HomeMy WebLinkAbout93-032RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AGRICIILTURAL COMMISSIONERS
AND SEALERS DIRECTORS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
WHEREAS, the California Agricultural Commissioner and
Sealers Association membership is comprised of County Agricultural
Commissioners and Sealers/Directors of Weights and Measures
dedicated to providing valuable and effective services to the
public and industry; and
WHEREAS, its members are responsible for promoting and
protecting agriculture, providing for equity in the market place,
protecting the consumer and the environment; and
WHEREAS, its members provide local control over areas of
great concern to the citizens of this state; and
WHEREAS, its members offices provide many special
services that are responsive to the needs of the local community;
and
WHEREAS, its members have maintained a program to insure
that pesticides are used in a safe manner thereby protecting
agricultural workers, the environment, and providing consumers with
good that is both safe and wholesome; and
WHEREAS, its members have served to prevent the
introduction of pests into California that would be detrimental to
agriculture and the environment, and to further carry out a
comprehensive program to detect and eradicate those detrimental
pests that are introduced into the state; and
WHEREAS, its members have contributed to stable markets
and consumer confidence in fruits, vegetables, eggs, nuts and honey
through a program of quality control inspections; and
WHEREAS, its members provide for equitable business
transactions by checking the accuracy of devices and quantity of
commodities offered in the market place to the consumer; and
WHEREAS, the California Agricultural Commissioner and
Sealers Association has provided leadership, research and field
activities for the control of depredating vertebrate pests and
noxious weed, especially in promoting integrated pest management
alternatives such as biological control; and
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WHEREAS, the California Agricultural Commissioners and
Sealers Association will hold its annual conference in Butte County
for the first time on April 26-30, 1993.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this Board of
Supervisors of Butte County, on behalf of its citizens, does hereby
recognize the dedicated service of each Agricultural Commissioner
and Sealer/Director of Weights and Measures and staff member and
further extends a hearty welcome to Butte County and best wishes
far a successful conference.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 23rd of March, 1993 by the
fallowing vote:
AYES: Supervisors Meyer, Bolan, McLaugh~.in., Thomas and Chair Haux
NOES : None
NOT VOTING: None
ABSENT : None
MARY E ROUX, Chair, Butte County
Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
JOHN S. BLACRLOCR, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of h Board of Supervisors
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