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Resident asks Greenville City Council to adopt nonbinding resolution backing Article V 'Convention of States'
Summary
A local representative of Convention of States Action asked council to adopt a nonbinding sentiment resolution urging Ohio's legislature to support an Article V convention limited to fiscal restraints and term limits and offered template letters to state legislators Angela King and Susan Manchester.
Bill Eley, speaking on behalf of Convention of States Action, asked the Greenville City Council to adopt a nonbinding local resolution expressing support for pending state joint resolutions that would urge Congress to call an Article V convention limited to fiscal restraints, limits on federal jurisdiction and term limits.
"I'm requesting support for a resolution that's in the Ohio assembly right now that would be calling for the convention of of all the states in the nation," Eley said, and he provided council members with template letters he suggested be sent to State Representative Angela King and State Senator Susan Manchester.
Eley described the proposed process as limited to specific topics, said the state resolutions require two‑thirds of states to request a convention, and noted any amendments emerging from such a convention would still require three‑quarters of states to ratify. He told council the template language had been reviewed by a village law director in other Ohio municipalities that have adopted similar nonbinding sentiments.
Council did not take an immediate vote on the request. Members asked for time to review the materials and indicated staff could prepare formal resolution language if council wished to place the item on a future agenda.
