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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR09-030 Child Abuse Prevention MonthTERM SHEET 1) Requested hearing date: (First choice) Apri17, 2009 (Second)Apri114, 2009_ 2) For County Manager signature: N/A / 3) Requesting department: Children & Family Services 4) Title: Resolution Designating Apri12009 as Child Abuse Prevention Month ~ ~~ I , ~. 5) Check one: Consent: On the Record: X ~ I ~ 6) Staff submitting: Sherri Almond I 7) Purpose: Honorary resolution designating April as Child Abuse Prevention Month for the purpose of raising community awareness 8) Schedule• N/A 9) Financial considerations: N/A 10) Other: N/A ~~ APPROV TO F By: __ Eagle County Attorney's Office (3y: ails County Cammipaianera' Office Commissioner moved adoption of the following solution: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO RESOLUTION N0.2009 - Resolution Designating Apri12009 as Child Abuse Prevention Month WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Eagle, State of Colorado (hereinafter "the Board"), wishes to acknowledge our responsibility to protect children from abuse and neglect and to support parents in their ability to nurture and guide their children, and WHEREAS, children are the embodiment of dreams and aspirations for the future and deserve to grow and develop in nurturing environments, free from fear and victimization, and WHEREAS, agencies and individuals must come together to increase awareness of this issue and seek to create a safe, happy and healthy life for all of Eagle County's children. Prevention and effective enforcement require that we also make a difference as individual citizens by immediately reporting to the appropriate authorities suspicions of child abuse and child neglect, and WHEREAS, in order to raise awareness of this, and the many other important issues essential to the prevention and increased awareness of child abuse, the month of April has been designated as Child Abuse Prevention Month, and WHEREAS, we must all join together to raise awareness of this and many other important issues essential to the prevention and increased awareness of child abuse, and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO: That the month of April, 2009 be proclaimed Child Abuse Prevention Month in Eagle County. THAT, the Board hereby finds, determines and declares that this Resolution is necessary for the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the County of Eagle, State of Colorado. MOVED, READ AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Eagle, State of Colorado, at its regular meeting held the 7`" day of April, 2009. COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO, By and Through Its BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ATTEST: ~ ~g * * By: Clerk to the Bo d of c~~~A~ County Commissioners _._-- Sara J. Fisher i_ Chairman G;%~/ a%~~ Peter F. Runyon Jon S Conunissioner seconded adoption of the foregoing resolution. The roll having been called, the ote was as follows: Commissioner Fisher Commissioner Runyon Commissioner Stavney This Resolution passed by ~(2 vote of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Eagle, State of Colorado.