2023.05 Building Safety Month ProclamationSAFETY MONTH
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, �
May 2023 as Building Safety Month.
M
Jess a Stockamp, ayor
hereby proclaim the month of
April 24, 2023
Date