Brook Park council to place resolution supporting Ford Motor Company on next agenda

Brook Park City Council voted to place a resolution expressing the city’s support for Ford Motor Company on the May 20 council meeting agenda.

The resolution, introduced in the legislative committee, would declare Brook Park’s support for Ford, recognize the company’s local economic contributions and, if passed, direct the clerk to mail the resolution to Ford Motor Company and to elected officials at the state and federal level. Mayor Orcutt said the measure is intended to “emphasize our support for Ford Motor Company here in the city of Brook Park, the state of Ohio, and all the great things that they do across this country.”

The mayor told council that a regional Ford executive they recently met with stressed the company’s pride in domestic manufacturing and the many local jobs it supports. Council members asked whether the resolution would be distributed beyond Ford; the mayor said the resolution would be sent to Ford, which would in turn share it with state and federal leaders. Councilman Roberts asked whether council would be accepting co-sponsorship; the mayor encouraged councilwide support.

A motion to place the resolution on the May 20 agenda under letter M was made and seconded; the clerk called the roll and the motion passed 6–0.

The resolution text in the packet directs the clerk to mail the adopted resolution to Stephanie Fryes, Ford’s Government Relations regional director, and anticipates Ford will use the letter to highlight manufacturing jobs and related federal and state advocacy. The resolution itself is nonbinding; placing it on the council agenda only sets it up for formal consideration at the May 20 meeting.