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. ' • uncil Resolution
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Presented By /�7 � � �'
Re erred o Committee: Date
Out of Co�nmittee By Date
L�HEREA , th citizens of St. Paut have aiways ta en great
pridel in he st ong work ethic which is the backbone of our
city; and
WIHEREA , Ro Jones is one ofi St. Paul ' s citi ens who
uniqu�'ly ex mplif es our strong work ethic; and
W�IEREA . Ro Jones is a veteran of the Korean and Viet Nam
confti�Cts a d was awarded decorations and Purple Hearts; and
W EREA , Ro Jones has worked in human services fo most of
t-ris ad lt l � fe du ing which time he provided much needed help to
thousa ds o his ellow citizens; and
WHEREA , Ro Jones recently underwent heart surger and was
inform d t at he needed a lifesaving heart a�d .kidney t ansplant
and w s c rtifi d as an ideai candidate for the � ansplant
operat on; nd
WtHEREa , he returned to work with the State of innesota
. -. Employ�e-Ret tion Department-rather than cro--on welfare,-and - -
WF�EREA5, Ro Jones was informed that his health maintenance
progra� would not cover the cost of the transpl�nt surg ry which
has pl ced him in imminent danger of losing his life; an
WhNEREAS the e is an immediate need For all of the itizens
of St� Pau to come forward and give financial suppor to a _
community in tiate effort to help save Ron's life; and
COEINCILME� �
Yeas p�� ays Requested by Department of:
Nicosia �
Reitman in FaVOf
Scheibel
Sonnen � Ag81nSt BY
Tedesco
W ilson
Adopted by Council: Dat
Form Approved by City Attorney
Cectified Passed by C�unc.il Se retary By
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� '� Council Resolution
Presented By
Referred o Committee: Date —
Out of Co mittee y Date
W EREAS, th Ron Jones Transplant Fund has been est blished
at th Libe ty S te Bank in St. Paul to receive such upport;
now, t erefo e, b it -
R�SOLVE , t St. Paul City Councii hereby de ignates "
October�, 19 6, as Ron Jones Month in St. Paul and encaur ges ali
St. P�ul ci izens of goodwill to give their support to t is most
deserv�ng co munit effort.
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COUNC[LME Requested by Department of:
Yeas �� ays
Nicosia
Rettman
In Favor
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Tedeseo
Wilson
�C'T 2 - 1986� Form Approved by City Attorney
Adopted by Council: D e
Certified Yas• y o ncil S cr y By
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Approv b Mavor. Date _ �C'� 7 1g$� �PProved by Mayor for Submission t Council
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Saturday,Sept, t3; 1986 St.Paul Pioneer Prass d Dispatct� 13A
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�� �� �l ��n� rather do that than sit at home and - ,�:
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0o bad Ronald J nes hasn't ot ne.He $y�g on being a productive �,s< ' � "
� member of society,thongh,Jones �`�
might 've long . has placed his life in jeopardy.
Jon desp y needs heart He doesn't have the estimated ���
transp �Aft three h attacks,Jones' • $130,000 it would cost for the �"'�
doctors say the an may ot live to 1987 if he transpiant As a wor�ag citizen,he �� ���'
doesn't get a n heart d kidneys n. is ineligible for the welfare �;Y
If Jones we in priso the state 11�nnesota assistance that migtit pay for the �=. '""�- .:
might�pay for heart plant,j as it receatly operation.Aad the health -�
paid more thai$100,000 or a bone w maintenance organization to which „� ��i -
transplant for ohn I..B wn,a co 'cted mnrderer he belongs refuses,like other HMOs, �� �
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who has leuk to pay for a heart tra�plant. � � �°�°
And if Jones ere on elfare, state surely would All of wirich means Ronald Jones Ron Jones
PaY for his may be working himself into the Life in leoPardY
transplant,jnst grave by wor�ing for the state of
�� as it has paid Minnesota. if ensive heart
for traasplants � "Pm not very likely to go out and �W����
.: ��,: for siz other , rob a bank,,,Jones said,laughing
welfare - � Ne ess,Sundgaard says the
" patients since ���t into prison. HMO symPathetic to Jones'plight
��'. `But if I were in Stillwater,Pd get �w to help him ge�e n �ecessary
The problem my heart transplant And if I were
reso so he can receive the
�,�_:° is Ronald Jones destitute,Pd receive on�But I'm prn medical help."
is a sbibborn worldng,so I can t get one. .
�<�� ���� Dr.Maria-Terese Olivari, Sh said that Coordinated Health
medical director of the umvezsity's .� �g t°help Jones
g �p�t����� ' fnnd-raisers ia an effort to
on welfaze j to save ' life. someone or o Jo�nes' an ezceil�t candidate for a � the money and that it will
For the five y Jones,5 has worked as an transplant bnt that he c�a't be ���ntribution to the
eqnal oppo 'ty offic in the te Department of placed on the waiting list for a new � �ability."The HMO is
Employee tions.B all acco t4,he has.done a heart�mless he can demonsGrate �0 ��g t°help Jones enroll
terrif'ic job, �eciallY� recrui' qualified women that he can pay for it - in a ' -risk insarance plan for
and minoriti to appl for vacu state positions. "If you have astable job,yon are le state employees.
Last Octo ,thou Jones ered his third heart in aa nnfortunate position,,,� p�oblem with all of this,fro�
attack.Doc though they had him t6ree times said."Becanse if yon d�t have Jon point of view,is that time is
but he clung cious to life.H finally got out of inedical a�istance(weifare)and if � aak If he can get into the
the hospital j �befo ' w�en his doctors your insurance won't pay for a � medical plan,he mnst
told him to g home apply fo a heart transplant transplant,ttten yon are ia trouble." � �months to be eii�ble for a
Jones did of w t he was ld.He has been Jones has started a lettei-writiag h �Q��'Jones says he
accepted as candida for the lant program at campai�in an effort to convince d � t have siz months.��
University o 11linnes� Hospi bnt he isdt the�nd his HMO,Coordinated Health Care, Y��Worn out, he said.
of g�ry w�o es to g aronnd home.Since to pay for his transplant Lettets of `T terminal—probably before
February,h has been orking time at his job, snpport have be�writtea by maay the end of the year."
even as his gth dec3in community leaders,inciuding state �►Y doesn t he forget his prid
`Tm nery eak and I get w every day," Rep.Fred Nortoa,St Paul City Si np�)ob and apply for the
Jones said "day fro his wh ' ."But I can go Council member Bill W�son and W coverage he needs?That's
to the office and I can ' and can hit the Jones'boss,Nma Rothchild,the Jo qaestion if pou l�ow Ronald
?Iease see oleman 13A state commissioner of e�mployee
relations. 's a point where you just
Coordinated Health Care,thongh; ha to stand up aad yon can't
, has replied that it�policies forbid � �e anymore,"he says.
paying for heart transplant4.To ` e�ethic is important to m
make an eace�uon,said Ingtid my work is eatremely
Sundgaazd,eaecntive director of � P���It wonld be impossible
the HMO,would be�mfair to the f ��W Y home and laok out
HMO's 22,000 other memb�s av�ose
insurance rates wonld have to be "I'll stick with it until I drop:'