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3465 Establish Complete Count Committee1 F1 1 RESOLUTION NUMBER 3465 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE, PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF APPOINTMENT, DEFINING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE, AND ESTABLISHING THE TERM OF SAID COMMITTEE. WHEREAS, the Twentieth United States Decennial Census of Population and Housing will be conducted beginning April 1, 1980; and WHEREAS, all the inhabitants of the City of Salina are to be enumerated in this census; WHEREAS, the information collected in the census serves many useful purposes, among which are apportionment of representation of Congress and other legislative bodies, measurement of the economic well-being of communities and their inhabitants, allotment of certain Federal and State tax revenues and other financial aid to our communities, determination of future needs for public services, and numerous other useful purposes; and WHEREAS, the accuracy and completeness of the Census for the City of Salina will determine its population rank among other communtiies of the Country; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas: Section 1. Organization of the Complete Count Committee (A) There is hereby created the Complete Count Committee, which shall consist of well-respected and influential members of various segments of the community, to be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the Board of Commissioners. (B) The Chairperson of the Complete Count Committee shall also be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the Board of Commissioners. (C) The members appointed to the Complete Count Committee will serve from January 1, 1980 until June 1, 1980, at which time the Committee shall be abolished. (D) The members of the Committee shall serve without compensation and should be willing to invest time and energy in this project. (E) The Commission may wish to direct the City Manager to designate a full-time staff member of the City to serve as a liaison between the government and the committee to perform administrative functions to ease the work of the Committee. Section 2. Duties of the Committee (A) To involve community leaders in encouraging public cooperation with the census effort. (B) To conduct a public campaign to inform the citizenry of the confidentiality safeguards surrounding the 1980 Census information. (C) The Committee will enhance the Census Bureau's mass communication efforts by bringing these efforts more directly to the local community. Adopted by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas and signed by the Mayor this 3rd day of December, 1979 (SEAL). Attest Mfg D. L. Harrison, City Clerk Karen M. Graves, Mayor