476.2006
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RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 29, 2006 CHANGE YOUR
CLOCK, CHANGE YOUR BATTERY DAY IN THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY
RESOLUTION NO. 476, 2006
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough
WHEREAS
, each day an average of nearly three children die in home fires, and
WHEREAS
, eighty percent of fire deaths involving children occur in homes without
smoke detectors, and
WHEREAS,
by providing an early warning and critical extra seconds to escape, smoke
detectors double a family’s chances of getting out of a home fire alive but only if they
work.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED
, that the Queensbury Town Board, the Town of Queensbury Fire Marshal’s
Office along with the Bay Ridge, North Queensbury, Queensbury Central, South
Queensbury and West Glens Falls Fire Department wants to remind all Town of
Queensbury Citizens to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they change
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their clocks on October 29.
AND BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVEDOCTOBER 29, 2006
, the Town of Queensbury hereby proclaims
Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery”
As “day in the Town of Queensbury.
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Duly adopted this 16 day of October, 2006 by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer
NOES: None
ABSENT: None