Interesting vote coming up at the State Level.
http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1123752789290461.xml&coll=2
I know we have discussed this many times. Since Ohio is a home rule state, 125 municipalities have a residency requirement for their employees. This has never been struck down by the courts. Cleveland will fight this. What do you think?
Can cities require workers to live within borders?
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>Steve---- What're you talking about? Like a nuclear contaminated zone or something?
Maybe not contaminated, but...
If the underlying principle behind residency requirements is to promote community stability, I agree with the goal but not the tactic. If you want people who work in Lakewood to live in Lakewood, craft economic incentives to encourage that kind of behavior. The flip side of residency requirements is a kind of implied exclusionary philosophy--if you're not a resident, we don't want you. The solution to the problem of community identity and stability can't lie in that kind of reasoning.
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Maybe not contaminated, but...
If the underlying principle behind residency requirements is to promote community stability, I agree with the goal but not the tactic. If you want people who work in Lakewood to live in Lakewood, craft economic incentives to encourage that kind of behavior. The flip side of residency requirements is a kind of implied exclusionary philosophy--if you're not a resident, we don't want you. The solution to the problem of community identity and stability can't lie in that kind of reasoning.
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You are right Steve, maybe I should have included that. I don't think I can change it now, but maybe our administrators can.
The Mayor, Council and Law Director now are required to live in the city. I'm not sure if you can run for Mayor or City Council if you don't live in the city, but maybe you can. The Law Director takes over for the Mayor in the event the Mayor can no longer serve, so that is why they have always had to be residents.
The Mayor, Council and Law Director now are required to live in the city. I'm not sure if you can run for Mayor or City Council if you don't live in the city, but maybe you can. The Law Director takes over for the Mayor in the event the Mayor can no longer serve, so that is why they have always had to be residents.
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