HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2019 (10) Resolution No. 10 (2019)
ST. ROM�w UNTY RESOLUTION DESIGNATING WORK ZONE AWARENESS WEEK
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1 WHEREAS, in 1999, the Federal Highway Administration partnered with the American
2 Association of State Highway Officials and more recently the American Traffic Safety Services
3 Association to create the National Work Zone Safety Awareness campaign which is held
4 annually in April prior to construction season in much of the nation; and
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6 WHEREAS, the Wisconsin County Highway Association is asking all seventy-two
7 counties in the state to unite and kick off"Work Zone Safety Awareness Week" with a resolution
8 and campaign to raise awareness for its workers, the traveling public, public safety workers, and
9 those of various highway contractors performing work for the counties; and
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11 WHEREAS, construction and maintenance activities on our streets and highways
12 periodically require that work zones be established; and
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14 WHEREAS, there has been over 2,000 work zone crashes in Wisconsin in each of the
15 last three years; and
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17 WHEREAS, there has been 170 work zone crashes in St. Croix County from 2014-2018;
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20 WHEREAS, in 2018 there were 2 incidents in which drivers made contact, or caused a
21 flag person to take evasive action in St. Croix County work zones, along with a number of other
22 near misses; and
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24 WHEREAS, there were 8 crashes with serious injuries in work zone crashes from 2014-
25 2018 in St. Croix County; and
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27 WHEREAS, in 2017, Wisconsin suffered from nearly 2,700 crashes in road construction
28 and maintenance zones, resulting in over 1,000 injuries and six fatalities; and
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30 WHEREAS, between 2012 and 2017, there were 55 fatalities recorded as a result of
31 crashes in Wisconsin work zones including three Wisconsin County Highway workers which
32 were killed in work zones in 2015; and
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34 WHEREAS, through their enforcement activities and other participation, the St Croix
35 County Sheriff's Office, Wisconsin State Patrol, and St Croix County Highway Department are
36 committed to working together in 2019 to make Work Zone Awareness Week a success; and
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38 WHEREAS, the Federal Highway Administration has designated April 8 through April
39 12, 2019 as National Work Zone Awareness Week.
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41 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the St Croix County Board of
42 Supervisors that the week of April 8 through April 12, 2019 be designated as Work Zone
43 Awareness Week in St Croix County.
Legal—Fiscal—Administrative Approvals:
Legal Note:
Fiscal Impact: The Work Zone Safety Resolution will not have any Financial Impact.
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03/18/19 Adopted
03/18/19 Transportation Committee APPROVED
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RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] Next: 4/2/2019 5:00 PM
MOVER: David Peterson, Supervisor
SECONDER: Ed Schachtner, Supervisor
AYES: Ed Schachtner, David Peterson, William Peavey
EXCUSED: Lynda Miller, Dave Ostness
Vote Confirmation.
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William Peavey,Supervisor 3/18/2019
SL Croix County Board of Supervisors Action:
Roll Call -Vote Requirement—None
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RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: William Peavey, Supervisor
SECONDER: Dave Ostness, Vice Chair
AYES: Schachtner, Endle, Miller, Coulter, Sjoberg, Malick, Moothedan, Fosterling, Feidler,
Ostness, Larson, Hansen, Brinkman, Peterson, Anderson, Achterhof, Hable,
Peavey
ABSENT: District 13
This Resolution was Adopted by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors on April 2, 2019
Cindy Campbell, County Clerk