IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION proclaiming May 19, 1995, as Public Service Recognition Day in Jackson County, and honoring more than 20 million public employees at the federal, state, county, and municipal levels.
Intro
RESOLUTION #10840, May 15, 1995
INTRODUCED BY John Patrick Burnett, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, 200 million Americans are served every day by public employees providing a wide range of services; and,
WHEREAS, public employees take not only jobs but oaths; and,
WHEREAS, many public employees risk their lives each day for the sake of the citizens whom they serve, whether they are law enforcement officers, firefighters, military personnel, detention officers, health care professionals, public works personnel, or others whose jobs require great risk; and,
WHEREAS, public employees include the teachers in our schools, nurses who administer vaccines, computer technicians who pay out social security, veterans' and a variety of other benefits, codes and environmental inspectors who guarantee the safety of our community, laborers who maintain our roads and bridges, parks and recreation employees who provide programs and facilities for family leisure and entertainment, and all the other people who provide the myriad services demanded by the citizens of Jackson County of their local government; and,
WHEREAS, to pay for the high quality of these services, Americans have one of the lowest tax rates in the world; and,
WHEREAS, without these government employees at every level there could be no continuity in a democracy such as ours which regularly changes its leaders and elected officials; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature recognizes the accomplishments and contributions of government employees at all levels, and proclaims May 19, 1995, as Public Service Recognition Day.
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