HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1979.10.18 - 12518MISC. RESOLUTION #9159 PROCLAMATION
Wallace F. Gabler, Jr., Chairperson
Oakland County Board of Commissioners
WHEREAS, on April 8, 1979 a serious ice storm inundated most of the County
of Oakland causing extensive damage to structures, trees, utilities and seriously
disrupted travel and communications; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services, a
voluntary component organization of the Oakland County EMS/Disaster Control
Division did respond to the emergency by giving unselfishly of their time and resources,
and aided the County in re-establishing communications, acted as couriers for
emergency messages, responded to numerous requests for assistance and acted as
additional eyes and ears over a period of many hours for the County's emergency
services force; and
WHEREAS, this organization tirelessly performed its duties with inordinate
zeal, enthusiasm and distinction.
NOW THEREFORE, I, Wallace F. Gabler, Jr., Chairperson of the Oakland
County Board of Commissioners, do hereby proclaim commendation to the Oakland
County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service and extend a heartfelt well done" to
its members.
IT WITNESS WHEREOF, 1, Wallace F. Gabler, Jr., Chairperson of the
Oakland County Board of Commissioners do hereby set my hand and cause the seal of
the County of Oakland to be affixed on this 18th day of October, in the Year of our
Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-Nine.