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PROCLAMATION
"EARTH HOUR DAY"
MARCH 28, 2009
WHEREAS. the Village of Mount Prospect is deeply concerned about the impacts of climate change
and the future health and well-being of our planet and believes energy efficiency, natural resource
conservation, and a demand by the voting public for action by elected officials are important
elements to combating climate change; and
WHEREAS, Earth Hour is both an international and local symbolic event organized by World Wildlife
Fund to raise awareness about climate change issues, to encourage businesses, individuals and
government to take actions to reduce their carbon emissions and their impact on the environment in
their daily lives and operations; and
WHEREAS, Earth Hour asks all citizens, businesses, government agencies. and commercial and
non-commercial establishments to turn off all non-essential lighting for one hour beginning at 8:30
pm on March 28, 2009, and to encourage citizens and businesses to commit to actions they can take
in the coming year to reduce their carbon footprints and conserve energy; and
WHEREAS, if every household installs one CFL, annual energy savings will reach approximately 18
Gigawatt hours per year, or 1.3% of total residential energy demand; and
WHEREAS, Earth Hour will be used as a tool to inform Mount Prospect residents and businesses
about existing information and tools already available within the community to assist them in
increasing energy efficiency and decreasing emissions and use of natural resources; and
WHEREAS, extinguishing non-essential lights in all city government buildings, public schools and
public landmarks for one hour and urging all businesses and citizens to do the same will send a clear
message that the people of Mount Prospect in the state of Illinois in the United States of America are
concerned about climate change, stand with the rest of the world in seeking solutions and are
demonstrating that elected leaders at the Federal level act immediately to take measures that will
help fight global climate change effort to stop climate change, including the passage of legislation
and good-faith participation in global climate treaty negotiations in Copenhagen in December 2009;
and
WHEREAS, turning non-essential lights off in all city government buildings. public schools and public
landmarks will serve as an important rallying point for the Village-wide energy conservation event
Earth Hour.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Irvana K. Wilks. Mayor of the Village of Mount Prospect, do hereby proclaim
the hour between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. on March 28, 2009.
"EARTH HOUR DAY"
and encourage all residents and businesses to join with the Village of Mount Prospect in
extinguishing non-essential lights during Earth Hour to conserve energy and raise awareness about
global change as part of the Village-wide energy conservation event: Earth Hour Mount Prospect.
Irvana K. Wilks
Mayor
ATTEST:
M. Lisa Angell
Village Clerk
Dated this 3rd day of March, 2009.
MA YOR
Irvana K. Wilks
Mount Prospect
VILLAGE MANAGER
Michael E. Janonis
TRUSTEES
Timothy J. Corcoran
Paul Wm. Hoefert
Arlene A. Juracek
A. John Korn
Richard M. Lohrstorfer
Michael A. Zade!
VILLAGE CLERK
M. Lisa Angell
Phone: 847/392-6000
Fax: 847/392-6022
www.mountprospect.org
Village of Mount Prospect
50 South Emerson Street, Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056
TO: BOARD OF TRUSTEES
VILLAGE MANAGER MICHAEL JANONIS
VILLAGE CLERK LISA ANGELL
FROM: MAYOR IRVANA K. WILKS
DATE: FEBRUARY 26, 2009
SUBJECT: APPOINTMENT TO BOARDS/COMMISSIONS
I hereby nominate the following individual for appointment to the following Boards and
Commissions:
Citizen Corps Commission
Appointment
Marcia McMahon
550 Business Center Dr.
Term to expire December 2012
Please refer to the Appointee Information Sheet for additional information.
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