time allowed by law. <br />% <br />P sident of Council <br />PASSED: Decemberi18, 1978 , <br />APPROVED: ??" <br />Robe ebe, Mayor Date <br />APPROVED AS TO EORM: <br />Guerin L. Avery, Law Director <br />ATTEST: ,??o-??.e/ G(/, ?' CG?• ??/? <br />Clerk of Coun il