8608-12 Commemorating National Fallen Firefighter Memorial Day

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RESOLUTION NO. 8608-12 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. A RGSOL,UTION calling upon the citizens of Lakewood to join the Lakewood Fire Department in celebrating National Fallen Firefighter Memorial Day on Sunday, October 7, 2012. 4VHERBAS, Fallen Firelighter Memorial Day serves to honor firefighters who Iost their lives in the I ine of duty over the past year; and 4VIIEREAS, Fallen Firefighter Memorial Day is celebrated nationally, on the first Sunday of October each year; and ~VIIEREAS, firefighters play an essential role in the protection of life and property of the Lakewood eonununiq;and WIIEREAS, the City of Lakewood will pause to recognize the ultimate sacrifice of all fallen firefighters and their families, at a brief ceremony on Sunday, October 7, 2012, at Noon at Fire Station #I. Now therefore, BG IT RESOLVED BY TI IE Cf[ Y OF LAKENrOOD, OH1O: Section I. 'T'hat this Council and Mayor designate and proclaim Sunday, October 7, 2012 as Fallen Firefighter Memorial Day in the City oC Lakewood and call upon the citizens of Lakewood to participate in honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Section 2. That the Clerk of Council be and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to Chief Scott I<. Gilman, Fire Station No. 1, 14601 Madison Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio and that a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the minutes of this meeting. Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution Deere adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with alI Iegal requirements. Adopted: ((~,-6„ ~ L~F~- Fresideut of Council Approved: __ ~ Z ~~