HomeMy WebLinkAboutRPT 5 INVOCATIONS 03-19-90DATE: MARCH 12, 1990
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
TO:
CITY ATTORNEY
FROM:
INVOCATIONS
SUBJECT:
REPORTS NO. 5
3-19-90
Inter - Com
Enclosed is a Form of Resolution which is recommended by the
Mayor for adoption. This Resolution is a revised form of that
submitted to the Council by Reverend Johnston and Mr. Norman Hahn.
After a meeting with Reverend Johnston and Mr. Hahn it was agreed
that this revised Form of Resolution would be a reasonable
invocation policy.
JAMES G. ROURKE
City Attorney
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RESOLUTION NO. 90-41
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN
REGARDING INVOCATIONS AT THE OPENING OF CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS
The City Council of The City of Tustin does hereby resolve as
follows:
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Tustin gives its full
and unabridged support to the provisions of the Constitution of the
United States of America that there shall be no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech.
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin respects the historical practice
of opening City Council meetings with an invocation and inviting
representatives of all faiths to participate with all Tustin area
clergy invited to present an opening invocation on a rotating
basis, and
WHEREAS, the use of an invocation to solemnize the proceedings
of City Council meetings is not intended to endorse any particular
religious belief or establish any religion and this practice is
consistent with the principles of religious freedom and is deeply
embedded in the history and tradition of this country from colonial
times to the present.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Tustin does
hereby resolve the foregoing principles are hereby approved and
adopted as the invocation policy of the City of Tustin.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council
of the City of Tustin held on the day of , 19 .
ATTEST:
Mary Wynn, City Clerk
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Richard Edgar, Mayor