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Resolution No. 2004-74 WHEREAS, these limitations on the powers of municipal corporations stand in stark contrast with the rights of private property owners and private sector employers to, respectively, ban the carrying of weapons on the grounds and premises of their private real property and ban their employees from carrying weapons in the course of their employment as private sector employees; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to register its opposition in the strongest possible terms to the State of Ohio for permitting its licensees to carry concealed weapons at municipal parks, and upon parking lots and other grounds and premises surrounding buildings owned by municipal corporations, and further permitting its licensees, other than state-certified police officers, to carry weapons during and in the course of their employment as municipal employees; and WHEREAS, the City of North Olmsted respectfully requests the Governor, the Attorney General and the Ohio General Assembly to reconsider the implications of permitting State licensees ta carry weapons law at municipal parks, and upon parking lots and other grounds surrounding buildings owned and operated by municipal corporations, and further to carry weapons during and in the course of their employment as municipal employees, and, upon such reconsideration, to enact appropriate amendments to HB 12, including but not limited to Revised Code Section 2923.12 et seq., in order to authorize and permit municipal corporations to prohibit the carrying of weapons at municipal parks and upon parking lots and other grounds and premises surrounding municipally-owned buildings, and further to authorize and permit municipal corporations to prohibit municipal employees, who are not police officers, from carrying weapons in the course of their employment as municipal employees; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL VED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That the Council of the City of North Olmsted urges the State of Ohio to take appropriate legislative action to amend HB 12, the State Canying Weapons Law, including, but not limited to R.C. Sections 2923.12 et seq., in order to authorize and permit municipal corporations to prohibit State licensees from canying weapons at municipal parks, and upon parking lots and other gounds and premises surrounding buildings owned by municipal corporations, and to further authorize and permit municipal employers to prohibit their municipal employees, who are not state-certified police officers, from carrying weapons during and in the course of their employment as municipal employees. SECTION 2: That the Clerk of Council is hereby directed to forward a fully attested copy of this Resolution, immediately upon its passage and approval, to the following State of Ohio officials: Govemor Bob Taft, Attorney General Jim Petro, State Senator Robert Spada and State Representative Sally Conway Kilbane.