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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston, Illinois, has since 1957 operated its
Police Fire Cooperative Program, under which police officers assist firemen by
performing certain firefighting duties; and
WHEREAS, documented operating results prove that the Program has
improved this community's protective services by providing a faster and larger
Initial response to fires and a larger pool of trained manpower to cope with
major fires and other disasters involving fires; and
WHEREAS, the Program has resulted in greater job satisfactions for
police officers because their range of duties and skills has been widened and
their salaries increased accordingly; and
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WHEREAS, savings of $70,000 per year have been realized through man-
power savings, and this type of savings is vitally important to Evanston and
other Illinois municipalities in this period when inflation pushes salary and
other costs steadily upward; and
WHEREAS, House Bill 123 would prohibit police officers from perform-
ing any fire -fighting duty or operating any fire -fighting equipment in munic-
ipalities with more than 12,000 inhabitants but less than 500,000 inhabitants,
and would therefore force the abandonment of Evanston's Police Fire Cooperative
Program; and
WHEREAS, Illinois municipalities, in the name of home rule and the
public interest, should not be prevented from utilizing new techniques and
programs that produce greater efficiency and economy from which the taxpayer
benefits:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City
• of Evanston, Illinois, hereby declares its opposition to the passage of House
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Bill 123 and any other bills having essentially the same effect that may be
introduced; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor and City Manager are hereby
authorized and requested 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 encour-
age the defeat of House Bill 123 and any similar bills.
ATTEST:
is /s/ Maurice F. Brown
City Clerk
Adopted February 25 1963
Recorded 1963
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
/s/ Jack M. Siegel
Corporation Counsel
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APPROVED /s/ John D. Emery
Mayor