PRINTER'S NO. 720
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
62
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, TEPLITZ, EICHELBERGER, ALLOWAY,
ARGALL, AUMENT, BAKER, BLAKE, BOSCOLA, BREWSTER, COSTA,
FONTANA, GORDNER, GREENLEAF, HAYWOOD, MENSCH, PILEGGI,
RAFFERTY, SCAVELLO, SCHWANK, SMITH, VULAKOVICH, WHITE,
WOZNIAK AND YAW, APRIL 13, 2015
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, APRIL 13, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of April 13 through 17, 2015, as "Local
Government Week" and April 15, 2015, as "Local Government
Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Local government in Pennsylvania is a mosaic of more
than 4,500 individual units with 67 counties, more than 50
cities, nearly 1,500 townships of the second class, nearly 100
townships of the first class, more than 950 boroughs, one
incorporated town, 500 school districts and more than 1,500
authorities; and
WHEREAS, More than 12 million Pennsylvania residents 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 provision of water
and sewer services to the more general purpose functions of
cities, boroughs, towns and townships, such as maintenance of
roads and streets, police and fire protection and enforcement of
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