Proclamation
BUILDNG AND CODE STAFF
APPRECIATION DAY
“SEPTEMBER 2023”
WHEREAS, The Building and Code Staff Appreciation Day is celebrated to honor all those people involved in ensuring that buildings are built in full strength that no matter what the circumstances are, they will always remain strong and steady. Some of these people have a background in safety engineering.
They train hard and do their best knowing that lives depend upon them; and WHEREAS, Building and Code staff are essential, not only in the industries in which they work, but to society as well almost 6.5 million people labor at an estimated 252,000 construction sites in the United States; and
WHEREAS, detailed review of building plans and the inspection process involved to achieve compliance, help institute a path forward that keeps the project running efficiently which reduces cost and ensures a safe structure is built in a timely manner; and WHEREAS, Code staff review, inspect and enforce safe building practices in a variety of construction and critical infrastructure components including structural, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire systems, accessibility and energy as they apply to housing, commercial buildings and public works infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, Building and Code Staff Appreciation Day is intended to remind the public about the critical role of our communities’ code officials-our largely unknown guardians of public safety.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that I Michael Clauzel, by virtue of authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Patterson, and speaking on behalf of the entire City Council, do hereby officially proclaim September 2023 as “Building and Code Staff Appreciation Day” and call upon all citizens of the City of Patterson to join in recognizing the importance of this day.
IN WITNESS, HEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the official Seal of the City of Patterson to be affixed this 5
th day of September 2023.
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Michael Clauzel
Mayor