HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 02071989 - 89-77 T.A
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this order on February 7 , 1989_, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers, Fanden, Schroder, McPeak, Torlakson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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SUBJECT: Safety Devices for County Cars
Following passage of Resolution No. 89/77 proclaiming the week
of February 12-18 , 1989 , as "Child Passenger Safety Week in Contra
Costa County, " .the Board discussed the need for public awareness
for safety measures in vehicles transporting children.
Therefore, IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the County
Administrator is REQUESTED to have Child Passenger Safety Week
bumper stickers provided by the Prevention Council placed on County
vehicles.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the County Administrator is
REQUESTED to explore the feasibility of installing air bags and/or
other safety devices in County cars.
I hcrahy ce-l"y that thfs is a true and correct copy of
an action tanla a and e,'crae on the minutes of the
Board of Supeevisars on the date shown.
ATTESTED]: February 7 , 1989
cc• County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR,Cierk of the Gourd
Director, General Services
of Supervisors and County Administrator
,.
By ,Deputy
IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Proclaiming )
February 12th through the 18th ) RESOLUTION NO. 89/77
as Child Passenger Safety Week )
WHEREAS the Contra Costa County Health Department' s
Prevention Program has secured three-year funding from the Office
of Traffic Safety to reduce Contra Costa County resident' s
morbidity and mortality rates associated with non-use of
motorcycle helmets, seat belts and child car passenger safety
seats; and
WHEREAS twenty percent (20%) of all deaths in children
from birth to fourteen years are from motor vehicle fatalities;
and
WHEREAS the fatality rate for infants up to six months
old is three times that of children aged six to twelve years (even
though infants spend less time in an automobile) ; and
WHEREAS the correct use of child restraining seats
reduces the risk of fatality by seventy-one percent (71%) and
serious injury by sixty-seven percent ( 67%) ;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Contra Costa
County Board of Supervisors hereby PROCLAIMS February 12, 1989
through February 18 , 1989 as Child Passenger Safety - Week,
RECOGNIZES its activities and intent for Contra Costa County' s
residents, and RECOGNIZES this week at its yearly anniversary.
PASSED on February 7, 1989 by unanimous vote of the
Board members present.
Tom Nancy . Fanden
D' Dist ct II
Robert S roder Sunne Wright McPeak
District III District IV
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Tom Torlakson
District V
I hereby certify. that the foregoing is a true and
correct ,, of an order entered on the minutes of said Board of
Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
7th day of February, 1989.
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
By: Deputy Clerk
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