HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 72-20 - 10/13/2020 - First Responders and Essential Workers aat a Holiday Tree Lighting RallyRESOLUTION NO. 72-20
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING FIRST RESPONDERS AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS
AT A HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING RALLY TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 27, 2020
WHEREAS, Elk Grove Village serves citizens of our community by providing brave,
trained, and professional first responders to support citizens in need, including the provision of
professional firefighters and paramedics (identified by the color red) and professional law
enforcement officers (identified by the color blue); and
WHEREAS, Elk Grove Village is the proud home of the Amita/Alexian Brothers
Medical Center as well as several long-term care facilities, all of whom have courageous medical
staff working to protect and improve the health of persons in Elk Grove; and
WHEREAS, health care workers are identified by the color white; and
WHEREAS, there are a large number of essential workers/volunteers who are critical to
the continued health, safety, and welfare of the Elk Grove community; and
WHEREAS, these essential workers and community supporters are identified by the
color green.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, Illinois as follows:
Section 1: Elk Grove specifically honors and recognizes the contributions of all first
responders and essential workers.
Section 2: Elk Grove declares Friday, November 27, 2020 as First Responder and
Essential Worker/Community Supporter Day, and grants those courageous persons with all the
benefits of that Day thereof.
Section 3: Elk Grove calls for citizens to attend a government sponsored Holiday Tree
Lighting RALLY demonstrating support for all of the brave and critical aforementioned workers,
which RALLY will take place on Friday, November 27, 2020 at 5:15 p.m. in the Elk Grove
Village Green, and at which time lights will be illuminated and fireworks displayed in the four
colors of red, blue, white, and green as a show of support for the first responders and essential
workers in our community.
Section 4: That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage
and approval according to law.
VOTE: AYES: 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0
PASSED this 13th day of October 2020.
APPROVED this 13th day of October 2020.
APPROVED:
Mayor Craig B. Johnson
Village of Elk Grove Village
ATTEST:
Loretta M. Murphy, Village Clerk