3.3 Building Safety Month May 2023 Proclamation
Request for
City Council Action
DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT REQUESTOR: MEETING DATE:
Administration City Clerk Etzel April 24, 2023
PRESENTER(s) REVIEWED BY: ITEM #:
Consent City Administrator/Finance Director Flaherty 3.3 – Building Safety Month
STRATEGIC VISION
MEETS: THE CITY OF OTSEGO:
X Is a strong organization that is committed to leading the community through innovative
communication.
Has proactively expanded infrastructure to responsibly provide core services.
Is committed to delivery of quality emergency service responsive to community needs and
expectations in a cost-effective manner.
Is a social community with diverse housing, service options, and employment opportunities.
Is a distinctive, connected community known for its beauty and natural surroundings.
AGENDA ITEM DETAILS
RECOMMENDATION:
City staff recommends adoption of a proclamation.
ARE YOU SEEKING APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT? IS A PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED?
No No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
City Staff has received a request from the International Code Council, a nonprofit organization, to adopt a
proclamation endorsing May 2023 as Building Safety Month. Each year people all over the world are asked
to consider the commitment to improving 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. The
theme this year is “It Starts with You”, encourages us all to raise awareness about building safety on a
personal, local, and global scale.
The Administrative Subcommittee reviewed this request at the April 7, 2023, meeting, and agreed with the
request and recommended adopting. Staff has prepared a Proclamation for City Council consideration.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
▪ Proclamation
POSSIBLE MOTION
PLEASE WORD MOTION AS YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO APPEAR IN THE MINUTES:
Motion to adopt a Proclamation recognizing May 2023 as Building Safety Month.
BUDGET INFORMATION
FUNDING: BUDGETED:
N/A N/A
Proclamation
Building Safety Month — May 2023
WHEREAS, The City of Otsego, Minnesota 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, “It Starts with You,” The theme for Building Safety Month 2023, encourages us all to raise
awareness about building safety on a personal, local and global scale, 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, Jessica Stockamp, Mayor of Otsego, Minnesota, do hereby proclaim the month of
May 2023 as Building Safety Month.
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Jessica Stockamp, Mayor Date