Resolution 496-1995
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)l6 JAN -9 P4 :12 RESOLUTION NO 496 -1995
Mayor Freeman
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f'WNHO[ CO~ ~ND DRUGGED DRIVING PREVENTION MONTH
WHEREAS, in 1994 Florida recorded its first increase in the number of
people killed in alcohol-related traffic crashes since 1988; and
WHEREAS, the number of people reported injured during 1994 in
alcohol-related traffic crashes also increased from the previous year; and
WHEREAS, law enforcement officers from the Monroe County Sheriff's
Office, Florida Highway Patrol, Florida Marine Patrol, Florida Game and
Fresh Water Fish Commission, Florida Office of Motor Carrier Compliance
and local police departments throughout the county have exhibited
leadership in protecting the public from the drunk drivers; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Transportation and the Florida
Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services are providing assistance
in the development of community-based traffic safety programs with
impaired driving emphasis; and
WHEREAS; the use of alcohol and drugs while operating motor
vehicles and boats can best be combated by local communities and an
informed citizenry that understands the dangers of operating motor
vehicles and boats while impaired; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA do hereby proclaim December, 1995, as
DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING PREVENTION MONTH
in Monroe County and urge all citizens to become more cognizant of the
dangers associated with impaired driving and to support the fight against
driving while under the influence of alcohol and other drugs on Florida's
highways and waterways.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the
20thday of December, AD, 1995.
Commissioner Douglass
Commissioner Harvey
Commissioner London
Commissioner Reich
Mayor Freeman
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yes
absent
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yes
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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By !:knAeiC. ~JJ~
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Deputy Clerk
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