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JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Leslie Locke, Executive Assistant
DATE: June 13, 2016
SUBJECT: PROCLAMATION re: Proclaiming the Week of June 20, 2016 as
Amateur Radio Week
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Organizer John Ebner has requested that the Commissioners proclaim the week of June 20, 2016 as Amateur
Radio Week. Field Day events will take place on June 25 and 26, 2016 at Fort Townsend State Park.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve Proclamation re: Proclaiming June 20, 2016 as Amateur Radio Week.
WED BY:
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County Ad ' ' trator Date
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Jefferson County, Washington has more than 650 licensed
Amateur Radio operators who have demonstrated their value in public assistance by providing
emergency radio communications; and
WHEREAS, these Amateur Radio operators donate these services free of charge
to the County, in the interest of the citizens of the County as well as the world; and
WHEREAS, these Amateur Radio operators are on alert for any emergency,
local or world-wide, and practice their communication skills during the American Radio Relay
League, Inc.'s Field Day exercise; and
WHEREAS, this years Amateur Radio Field Day will take place on June 25 &r
26, 2016 at Fort Townsend State Park;
NOW, THEREFORE, Jefferson County Board of Commissioners hereby
proclaim the week of June 20, 2016, as
Amateur Radio Week
In recognition of this important emergency preparedness exercise, and call upon all citizens to
pay appropriate tribute to the Amateur Radio operators of our County.
SEAL:
ATTEST:
PROCLAIMED this 13th day of June, 2016.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Kathleen Kler, Chair
Phil Johnson, Member
Carolyn Avery David Sullivan, Member
Deputy Clerk of the Board