HomeMy WebLinkAbout5009-23 Special Resolution for Athletic Trainers RESOLUTION
No. 5009-23
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
March 27, 20 23
Attest: /14(1- % City Clerk
n M. Jones /
Attest; /.t�Sl1'�- " ` 1 President of Common Council
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
March 28, 20 23
kii, /" I) ) City Clerk
Dawn M. Jones
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Approved and signed by me1 I 3` 20 1 3.
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Bill NO.23-12
SPECIAL RESOLUTION NO. 5009-23
A SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, PUBLICLY RECOGNIZING THE INDIANA
ATHLETIC TRAINERS ASSOCIATION AND ACKNOWLEGING THE
MONTH OF MARCH AS NATIONAL ATHLETIC TRAINING MONTH
Whereas,the Indiana Athletic Trainers Association was founded in 1984 as an organization
committed to the education of its members and the enhancement of the profession of athletic
training, creating better health care for the population it serves; and
Whereas, athletic trainers from professional, collegiate, and high school teams; industries;
physician offices; rehabilitation clinics; and every branch of the United States military work
together to promote and practice the profession of athletic training within the City of South Bend;
and
Whereas, athletic trainers have a long history of providing quality health care for athletes
and persons engaged in regular physical activity; and
Whereas, athletic trainers are highly skilled health care professionals who specialize in
immediate, acute, and emergency care; examination, assessment and diagnosis; injury prevention;
risk management; therapeutic intervention; and rehabilitation of injury and illness; and
Whereas, the National Athletic Trainers' Association represents and supports more than
45,000 members of the athletic training profession, including more than 1,930 athletic trainers in
the State of Indiana; and
Whereas, leading organizations concerned with athletic training and health care have
united in a common commitment to raise public awareness of the importance of the profession of
athletic training and the role of athletic trainers in the provision of quality health care services; and
Whereas, it is the desire of the City of South Bend to promote improved health care for
athletes and all of those who engage in physical activity; and
Whereas, Mayor Mueller has previously proclaimed the month of March as National
Athletic Training Month and called upon the residents of South Bend to recognize athletic trainers
for their honorable work in keeping the community healthy.
Now, therefore, be it resolved, by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
as follows:
Section I. The City of South Bend is unique in the availability of both athletic and medical
resources.
Section II. This uniqueness makes it appropriate for the Common Council to acknowledge the
valuable services athletic trainers provide to not only athletes, but to all who need quality health
care services.
Section III. The Common Council joins with Mayor Mueller in recognizing athletic trainers for
their honorable work in keeping the community healthy.
Section IV. The Common Council joins with Mayor Mueller in recognizing the month of March
as National Athletic Training Month.
Section V. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the
Council and approval by the Mayor.
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Sharon McBride, Council President
South Bend Common Council
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Dawn M. Jones, City Cle/
Office of the City Clerk
Presented by me, the undersigned Clerk of the ity of South Bend, to the Mayor of the
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City of South Bend, Indiana, on the a2" day of J/a/teA.- , 2023, at
o'clock A .m.
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Dawn M. Jones, City Cler
Office of the City Clerk
Approved and signed by me on the 3 1 day of r�' I , 2023, at
o'clock ,.m.
Ja s Mueller, Mayor
Ci of South Bend