Item E2
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: November 17. 2004
Division:
BOCC
Bulk Item: Yes
No -1L
Department: DISTRICT FWE
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Proclamation to declare December 12th, 2004 as Childrens' Memorial Day and the month of December
as Childrens' Memorial Month.
ITEM BACKGROUND: The second Sunday of December has been designated as Childrens'
Memorial Day by the Congress of the United States. The proclamation will be received by Howard
Gelbman, Vice-President ofChildrens' Memorial Tree Gardens, Inc.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST:
N/A
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No
AMOUNTPERMONTH_ Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMB/Purchasing _ Risk Management
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL: ~ C~
M Murray E. Nelson
DOCUMENTATION: Included x To Follow_ Not Required_
DISPOSITION:
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WHEREAS, there can be no greater loss to a family than that
of a child's passing; and
WHEREAS, the memorial remembrance of the life of that child
provides some small solace to the family; and
.WHEREAS, the second Sunday of December of each year has
been designated by the Congress of the United States as Childrens'
Memorial Day.
NOW THEREFORE, by the power vested in me as Mayor of
Monroe County, Florida, I, Murray E. Nelson, do hereby proclaim
December 12, 2004 as
CHILDRENS' MEMORIAL DAY
I further proclaim the month of December to be proclaimed as
CHILDRENS' MEMORIAL MONTH
in Monroe County and urge this day and month to be dedicated to the
the celebration of the lives of our children lost.
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WITNESS my hand and seal of the County of Monroe, FloriCla,'.
this 17th day of November, 2004.
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