[Peace] Urbana City Council will Vote on Domestic Partner Registry and Benefits this Monday

[Danielle Chynoweth]

I encourage you to join us at this historic event, Monday, May 2 at 7:30 
pm at 400 S. Vine Street at Vine and Illinois.  We will also be swearing
in Laurel Prussing, the first woman Mayor of Urbana!

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On Monday, May 2, the Urbana City Council will take a final vote to 
establish a domestic partner registry. The registry will be open to 
same-sex and heterosexual partners living together in a close and 
committed relationship of mutual financial and emotional support. Both 
partners living in Urbana as well as those outside of Urbana are eligible 
to register. The opening of the registry will be announced this summer.

Also on Monday's agenda is a motion to extend health insurance benefits to 
the domestic partners of city employees. This would shore up domestic 
partner benefits to make them equal to those extended to married 
employees. The City voted last summer to extend partial benefits to 
domestic partners of city employees, but these benefits did not include 
health insurance.

Read the full article and text of the ordinance at:
http://www.ucimc.org/feature/display/33250/index.php

- Danielle

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| Danielle Chynoweth
| City Council Member * Urbana City Council * city.urbana.il.us