HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 84-31 - Proclaim April Registration Awareness Month (Selective Service System Support) - 02/07/1984 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 84-31
WHEREAS, the continuation of the program for peacetime regis-
tration for the Selective Service System contributes to National
readiness by reducing as much as two months the time required for
a full defense mobilization; and
WHEREAS, over one million United States citizens have sacri-
ficed their lives to protect the rights and freedoms of all Americans
and registration for Selective Service is an integral part of current
preparedness to preserve these rights and freedoms in the future ; and
WHEREAS, more than 10 million men, representing over 96 percent
of potential registrants, have registered with the Selective Service
System since the resumption of registration and by so registering
have enhanced United States National defense preparedness ; and
WHEREAS, the Selective Service System has been tasked with assis-
ting in the process of improving our readiness posture by calling upon
eighteen year old male citizens to identify themselves by simply regis-
tering their name, address, date of birth and social security number
with that System by spending five minutes at the Post Office within
thirty days of their eighteenth birthday; and
WHEREAS, there is a severe penalty for failure to register;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Council
of the City of Eden Prairie does hereby support continuation of
registration with Selective Service and does hereby declare April
1984 as
REGISTRATION AWARENESS MONTH
and does hereby urge all the young men in the State of Minnesota to
register with the Selective Service System in accordance with the
Military Selective Service Act.
ATTEST: Wo gan4Henzel , Mayor
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j J ,n rane , City Clerk SEAL