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WHEREAS, Americans are served every day by public service workers at the federal, state, county and city levels; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh has a long and proud tradition of providing a wide variety of services to its citizens, such as police and fire protection, emergency response, trash and recycling collection, street construction and maintenance, traffic control, animal control, code enforcement, forestry, water and wastewater delivery and treatment, youth and senior programs, recreation programs, museum and cultural programs, park construction and maintenance, planning and engineering, electric and telecommunications utilities and more; and
WHEREAS, the employees who provide these direct services are supported by additional public service workers such as administrative support personnel, custodians, clerks, accountants, cashiers, payroll clerks, and human resource personnel; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh sincerely appreciates the contributions of its public service workers and recognizes that they are critical to the successes of our city; and
WHEREAS, public service workers offer professionalism and dedication throughout their employment and through each election cycle, ensuring continuity as leadership changes; and
WHEREAS, our city's public service workers keep Pittsburgh working effectively to serve the needs of our citizens;
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby proclaim Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Service Worker Day in the City of Pittsburgh.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Pittsburgh encourages all citizens to join us in recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of public service workers at all levels - federal, state, county and city.