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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution #0992RESOLUTION N0. 992 A RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL FOR THE PEORIA AREA AS IT SEEKS TO DEVELOP A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE WHEREAS, the Canton City Council wishes to support and promote the interests of the business community and WHEREAS, it is the business community which creates jobs and is the basis for economic growth, and WHEREAS, the Canton area plays an integral role in worldwide commerce, and ,:,WHEREAS, a foreign trade zone can facilitate the movement of imported and exported goods throughout all Central Illinois and thereby enhance the local economy, and WHEREAS, a foreign trade zone may cause direct foreign investment to take place, and WHEREAS, a U.S. Customs Port of Entry is located in Peoria and serves the greater Peoria area and WHEREAS, the Economic Development Council for the Peoria Area is working to promote job growth and investment in the Peoria area of Central Illinois, NOW BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Canton City Council wholeheartedly supports the efforts of the Economic Development Council for the Peoria Area as it seeks to develop a foreign trade zone in the Peoria area, and requests the State of Illinois General Assembly to take all appropriate action to aid the Economic Development Council for the Peoria Area to seek Foreign Trade Zone status for the Peoria area from the Federal Government. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois at a regular meeting this 2_1 g tday of .1 u n e 1983 , upon a roll call vote as follows: AYES: Aldermen Kovachevich, Hammond, Savill, Sarff, Workman, Carl, Horr. NAYS: None. ABSENT: None. APPROVED I Donald E. Edwards, Mayor.