2009-151 Resolution - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED RESOLUTION N0.2009 -151 A RESOLUTION OPPOSING ANY PAY INCREASE IN 2010 FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY By: Council Members Dailey Jones and Kearney: WHEREAS, in 2009 Congress was scheduled to receive a pay raise reported to be $4,700 per member for a new salary of $174,000 at an estimated cost of 2.5 million but, in response to economic conditions, Congress voted to cancel the 2009 pay raise for fiscal 2009 (PL 111-8, Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, passed March 11, 2009); and WHEREAS, since January, 2009, approximately 12 bills have been introduced to Congress to eliminate, delay, reform, and stop automatic pay raises and cost-of-living- adjustments (COLA) for Congressional Representatives since 1989, but some of these bills remain pending before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee awaiting action (For example, HR 156, Stop the Congressional Pay Raise Act; HR 395, Stop the Congressional COLA); and WHEREAS, recipients of social security are not scheduled to receive COLA increases for 2010 and Congress should, in consideration of the plight of senior citizens in this regard, as well as the current state of the nation's economy, forego automatic salary increases scheduled for 2010, estimated at 1.5 percent based upon the Employment Cost Index, and move to address pending bills which stop the automatically scheduled pay increases for Congressional Representatives for; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to oppose any pay increases in 2010 for Representatives of Congress for the United States of America. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That this Council hereby opposes any pay increases in 2010 for Representatives of Congress for the United States of America. SECTION 2: That copies of this Resolution shall be forwarded to President Obama, our local Congressional representatives in the U.S. House and Senate, to Governor Ted Strickland, our representatives in the Ohio House and Senate and to our County Commissioners. SECTION 3: That this Resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure immediately necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare, and further for the reason that it is necessary that this Resolution go into effect immediately so that it can be published to Congress before any pay increases go into effect for 2010; and further provided it