CITY COUNTY COUNCIL PROPOSAL NO. 331, 2020 CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS-MARION COUNTY, INDIANA
INTRODUCED: 11/16/2020
REFERRED TO: Committee of the Whole
SPONSOR: Councillors Lewis, Brown, Carlino, Jackson, Jones and McCormick
DIGEST: recognizes past and present women Councillors of the Indianapolis-Marion County City-County Council
SOURCE: Initiated by: Councillor Lewis Drafted by: SaRita Hughes, Clerk of the Council
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ADOPTION: PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE: Subject to approval or veto by Mayor Adoption and approvals
GENERAL COUNSEL APPROVAL: ______Date: November 13, 2020
CITY-COUNTY SPECIAL RESOLUTION NO. , 2020
A SPECIAL RESOLUTION recognizing past and present women Councillors of the Indianapolis-Marion County City-County Council.
WHEREAS, on January 16, 1920, the Indiana General Assembly ratified the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote, which was later ratified by Congress on August 18, 1920. However, it was not until a special state election in September 1921 that Indiana women were actually granted the right to vote at the state level; and
WHEREAS, after the establishment of UniGov, which combined city government with county government in 1970, the first women elected to the Indianapolis-Marion County City-County Council were Beverly Miller (R) and Artricia Noel Chandler (D) in 1972; and
WHEREAS, to-date, 43 women, which include 22 Democrats and 21 Republicans, have been elected to serve on the Council since its establishment; and
WHEREAS, these honorable women include: Beverly Miller, Artricia Noel Chandler, Lula M. Journey, Beulah A. Coughenour, Joyce Brinkman, Betty Stewart Ruhmkorff, Patricia Nickell, Amy S. Bradley, Susan Williams, Beverly Mukes-Gaither, Mary Moriarty Adams, Diana V. Strader, Z. Mae Jimison, Maggie Brents, Linda Beadling, Tommie Jones, Marilyn Moores, Joanne Sanders, Jackie Nytes, Lynn McWhirter, Karen Celestino Horseman, Angela Mansfield, Becky Langsford, Sherron Franklin, N. Susie Day, Virginia ‘Ginny’ Cain, Cherrish Pryor, Doris Minton-McNeill, Barbara Malone, Pamela Hickman, Marilyn Pfisterer, Christine Scales, Janice McHenry, Maggie A. Lewis, La Keisha Jackson, Colleen Fanning, Susie Cordi, Danielle Coulter, Alison 'Ali' Brown, Crista Carlino, Kristin Jones, and Jessica McCormick; now, therefore:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY-COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS AND OF MARION COUNTY, INDIANA:
SECTION 1. The Indianapolis City-County Council proudly recognizes past and present women Councillors of the Indianapolis-Marion County City-County Council.
SECTION 2. The Council wholeheartedly thanks all former and current women Councillors for their dedicated service to the City and County.
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SECTION 3. In respect for and honor of the life and legacy of former Councillor Mary Moriarty Adams, the Council reveres her 28 years of devoted service as a member of the Council, as well as her life-long dedication to public service to the citizens of Indianapolis and Marion County.
SECTION 4. The Mayor is invited to join in this resolution by affixing his signature hereto.
SECTION 5. This resolution shall be in full force and effect upon adoption and compliance with IC 36-3- 4-14.
The foregoing was passed by the City-County Council this _____ day of ______, 2020, at _____ p.m.
ATTEST: ______Vop Osili ______President, City-County Council SaRita Hughes Clerk, City-County Council
Presented by me to the Mayor this _____ day of ______, 2020.
______SaRita Hughes Clerk, City-County Council
Approved and signed by me this _____ day of ______, 2020.
______Joseph H. Hogsett, Mayor