Resolution 2008-01 STATE OF ILLINOIS )
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COUNTY OF KENDALL )
RESOLUTION NO. 2008- Q
RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE FERMILAB MISSION AND REQUEST FOR A
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING APPROPRIATION
WHEREAS, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory's mission is to advance the
understanding of the fundamental nature of matter and energy by providing leadership and
resources for qualified researchers to conduct basic research at the frontiers of high energy
physics and related disciplines; and
WHEREAS, research at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory has resulted in many
breakthrough discoveries including the discoveries of the top quark and the bottom quark, the
first direct evidence for the tau neutrino, and mapping the structure of protons and neutrons using
neutrino beams; and
WHEREAS, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is the nation's only high- energy
physics research laboratory, located 25 miles northeast of Yorkville; and
WHEREAS, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory employs 30 citizens of the United
City of Yorkville; and
WHEREAS, the passage of the FY 2008 omnibus budget bill cuts funding to Fermi
National Accelerator Laboratory, including cutting funds for the NOVA experiment from $36
million to zero, as well as, drastically cutting funds for research and development on the
International Linear Collider; and
WHEREAS, in August 2007, President Bush signed the America Competes Act, which
was passed with bipartisan support in response to concerns that the country is falling behind in
scientific and technology leadership; and
WHEREAS, the NOVA experiment will be the anchor of Fermilab's future neutrino
experiment and the mainstay of the laboratory after the current Tevatron shuts down in 2010; and
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WHEREAS, these cuts to Fermilab's funding will result in a layoff of an estimated 200
Fermilab employees; and
WHEREAS, Fermilab's mission can not be successful in the future without adequate
funding from the Federal Government; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council of the United City of Yorkville City Council
deem it in the best interest of the United City of Yorkville to endorse and support Fermilab's
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mission and request for a supplemental funding appropriation;
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE,
upon motion duly made, seconded, and approved by a majority of those Aldermen voting that the
United City of Yorkville offers an endorsement of support for the Fermilab mission and request
for a supplemental funding appropriation.
ROBYN SUTCLIFF JOSEPH BESCO
GARY GOLINSKI Q ARDEN JOSEPH PLOCHER ,_k
WALTER WERDERICH � MARTY MUNNS --
ROSE ANN SPEARS L JASON LESLIE
Approved by me, as Mayor of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois, this
--{� Day o , A.D. 2008.
MAYOR
Passed by the City Council of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois this
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