CC Resolution 10099
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RESOLUTION NO.
10099
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL
ENSURING HOMETOWN SECURITY
WHEREAS, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 have changed life
throughout the Nation, and robbed Americans of their sense of security;
WHEREAS, the attacks have far reaching implications for all cities and towns and
their first responders now on the front lines of hometown defense;
WHEREAS, cities have shouldered the full financial burden for hometown security
defense at a cost of approximately $3 billion since September 2001;
WHEREAS, at significant cost to local taxpayers across America, cities have met
their many new hometown security challenges by updating their emergency plans to meet
multiple new threats such as dirty bombs, biological and chemical weapons, taking on
security duties at commercial airports, identifying and assessing their vulnerabilities, and
improving collaboration, communication and information sharing within their regions and
with state and federal government;
WHEREAS, cities cannot carry this new financial burden alone much longer and
continue to maintain other essential local services without raising local taxes or cutting
services;
WHEREAS, a recent National League of Cities survey shows that, for the first time
since 1992, a majority of cities are less able to meet their financial needs because of a fall
off in revenues due to the economic downturn and the surge in spending for hometown
security;
WHEREAS, Congress and the President have squandered a rare moment of
bipartisan unity by failing to act decisively on federal homeland security coordination and
funding;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Campbell endorses the National League of Cities' Hometown Security Day on October 22,
2002, to draw attention to the essential role of America's cities and towns as the front line
of homeland defense and the urgent need for a true federal-local partnership to carry out
this new responsibility; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Campbell urges
Congress and the President to work out their differences and pass a homeland security bill
now to provide a federal framework for unified and coordinated responses to terrorism; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Campbell urges
Congress, with the full support of the President, to finalize immediately 2003 funding for
homeland security, particularly the $3.5 billion promised for first responders and the $22
million per month reimbursement promised to cities and towns for providing local law
enforcement at the nation's commercial airports.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day October 2002, by the following roll call
vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Dean, Burr, Kennedy, Furtado, Watson
NOES:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
None
APPROVED:
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Jeanette Watson, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Anne Bybee, City Clerk