Proclamations, Opinions, Awards - Historical - 5/8/2018
CITY OF GLENDALE
WHEREAS, the City of Glendale Public Works Group provides a wide variety of essential
services to our citizens’ everyday lives, such as right-of-way beautification and graffiti
removal, street design and maintenance, solid waste collection and disposal, water and
sewer facilities, traffic management, land development and flood control, airport
operations, and maintenance; and
WHEREAS, the health, safety, and comfort of our community greatly depends on these
services and facilities; and
WHEREAS, the quality and effectiveness of these facilities, as well as their planning,
design, and construction is vitally dependent upon the efforts and skills of public works
personnel; and
WHEREAS, public works personnel are among the first responders during emergencies
and disasters, often working above and beyond the call of duty to maintain or restore
needed services, and then working long after other first responders have departed the scene
in order to ensure that clean-up efforts are completed; and
WHEREAS, recognition of National Public Works Week enhances public awareness of
the essential services and the employees who provide them.
NOW THEREFORE, I, Jerry P. Weiers, Mayor of the City of Glendale, Arizona, on behalf
of the City Council, do hereby proclaim May 20 through 26, 2018, as
NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK
in appreciation of our Public Works Group and those persons throughout the country who
are involved with public works.
In Witness Thereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of May, 2018.
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MAYOR
Attest:
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CITY CLERK