Building Safety Month (May 2022)Copyrighted
May 16, 2022
City of Dubuque Proclamation(s) # 02.
City Council Meeting
ITEM TITLE: Building Safety Month (May 2022)
SUMMARY: On behalf of the Housing and Community Development Department.
SUGGESTED
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
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Building Safety Month (May 2022) Supporting Documentation
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Masterpiece on the Mississippi
WHEREAS, the City of Dubuque is committed to recognizing that our growth and strength depends on the safety
and essential role our homes, buildings, and infrastructure play, both in everyday life and when
disasters strike; and
WHEREAS, our confidence in the resilience of these buildings that make up our community is achieved through
the devotion of vigilant guardians —building safety and fire prevention officials, architects,
engineers, builders, tradespeople, design professionals, laborers, plumbers, and others in the
construction industry —who work year-round to ensure the safe construction of buildings; and
WHEREAS, these guardians are dedicated members of the International Code Council, a nonprofit that brings
together local, state, territorial, tribal, and federal officials who are experts in the built environment
to create and implement the highest -quality codes to protect us in the buildings where we live,
learn, work, and play; and
WHEREAS, these modern building codes include safeguards to protect the public from hazards such as
hurricanes, snowstorms, tornadoes, wildland fires, floods, and earthquakes; and
WHEREAS, Building Safety Month is sponsored by the International Code Council to remind the public about
the critical role of our communities' largely unknown protectors of public safety —our local code
officials —who assure us of safe, sustainable, and affordable buildings that are essential to our
prosperity; and
WHEREAS, "Safety for All: Building Codes in Action," the theme for Building Safety Month 2022, encourages
us all to raise awareness about planning for safe and sustainable construction; career opportunities
in building safety; understanding disaster mitigation, energy conservation; and creating a safe and
abundant water supply to all of our benefit; and
WHEREAS, each year, in observance of Building Safety Month, people all over the world are asked to consider
the commitment to improve building safety, resilience and economic investment at home and in the
community, and to acknowledge the essential service provided to all of us by local and state
building departments, fire prevention bureaus and federal agencies in protecting lives and property.
NOW THEREFORE, I, BRAD M. CAVANAGH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, ON BEHALF OF
THE CITY COUNCIL, STAFF AND THE CITIZENS OF DUBUQUE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF
MAY 2022 AS
BUILDING SAFETY MONTH
IN THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA AND ACCORDINGLY, I ENCOURAGE OUR MEMBERS AND
COMMUNITIES TO JOIN US AS WE PARTICIPATE IN BUILDING SAFETY MONTH ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the Great Seal of the City of
Dubuque to be affixed this 16 day of May 2022.
Brad M. Cavanagh, Mayor
Attest:
Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk
2022: Submitted by Maddy Haverland Community Development Specialist. Accepted by ?????