HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommendation Donald F. Fozo for his more than Thirty-one (31) yearsRESOLUTION
3807-07
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
November 12, 2007
Attest:
City Clerk
President of Common Council
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
November 13, 20 07
Approved and signed by me
November 19,
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City Clerk
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RESOLUTION NO. 3 8 0 7- 0 7
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, PUBLICLY
COMMENDING DONALD F. FOZO FOR HIS MORE THAN THIRTY-ONE (31) YEARS OF DEDICATED
PUBLIC SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR SERVING AS OUR BUILDING COMMISSIONER
~~~, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, notes that Donald F. Fozo, retired as the Building
Commissioner of the City of South Bend and St. Joseph County on Friday, November 9, 2007, a position which he held since
the consolidation of the departments on January 1, 1992; and
~~~, the Common Council is proud to recognize that this Mishawaka Caveman served as Assistant Building
Commissioner for the City of Mishawaka from 1976 to 1979; was the Building Commissioner for St. Joseph County from
1979 until the consolidation with South Bend in 1992; and for the past fifteen (15) years has served as the Building
Commissioner for the city and the county, where he has supervised a staff which included aDesign/Plan Review Specialist,
a Assistant Zoning Administrator, a Fiscal Officer/Office Manager, a Zoning Appeals/Administrative Assistant; three (3)
Permit Secretaries; one (1) Licensing Secretary, three (3) Building Inspectors, two (2) Electrical Inspectors; one (1) Plumbing
Inspector, and two (2) Heating Inspectors; and
~, in addition to attending many continuing education classes at Indiana University South Bend, Ball State
University, Indiana/Purdue University Indianapolis, and the University of Notre Dame, Don has excelled in his career &
received many, many honors such as being named the Indiana Building Official of the Year in 1989, winning the Golden
Hammer Award in 1990 from the Homebuilders Association of St. Joseph Valley; winning the Community Alive with
Service Award in 1992 from the South Bend/Mishawaka Area Chamber of Commerce, being the 1st recipient of the
Michiana Builders Association Outstanding Contribution to the Construction Industry award; while also serving on many
boards & commissions such as the Indiana Fire Prevention & Building Safety Commission; the International Conference of
Building Officials General Code Committee; Chaired the Scholarship Committee of the Indiana Association of Building
Officials for 4 years; being a 23-year member of the International Conference of Building Officials; and being a 30 year
member of the Indiana Association of Building Officials; and
~Ya, under Don Fozo's leadership and expertise, the consolidation of the city's building department and the
county's building department has become a shining example for other departments to emulate and model.
~~ ~~~~ ~ ~t~~d, by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows:
Section I. On behalf of all of the citizens of the City of South Bend, Indiana, the Common Council hereby
congratulates and publicly honors Donald F. Fozo for his more than thirty-one (31) years of dedicated public service to the
South Bend, St. Joseph County and Mishawaka communities.
Section II. Don Fozo will long be remembered as a dedicated and caring public servant who always took the time
to answer questions, to give advise, to mentor, to lend a hand, and to be an overall great guy.
Section III. The South Bend Common Council sincerely THANKS Don Fozo for his many, many years of tireless
service, for coming to countless Zoning and Annexation Committee meetings and South Bend Common Council meetings to
give reports on the actions of the Board of Zoning Appeals, and especially thanks him for his straight-forward, common
sense advise and recommendations, which have truly been appreciated over the years.
Section N. The Council wishes Don, (A/K/A the "best Head United Way hot dog cooker in the land") only the best
as he becomes today, the new Executive Director of the Michiana Area Construction Industry Advancement Fund
(MACIAF) who will be responsible for promoting and advancing the construction industry; and further wishes Don and his
wife, Kathy, and their family the very best in the years ahead, and we hope to see him continuing to jog over his lunch hour
throughout our great city.
Section V. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Council and approval
by e ayor.
Derek D. Dieter, is District
Char otf`~e~fer, 2° District
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Kathleen Cekanski-Fanrand, Council Attorney
John oorde, City Clerk
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Stephen . Luecke, ayor of South Bend