CC Resolution No. 608 9sl
RESOLUTION NO. 608
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN
TEXAS , ENCOURAGING THE USE OF DOMESTIC STEEL AND DOMESTIC
PRODUCTS IN ALL CITY OF BAYTOWN CONSTRUCTION.
WHEREAS , foreign steel producers who are subsidized by
their respective governments in order to maintain full
employment at their facilities, have pirated twenty (207o)
percent of the steel market in the United States by dumping
their products onto the domestic scene at below-cost prices;
and
WHEREAS, as a result of this cut-throat trade practice
the United States steel industry has suffered a severe drop
in profits and has been forced to drastically curtail production,
resulting in the layoff of more than sixty-thousand (60, 000)
well-paid employees ; and
WHEREAS, the jobs of many of our local and neighboring
citizens who are employed in steel-producing plants are in
jeopardy if foreign imports continue to flood the domestic
market ; and
WHEREAS, taxes paid by these workers make it possible
to support many of the programs of our city and county
governments ; and
WHEREAS , the City of Baytown Council desires to lend
its support to a solution for the growing problem; NOW
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS :
That the City Council of the City of Baytown , Texas,
hereby unanimously adopt a policy position that will en-
courage the use of domestic steel and domestic products in
all future City of Baytown construction.
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INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council of the City of Baytown this 12th day
of Jnnnnry 1978 .
TOM GENTRY, Mayor
ATTEST:
P.
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
SCOTT BOUNDS , City Attorney
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