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File #: Res.11-2583    Version: A Name: Resolution in Support of Residency Ordinance
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/7/2011 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 6/7/2011
Title: Resolution in Support of Residency Ordinance WHEREAS, employees who live in the community where they work are apt to demonstrate a more urgent commitment to solving problems; and WHEREAS, residency enhances the quality of employee performance by virtue of greater personal knowledge of local conditions and by having a personal stake in the locality; and WHEREAS, residency contributes to a diminution of absenteeism and tardiness among personnel as well as ready availability of employees in emergency situations; and WHEREAS, residency requirements have been demonstrated to reduce unemployment in municipalities as well as stemming the flight of the middle class out of the city while increasing home ownership in the City; and WHEREAS, residency requirements help to preserve a municipality’s tax base and to keep the incomes paid for by taxpayers circulating within the City. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Attorney be directed to draft an ordinance requiring residency for e...
Sponsors: Terry McCarthy, Gregory Helding
Related files: 11-6382
Sponsor
Aldermen McCarthy and Helding
 
Title
Resolution in Support of Residency Ordinance
 
WHEREAS, employees who live in the community where they work are apt to demonstrate a more urgent commitment to solving problems; and
 
WHEREAS, residency enhances the quality of employee performance by virtue of greater personal knowledge of local conditions and by having a personal stake in the locality; and
 
WHEREAS, residency contributes to a diminution of absenteeism and tardiness among personnel as well as ready availability of employees in emergency situations; and
 
WHEREAS, residency requirements have been demonstrated to reduce unemployment in municipalities as well as stemming the flight of the middle class out of the city while increasing home ownership in the City; and
 
WHEREAS, residency requirements help to preserve a municipality's tax base and to keep the incomes paid for by taxpayers circulating within the City.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Attorney be directed to draft an ordinance requiring residency for employees hired by the City of Racine on or after January 1, 2012.
 
Fiscal Note:  N/A