By Crystal McGough, Associate Editor
TRUSSVILLE – The Trussville City Council approved a proclamation Tuesday declaring Oct. 24, 2022, Rotary International World Polio Day in the city of Trussville.
Trussville Mayor and City Council present Trussville Daybreak Rotary Club Members with a proclamation for Rotary International World Polio Day (Photo by Crystal McGough)
“This makes me very happy to do this,” Councilor Lisa Bright said.
According to Proclamation 2022-29, Rotary launched PolioPlus in 1985, and in 1988, helped establish the Global Polio Eradication Initiative – which today includes the World Health Organization, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance – to immunize children of the world against Polio.
“… Polio cases have dropped by 99.9% since 1988 and the world stands on the threshold of eradicating the disease,” the proclamation states. “To date, Rotary has contributed more than $2.4 billion and countless volunteer hours to protecting nearly three billion children in 122 countries. Rotary is working to raise an additional $50 million per year, which will be leveraged for maximum impact by the additional $100 million annually from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. These efforts are providing much needed operational support, medical staff, laboratory equipment and educational materials for health workers and parents.”
Additionally, the proclamation states that there are over 1.4 million Rotary members in 46,000 clubs throughout the world. Several members of the Trussville Daybreak Rotary Club were present for the reading of the proclamation.
The council also approved Proclamation 2022-30, declaring October 2022 Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the city of Trussville.
“This one is near and dear to my heart,” Councilor Jaime Anderson said. “My grandmother actually passed away from breast cancer. So, this affects a lot of people in our community. It’s been a long time – it’s been about 10 years – since we’ve done a proclamation, so I didn’t want to let it pass again.”
Shayna Swann, whose brother started Turn Trussville Pink in honor of their mother, was in attendance and received a framed copy of the proclamation.
L-R: Councilor Perry Cook, Councilor Jaime Anderson, Mayor Buddy Choat, Shayna Swann, Councilor Alan Taylor, Councilor Lisa Bright, Councilor Ben Short (Photo by Crystal McGough)
“Our mother was a breast cancer survivor,” Swann said. “So far, Turn Trussville Pink has raised almost $100,000 for UAB Research in honor and memory of our parents.”
Turn Trussville Pink takes place on the third Wednesday in October and, this year, will be on Oct. 19.
Councilor Anderson offered and the council unanimously approved Ordinance 2022-21ADM, officially establishing the City Veteran’s Committee.
“It’s been a long-time coming,” Anderson said. “As most people know, we have a very active Veteran’s Committee. They wanted to create bylaws. It is a new committee and I’m thankful to the mayor and the rest of the council for creating this committee, but we’ve needed an ordinance to actually officially establish it. So, this is just an ordinance establishing the City Veteran’s Committee, which will allow them to then create bylaws by which they will be a permanent committee here in Trussville.”
In other business, the council approved the following:
- Ordinance 2022-022ANX, annexing 5142 Vann Valley Road & 5568 Martin Road Properties
- Ordinance 2022-023ANX, annexing 6871 Happy Hollow Road Property
- Ordinance 2022-024ANX, annexing 7343 Roper Road Property
- Resolution 2022-52, endorsing the ALDOT Interstate Lane Widening Project
- Resolution 2022-53, declaring Public Works vehicles and other assets as surplus property
Additionally, the council elected Lisa Bright as the new council president and Jaime Anderson as the new president pro tem for the November 2022 – October 2023 term.
The Trussville City Council regularly meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 6 p.m. Due to the upcoming Nov. 8 general election, the first meeting in November will take place on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022.
