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PROCLAMATION
No. 2019 - 01
CENSUS 2020 AWARENESS DAY – APRIL 1, 2019
WHEREAS, more than $675 billion per year in federal funding is allocated to states and communities based on census data; and
WHEREAS, an up-to-date and accurate census count is vital in ensuring our state and cities receive annual funds that help improve transportation, schools, hospitals, public works and
other vital programs; and
WHEREAS, census data helps shape where to locate schools, offices and stores; and
WHEREAS, census data helps local governments provide greater public safety and emergency preparedness; and
WHEREAS, census data ensures fair Congressional representation in the U.S. House of Representatives and in redistricting state legislatures, county and city councils, and school and
voting districts; and
WHEREAS, the 2020 Census will create jobs in communities; and
WHEREAS, the census is meant to represent everyone;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Mayor and City Council of the City of Rexburg, Idaho, do hereby proclaim
April 1, 2019 as Census 2020 Awareness Day
in the City of Rexburg and call on and encourage our citizens in this special observance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the Seal of the City of Rexburg to be affixed this 20th day of March of the year of our Lord two thousand nineteen.
APPROVED:
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SEAL Jerry Merrill
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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Deborah Lovejoy
REXBURG CITY CLERK