Bells Across Pennsylvania May 3 7pm

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Mayor’s Proclamation
City of Butler

WHEREAS: on March 6, 2020, Governor Tom Wolf proclaimed the existence of a disaster emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ultimately requiring all Pennsylvania residents to shelter in place; and

WHEREAS: despite all of the efforts of state, county, and municipal governments to mitigate the effects of this pandemic, as of April 26, 2020 there are: 41,165 confirmed cases of Pennsylvanians affected with COVID-19 and 1,550 Pennsylvanians have died from it.  In Butler County there are: 170 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 6 deaths reported; and

WHEREAS: in every municipality, there have been emergency medical personnel, firefighters, police officers, and employees of grocery stores, pharmacies and other life-sustaining businesses who have braved the viral elements, at the expense of themselves and their families, to maintain essential services to the general public sheltering in place and are deserving of recognition as “hometown heroes”; and

WHEREAS: elected officials across the Commonwealth have joined together to promote a statewide expression of gratitude to these hometown heroes, solidarity with other Pennsylvanians on the frontlines of the COVID-19 battlefield and determination that their municipal businesses and civic-life will thrive once again; and

WHEREAS:   since days of the American Revolution, the bell has served as an instrument for expressing communal gratitude, camaraderie and resolve, and is a means well-suited for Pennsylvanians sheltering in place to demonstrate such values.

NOW, therefore, I, Benjamin A. Smith, by virtue of the authority vested in me as MAYOR of the City of Butler, Pennsylvania do hereby PROCLAIM the 3rd of May, 2020 as: “Bells Across Pennsylvania Day”

The City of Butler calls upon all residents and churches at 7:00 p.m. to ring bells for three minutes to: 1) honor their hometown heroes, 2) rally with other Pennsylvanians on the frontlines of the COVID-19 battlefield and 3) show resolve to restore their local businesses and civic life to their former prominence.

SIGNED and SEALED this 27th day of April, Two Thousand and Twenty at City Hall in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Mayor Benjamin A. Smith, City of Butler

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