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5.B. PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING MAY 19-25, 2002 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY The Chairman read the following proclamation and presented it to Public Works Director James Davis who accepted with thanks on behalf of the County's 200 Public Works employees and the City's 150 Public Works employees. As a sidelight, he advised that the late Road Superintendent Albert VanAuken had kept a history book of the Public Works and Road and Bridge Division. Back in the 1930's there were about the same number of R&B employees as presently, but back then they built roads with picks, shovels, and manual labor instead of the sophisticated equipment now used. PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING MAY 19 — 25, 2002, AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK WHEREAS, public works services provided in our community are an integral part of our citizens' everyday lives; and WHEREAS, the support of an understanding and informed citizenry is vital to the efficient operation of public works systems and programs such as streets and highways, sidewalks, stormwater systems, parks, coastal structures and traffic control devices; and WHEREAS, the health, safety and comfort of this community greatly depends on these facilities and services; and WHEREAS, the quality and effectiveness of these facilities, as well as their planning, design and construction, is vitally dependent upon the efforts and skill of public works officials; and WHEREAS, the efficiency of the qualified and dedicated personnel who staff public works departments is materially influenced by the people's attitude and understanding of the importance of the work they perform. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA that May 19 — 25, 2002 be designated as NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK May 14, 2002 4 OA r'u