HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-R-29RESOLUTION NO.
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence,
architect of the City of Jeffersonville, and the third
President of the United States insisted that a Bill of Rights
be enacted and added to the United States Constitution to
guarantee our personal liberties; and
a Bill of Rights was introduced in Congress on June 8, 1789
and adopted by the states in December, 1791; and
WHEREAS,
the First Amendment of the United States Constitution
guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of political
affilliation as guaranteed to the states by the Fourteenth
Amendment to the United States Constitution;
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City
of Jeffersonville as follows:
SECTION 1
That all employees of the City of Jeffersonville are hereby
guaranteed freedom of expression and freedom of political
association including but not limited to the right to seek
and hold public office or campaign for or against any person
~seeking public office.
SECTION
2
That no employee of the City of Jeffersonville shall be disci-' '
plined, demoted, transferred against their will, or otherwise
reprimanded for expressing any opinion regarding any elected
or appointed official, provided that said opinion is with-
in the confines of the law.
SECTION
Any elected or appointed official of the City of Jeffersonville
that violates the rights of a city employee does so against
the will and wishes of the Common Council.
Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville,
Indiana, this 15th day of November, 1986.
MAYOR DALE L. OREM
Presented by me as Clerk-Treasurer to the Mayor of the City
of Jeffersonville,,Indiana, this 15th day of November, 1986.
C. RICHARD SPEN~ER, JF~.
C LERK-TREASURER
1986.
Approved and signed by me this
MAYOR DALE L. 0REM