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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 5.A.
For Meeting of: August 20, 2024
ITEM TITLE: Overdose Awareness Day Proclamation
SUBMITTED BY: Victoria Baker, City Manager
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
Triumph Treatment Services requested a proclamation for Overdose Awareness Day 2024. At the July
23 Council meeting, the City Council reviewed a draft copy of the proclamation and unanimously
approved the issuance of the proclamation.
Renee Kollman, Director of External Affairs, with Triumph Treatment Services will be accepting the
proclamation.
ITEM BUDGETED:
STRATEGIC PRIORITY 24-25:
RECOMMENDATION:
ATTACHMENTS:
International Overdose Awareness Day.doc
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CITY OFYA7I A
PRO CL)4 VIA 'TION
wittEws, the City of(Yakima does affirm and acknowledge the harm and
hardship caused by drug overdose; and
Z1EAS, we recognize the purpose of International Overdose Awareness
Day as remembering loved ones lost to overdose and ending the stigma of drug-
related deaths; and
Z1EAS, we resolve to play our part in reducing the toll of overdose in
our community, which claimed the lives of more than 96 (Yakima residents in 2023,
together with countless more affected forever; and
Z1EAS, we affirm that the people affected by overdose are our sons
and daughters, our mothers and fathers, our brothers and sisters, and deserving of
our love, compassion and support.
WOW 27I EREFORE, I, Patricia Ayers, Mayor of the City of(Yakima and
on behalf of the City Council-hereby proclaim August 30, 2024 as
"Overdose Awareness Day"
in the City of(Yakima in recognition of the international event on August 31 st
Dated this 20th day of August, 2024
Patricia Ayers, Mayor
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