File #: 24-0762    Version: 1 Name: Resolution: Recognizing and Commending (5/22/24)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 5/15/2024 In control: Municipal Council and City Clerk
On agenda: 5/22/2024 Final action: 5/22/2024
Title: RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING Sponsored by President LaMonica R. McIver 1. Captain Theresa M. Claiborne, First Commissioned African-American Woman Pilot in the History of the United States Air Force Sponsored by Council Member C. Lawrence Crump 2. Little Zion U.A.M.E. Church, on its 136th Church Anniversary Celebration Sponsored by Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez 3. Firefighters honored during the Community Softball Scrimmage, of the NPD Newark Men's Softball, Inc. vs. the Santiago Soldiers, for their acts of heroism, on Sunday, March 31, 2024 4. Individuals honored during the 2024 North Ward Center Scholarship Recipient Awards, to be held on Thursday, May 23, 2024 5. Sergeant Jacob Hernandez, on his retirement after twenty-five (25) years of public service with the City's Department of Public Safety, Division of Police 6. Police Officer Diane Figueroa, on her retirement after thirty-five (35) years of public service with the City's Department of Public Safety, Division of Po...
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RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING

Sponsored by President LaMonica R. McIver
1. Captain Theresa M. Claiborne, First Commissioned African-American Woman Pilot in the History of the United States Air Force

Sponsored by Council Member C. Lawrence Crump
2. Little Zion U.A.M.E. Church, on its 136th Church Anniversary Celebration

Sponsored by Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez
3. Firefighters honored during the Community Softball Scrimmage, of the NPD Newark Men's Softball, Inc. vs. the Santiago Soldiers, for their acts of heroism, on Sunday, March 31, 2024
4. Individuals honored during the 2024 North Ward Center Scholarship Recipient Awards, to be held on Thursday, May 23, 2024
5. Sergeant Jacob Hernandez, on his retirement after twenty-five (25) years of public service with the City's Department of Public Safety, Division of Police
6. Police Officer Diane Figueroa, on her retirement after thirty-five (35) years of public service with the City's Department of Public Safety, Division of Police

Sponsored by Council Member Dupr? L. Kelly
7. Kenneth E. Walters, Veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and former employee of the Department of Public Safety, Office of Emergency Management
8. Coach Anthony Baskerville

Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana
9. Individuals honored during the Ecuadorian Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey's Mother's Day Celebration, held on Sunday, May 12, 2024
10. Mike Rodriguez, on his 90th Birthday Celebration
11. Manuel Cardenas, on graduating from Kean University

Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree
12. Eileen Shaw, Senior Heroine Honoree, during the 8th Annual Newark Senior Services Unsung Hero-Heroines Ceremony, held on Wednesday, May 8, 2024
13. Individuals honored during the 8th Annual Newark Senior Services Unsung Hero-Heroines Ceremony, held on Wednesday, May 8, 2024
14. Individuals honored during the KIPP NJ - Be the Change Gala, held on Thursday, May 9, 2024
15. Individuals honored during the Community...

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