HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 04161996 - 96-135 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
In the Matter of Recognizing 1996 )
as "National Association of Retired ) RESOLUTION NO. 96/135
Federal Employees Year" )
WHEREAS, the employees of the United States Government devote their
working lives to improving the quality of life and freedom for all
citizens of the United States; and
WHEREAS, the United States Government recognizes the invaluable
resource represented by its workforce and seeks to .honor its moral
responsibility to it by offering civil service employees adequate
benefits upon retirement; and
WHEREAS, the National Association of Retired Federal Employees was
organized on February 19, 1921 with the mission of protecting the
earned rights and livelihoods of civil service retirees; and
WHEREAS, the National Association of Retired Federal Employees has
worked tirelessly for 75 years to protect the earned benefits of
active and retired federal employees; and
WHEREAS, the National Association of Retired Federal Employees has
grown to include a membership of nearly half a million, with 53
state federations and more than 1,740 active local chapters in the
50 United States, Puerto Rico, Panama, the Philippines, and Guam;
and
WHEREAS, the National Association of Retired Federal Employees is
represented in Contra Costa County by 2,000 members who enhance the
material and social well being of our community through financial
sustenance, good citizenship and volunteerism; and
WHEREAS, the National Association of Retired Federal Employees
celebrates its 75th Anniversary in 1996;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA that it COMMENDS the Association
and takes great pleasure in recognizing 1996 as "National
Association of Retired Federal Employees Year. "
PASSED AND ADOPTED on April 16, 1996 by unanimous vote of the Board
members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of
a resolution entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on
the date aforesaid.
Introduced by:
J ff i , District II
(Zhair, Board of Supervisors
Witness my hand and the Seal of
the Board of Supervisors affixed
this 16th day of April, 1996 .
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors and County
Administrator