Wisconsin Greenfield City Municipal Resolution on the Armenian Genocide - 2015

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MINUTES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL MEETING HELD AT THE GREENFIELD CITY HALL ON TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2015

The meeting was called to order by Mayor Neitzke at 7:13 p.m.

1. ROLL CALL:	Alderperson Alderperson	Lubotsky Bailey	Present Present
	Alderperson Alderperson	Kastner Akers	Present Present
	Alderperson	Saryan	Present

ALSO PRESENT: Jennifer Goergen City Clerk

Roger Pyzyk City Attorney

Rick Sokol Director of Neighborhood Services

Chuck Erickson Community Development Manager

2. An opening prayer was given by Pastor Steve

3. Pledge of Allegiance

4. It was moved by Alderperson Kastner, seconded by Alderperson Bailey, to approve the April 8, 2015 Council minutes, as Motion carried unanimously.

5. Mayor’s Report

1. Mayor Neitzke stated he issued a proclamation proclaiming Saturday, May 2, 2015 as Arbor Day in the City

1. Mayor Neitzke stated he issued a proclamation proclaiming Saturday, May 9, 2015 as CleanUp GreenUp Day in the City

At this time, Mayor Neitzke proceeded with Item #8

6. Aldermanic Reports – None

7. Announcements

Alderperson Saryan said that being of Armenian ancestry, the 2015 ASSEMBLY JOINT

RESOLUTION 23, which was adopted by the Wisconsin Assembly on April 14, 2015 and by the Wisconsin Senate today, April 21, 2015, is particularly meaningful to her. She read the following

asked that it be placed in the record.

Whereas, 2015 marks the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, when the systematic destruction of thousands of Armenian communities in the Ottoman Empire, through massacres an death marches in which some 1,500,000 Armenians perished and hundreds of thousands more were uprooted from their homes and ancient homeland, was carried out from 1915 to 1923; and

Whereas, despite the overwhelming evidence borne out by a wealth of documentation, the Turkish government has never recognized nor accepted responsibility for the genocide of the Armenian people from 1915 to 1923; and

Whereas, by denying, and trying to expunge, the record of their genocide, the Turkish government deprives the Armenian people of their own history; and

Whereas, recognition of this atrocity is crucial to guarding against the recurrence of genocide and provides the Armenian people with a greater understanding of their heritage; and

Whereas, the discrimination against and the hardship of the Armenian people persists in Turkey today and has led to human rights violations and the loss of human life; and

Whereas, in the year 2000 the assembly of the state of Wisconsin and in the year 2002 the senate of the state of Wisconsin adopted resolutions designating April 24 of each year as “Wisconsin Day of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915 to 1923”; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the assembly and senate of the state of Wisconsin hereby designate April 24, 2015 as “Wisconsin Day of Remembrance for the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 to 1923.”

At this time, the Mayor continued with Item #8