Mayor, City Council issue proclamation for Public Works Week

posted on 5/17/2024

Dover Mayor Robert Carrier and the City Council issued a proclamation at the May 8 City Council meeting declaring May 19-25, 2024 as National Public Works Week in Dover. The proclamation honors the contributions of public works professionals in the city's Community Services Department.

"Public works professionals focus on infrastructure, facilities, and services that are of vital importance to sustainable and resilient communities and to the public health, high quality of life, and well-being of the people of the City of Dover," the mayor said, reading from the proclamation.

National Public Works Week, sponsored by the American Public Works Association, is being celebrated for the 64th year in 2024. The proclamation calls upon Dover's citizens to join activities and ceremonies designed "to pay tribute to our public works professionals, engineers, managers, and employees and to recognize the substantial contributions they make to protecting our national health, safety, and advancing quality of life for all."

The mayor's proclamation states that public works services could not be provided without the "dedicated efforts of public works professionals, who are engineers, managers, and employees at all levels of government and the private sector, who are responsible for rebuilding, improving, and protecting our nation's transportation, water supply, water treatment, and solid waste systems, public buildings, and other structures and facilities essential for our citizens."

Public works programs require an "ongoing interest and understanding" among citizens about their importance to communities, according to the proclamation.

Dover's Community Services Department oversees public works functions, including water and sewer utilities, streets and highways, parks and recreation facilities, and more.

The complete proclamation can be viewed here.