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RESOLUTION NO. 92- 26 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Pietrafese and Council as a Whole <br />A RESOLUTION <br />SUPPORTING THE OHIO ENERGY CREDIT <br />REFORM BILL, KNOWN AS HOUSE BILL 552 <br />WHEREAS, this Council recognizes the need to revise the Ohio <br />Energy Credit Program and supports the passage of House Bill 552 as <br />introduced by State Representative C.J. Prentiss; and <br />WHEREAS, the Ohio Energy Credit income limit has never been <br />changed since the program officially began in 1979; and <br />WHEREAS, twelve years of inflation, escalating medical costs, <br />and social security cost of living increases have outdated current <br />Ohio Energy Credit guidelines so that an average of 24,000 citizens <br />were dropped per year; and <br />WHEREAS, an increase in the Ohio Energy Credit income ceiling <br />would allow an additional 146,700 seniors with incomes between <br />$9,000 and $16,000 to receive energy relief; and <br />WHEREAS, the Ohio Energy Credits Program requires efficient <br />and continued maintenance in order to provide sufficient energy <br />relief for Ohio's senior and disabled persons. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF MAYFIELD <br />VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: <br />SECTION 1. That the Mayor and Council do hereby and herein <br />officially support Ohio Energy Credit Reform, House Bill 552, and <br />do further urge Governor George Voinovich, Ohio House Speaker Vern <br />Riffe, President of the Ohio Senate Stanley Aronoff, and the <br />General Assembly to pass House Bill 552 in order to provide <br />sufficient relief for Ohia's senior and disabled citizens. <br />SECTION 2. That the Clerk of Council is hereby authorized to <br />distribute this Resolution to each of the elected officials <br />indicated hereinbefore. <br />SECTION 3. The Council finds and determines that all formal <br />actions of this Council relating to the adoption of this Resolution <br />have been taken at open meetings of this Council; and that <br />deliberations of this Council and of its committees, resulting in <br />such formal action, took place in meetings open to the public, in <br />compliance with all statutory requirements including the <br />requirements of Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.