Seymour City Council Meeting - March, 2006 Page 1

Regular Meeting
Seymour City Council

March 23, 2006

A regular City Council Meeting was held at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, March 23, 2006 at the
Portwood Arts and Civic Center, 800 E. Morris, Seymour, TX 76380.

CALL TO ORDER/ ROLL CALL by Mayor Craighead at 7:00 p.m.

Council Present:
Mayor Dan Craighead, Council Member Rose Tankersley, Council Member Donna Fest, Council Member David Snyder,
and Mayor Pro Tem Don Butler, Council Member Donald Coltharp

Council Absent: none
Counsel Present: none

Staff Present:
City Administrator Joe Shephard
City Secretary Elaine Simpson
Police Chief Tommy Duncan
Street Superintendent Ronnie Kolacek
Water Production Superintendent Rick Garcia
Water / Wastewater Superintendent Greg Shumate
Electric Department Supr. Brad Tilley
Conchita Torrez; City Secretary Assistant

Participants/Guests:
Fred Harvey, Rhonda Cypert, Clen Morris, Terry Warren, Jennifer Loving, Jackie Reynolds, Sheriff Bob Elliott, Pero Elliot, Ronny T Hawk Sr., Bob Gray, Becky Gray, Valerie Bowen, Nancy Markham, Kelly Fest-Pappas, Len Tuny, Cecil White, Hazel Morris, Phyllis L. Grady

Pledge Of Allegiance - The pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Craighead

PROCLAMATIONS OR PRESENTATIONS:

PROCLAMATION:
“Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Month”

Mayor Dan Craighead

Here is the text of the Proclamation.

“Proclamation
NATIONAL ORGAN AND TISSUE DONOR AWARENESS

Whereas, more than 83,000 Americans are currently on the national waiting list for a compatible donor organ and 1,100 of these are very young children. Every fourteen minutes, another name gets added to the list. Every day, fifteen people from the list die; and

Whereas, an effective way to address this situation is to educate and to encourage citizens to commit to the following actions: consider organ and tissue donation, inform your next of kin of your donation decision and communicate with a major organization such as “The Living Bank” in Houston, Texas (1-800-528-2971) to get registered as a donor and to get your donor card; and

Whereas, to donate an organ to a dying person is to give the ‘Gift of Life’. This can be a donation of a kidney from one who is alive, but often the Gift of Life comes from an unknown person. When an anonymous donor gives this blessed gift, he transcends his own tragedy and that of his family to affirm and to exalt life for everyone whose lives he touches; and

Whereas, the Mayor and City Council of Seymour feel that the cause of “Organ and Tissue Donation” education is of such immediate and worthwhile importance that,

NOW THEREFORE, I, DAN CRAIGHEAD, with and on behalf of City Council do Proclaim that the City of Seymour, Texas observes:

“NATIONAL ORGAN AND TISSUE DONOR AWARENESS MONTH
APRIL 2006”

In the City of Seymour, Texas, this 23rd of March, 2006, and cause by my hand to be affixed the Seal of the City of Seymour, Texas. Dan Craighead Mayor”

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	Regular Meeting Seymour City Council March 23, 2006 A regular City Council Meeting was held at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, March 23, 2006 at the Portwood Arts and Civic Center, 800 E. Morris, Seymour, TX 76380. CALL TO ORDER/ ROLL CALL by Mayor Craighead at 7:00 p.m. Council Present: Mayor Dan Craighead, Council Member Rose Tankersley, Council Member Donna Fest, Council Member David Snyder, and Mayor Pro Tem Don Butler, Council Member Donald Coltharp Council Absent: none Counsel Present: none Staff Present: City Administrator Joe Shephard City Secretary Elaine Simpson Police Chief Tommy Duncan Street Superintendent Ronnie Kolacek Water Production Superintendent Rick Garcia Water / Wastewater Superintendent Greg Shumate Electric Department Supr. Brad Tilley Conchita Torrez; City Secretary Assistant Participants/Guests: Fred Harvey, Rhonda Cypert, Clen Morris, Terry Warren, Jennifer Loving, Jackie Reynolds, Sheriff Bob Elliott, Pero Elliot, Ronny T Hawk Sr., Bob Gray, Becky Gray, Valerie Bowen, Nancy Markham, Kelly Fest-Pappas, Len Tuny, Cecil White, Hazel Morris, Phyllis L. Grady Pledge Of Allegiance - The pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Craighead PROCLAMATIONS OR PRESENTATIONS: PROCLAMATION: “Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Month” Mayor Dan Craighead Here is the text of the Proclamation. “Proclamation NATIONAL ORGAN AND TISSUE DONOR AWARENESS Whereas, more than 83,000 Americans are currently on the national waiting list for a compatible donor organ and 1,100 of these are very young children. Every fourteen minutes, another name gets added to the list. Every day, fifteen people from the list die; and Whereas, an effective way to address this situation is to educate and to encourage citizens to commit to the following actions: consider organ and tissue donation, inform your next of kin of your donation decision and communicate with a major organization such as “The Living Bank” in Houston, Texas (1-800-528-2971) to get registered as a donor and to get your donor card; and Whereas, to donate an organ to a dying person is to give the ‘Gift of Life’. This can be a donation of a kidney from one who is alive, but often the Gift of Life comes from an unknown person. When an anonymous donor gives this blessed gift, he transcends his own tragedy and that of his family to affirm and to exalt life for everyone whose lives he touches; and Whereas, the Mayor and City Council of Seymour feel that the cause of “Organ and Tissue Donation” education is of such immediate and worthwhile importance that, NOW THEREFORE, I, DAN CRAIGHEAD, with and on behalf of City Council do Proclaim that the City of Seymour, Texas observes: “NATIONAL ORGAN AND TISSUE DONOR AWARENESS MONTH APRIL 2006” In the City of Seymour, Texas, this 23rd of March, 2006, and cause by my hand to be affixed the Seal of the City of Seymour, Texas. Dan Craighead Mayor” Continue Next Page Return to Index - Seymour City Secretary Office






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