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RESOLUTION NO. 94-12
WINTER STORM EMERGENCY RESPONSE APPRECIATION
WHEREAS, during the severe winter storm events experienced in Pulaski on
February 11 and March 2, 1994, many employees in Public Works,
Engineering, Filter Plant, Parks and Recreation, Police, Fire, as well as
rescue volunteers and public service employees, were vigilant in
continuing essential services for Town and County citizens; and
WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Transportation employees worked
constantly to open blocked roads filled with timber debris; and
WHEREAS, Appalachian Power Company employees, plus many crews contracted
- from outside the New River Valley area, encountered dangerous situations
for over a week, day and night, until electrical service was restored to
over thousands of households; and
WHEREAS, the Pulaski County Public Service Authority, Pulaski County
Board of Supervisors, Sheriff's Department, Department of Emergency
Services, C & P Telephone Company, Town of Dublin, and Town of Pulaski
employees worked long hours to attend to emergency shelter, safety, water
treatment restoration, service repairs, and debris removal; and
WHEREAS, the fire and rescue volunteers extended every effort to insure
the safety of life and property under the adverse weather conditions and
• widespread power outages.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Council of the Town of
Pulaski does express appreciation to these volunteers and employees for
their diligent and faithful efforts to minimize inconvenience to Town and
County citizens due to the severe winter storm conditions that resulted in
an emergency declaration following the two storms.
This resolution is effective upon adoption and is adopted by recorded vote
of the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, sitting in regular
session on this 19th day of April, 1994 as follows:
Charles D. Crispin Aye Andrew L. Graham AyP
J. R. Schrader, Jr. Aye E. G. Black ~
Roy H. D'Ardenne AhSPnt Alma H. Holston
W . H . Schrader , Jr . Absent Robert N . Glenn e-
TOWN O PULA I,~VIRGINI
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BY : ~/~
GARY C. HANCOCK, YOR
Attest:
Ru A. Harre C er o Counci
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