HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-270JUNE 14, 2011
11 -270 RESOLUTION
(CARRIED 7 -0 LOST LAID OVER WITHDRAWN )
PURPOSE: EXPRESSING COUNCIL'S SUPPORT FOR THE OSHKSOH
CIVILITY PROJECT AND ENDORSING THE OSHKOSH CIVILITY
PLEDGE
INITIATED BY: CITY ADMINISTRATION
WHEREAS, the Oshkosh Civility Project has been created by a group of community
leaders as follows: the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation; the University of
Wisconsin- Oshkosh; the Oshkosh Northwestern; Oshkosh Area United Way; Oshkosh
Public Library; Oshkosh Area School District; and the Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce;
and
WHEREAS, the leaders of the Oshkosh Civility Project have asked other community
leaders to ceremonially endorse the Oshkosh Civility Pledge; and
WHEREAS, individual members of the Oshkosh Common Council and city
management have participated in discussions to improve our community through a
dedication to the principles of civility; and
WHEREAS, the Oshkosh Civility Project seeks the formal endorsement of the City of
Oshkosh in the Oshkosh Civility Project;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Oshkosh:
1. That the Oshkosh Common Council endorses the Oshkosh Civility Pledge, which
states as follows: We built a stronger and more diverse community by actively
sharing our ideas and opinions with others in thoughtful and considerate ways.
By practicing this basic commitment to civility, we learn and grow from one
another — even in disagreement.
2. That the Council will endorse and put into practice the identified skills by the
Oshkosh Civility Project that are designed to promote civility.
3. That the Council will, through its actions, endorse these principles and skills by
following these basic rules of decorum at Council Meetings and encourage the
public to practice these principles in matters coming before the Oshkosh
Common Council.