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Mayor proposes Sister City relationship; finance committee advances resolution as emergency
Summary
The finance committee agreed to add a resolution proposing Seven Hills' first sister-city relationship to the agenda as an emergency. The mayor said the arrangement would be facilitated through Sister Cities International and carries no city cost.
The finance committee of the Seven Hills City Council voted to add a resolution to the council agenda proposing the city’s first sister-city relationship.
Mayor Mary described the resolution as a cultural-exchange agreement with no municipal expenditure: “There’s no cost to this. It's understanding between two communities to build a better relationship, exchange cultural business, heritage, ideas like that,” the mayor said. She said the proposal would be facilitated through Sister Cities International and that, if accepted by the other community’s mayor, each side would sign a memorandum of understanding.
The mayor said the proposed first sister city has ancestral ties to her family and described the location as near Naples in Italy; council members reacted positively and the committee approved placing the resolution on the full council agenda as an emergency so the formal invitation can be sent.
The mayor emphasized the city is not committing funds; she asked council to treat the item as a cultural exchange and to consider it as the start of an annual effort to identify additional sister cities.
The committee recorded a roll-call affirmation to add the resolution to the full council agenda for consideration.
