RESOLUTION NO. 951307

Honoring Charles Grant as the second recipient of the annual Dennis L. Cole Award, presented by the City of Kansas City, Missouri Public Works Department, Street and Traffic Division.

WHEREAS, the Public Works Department is the City's chief agency responsible for city-wide snow and ice removal on all City streets; and

WHEREAS, the Honorable Mayor of Kansas City, Emanuel Cleaver II, has directed the Public Works Department to establish the Dennis L. Cole Award as a tribute to Dennis L. Cole, an employee in the Street and Traffic Division who lost his life on November 8, 1991, while performing his duties during snow and ice removal operations; and

WHEREAS, the Public Works Department, Parks and Recreation Department, and Water Services Department annually select an outstanding employee to receive the Dennis L. Cole Award in recognition of outstanding performance in safety, dependability, productivity, willingness to assist fellow employees, and in promoting and demonstrating a positive image for the City and its employees; and

WHEREAS, Charles Grant, Equipment Operator II at Park Services District Four, has received letters of commendation for his efforts to accommodate the many requests he has handled for the district; and

WHEREAS, Kansas City and its citizens have benefitted from Charles Grant's particular efforts resulting in protection of our resources and infrastructure and in exemplifying a positive image for the City and its employees; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

That the Mayor and Council hereby honor Charles Grant as the 1995 recipient of the Dennis L. Cole Award; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the Council in testimony thereof and be presented to Charles Grant in token of the pride and pleasure afforded the Mayor and Council by Charles' fine accomplishments.

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