PENNSYLVANIA, July 21 - PRINTER'S NO. 641

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

94

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY DUSH, KEARNEY, PHILLIPS-HILL, ARGALL, J. WARD,

BROOKS, FONTANA, MARTIN, SCAVELLO, K. WARD, COLLETT, VOGEL,

MENSCH, COMITTA, STEFANO, BARTOLOTTA, HUTCHINSON, COSTA AND

PITTMAN, APRIL 21, 2021

REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, APRIL 21, 2021

A RESOLUTION

Designating the week of April 11 through 18, 2021, as "Local

Government Week" and April 14, 2021, as "Local Government

Day" in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, Local government officials and staff have served in

an extraordinary capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic, with

unprecedented demands and limited resources; and

WHEREAS, Local government in Pennsylvania is comprised of

more than 4,500 individual units with 67 counties, more than 50

cities, nearly 100 townships of the first class, nearly 1,500

townships of the second class, more than 950 boroughs, one

incorporated town, 500 school districts and more than 1,500

authorities; and

WHEREAS, More than 12 million residents of this Commonwealth

rely on the services and facilities provided by local

government, ranging from the special purpose functions of

counties, school districts and municipal authorities in the

areas of judicial administration, social welfare, education and

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