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28-R-65
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, House Bill 619, as amended, would establish a minisi:um
salary of $550 per month for policemen and firemen in Illinois municipalities
with 75,000 or more inhabitants but less than 150,000 inhabitants; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 1358 would establish a minimum salary of $500
per month for all public works employees in Illinois municipalities with
75,000 or more inhabitants; and
• WHEREAS, the General Assembly should limit itself to establishing
minimum wage requirements that are necessary to guarantee all workers a
subsistence level and should, in accordance with the home rule principle,
rely on elected local officials to make reasonable and proper decisions on
salaries and working conditions for municipalities; and
WHEREAS, labor market conditions, wage levels, the cost -of -living,
and municipal financial capacities vary considerably in the municipalities
located'in various sections of Illinois that would be affected by the
proposed minimum salary requirements, and house Bills 619 and 1358 do not
take these variations into account; and
WHEREAS, Evanston and other Illinois municipalities already face
difficult financial problems, and the enactment of House Bills 619 and 1358
would intensify Evanston's problem by raising payroll and fringe benefit
costs approximately $175,000 per year:
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N.W, THEREFORE, EE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Evanston, Illinois, hereby declares its opposition to the enactment of House
Bills 619 and 1358 and any other bills having essentially the same effect that
may be considered by the General Assembly; and'
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor and City Council are hereby
authorized and directed to transmit a copy of this resolution to Governor
Otto Kerner and to each member of the Illinois General Assembly, and to take
all other practicable steps, in cooperation with the Illinois Municipal League,
to encourage defeat of House Bills 619 and 1358 and any similar bills.
APPROVED /s/ John D. Finery
• Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/ Dean A. Porter
lieputy City Clerk -
Adopted, May 24, , 1965