RES 1995-33 - 0000287347
RESOLUTION NO. 33 - 1995
A RESOLUTION COMMENDING MONSIEUR FERNAND PECHEUX ON THE
OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AS MAYOR OF FOURMIES, FRANCE
WHEREAS, at the end of his current term of office Monsieur Fernand Pecheux,
Mayor of the City of Fourmies, France, will retire from public service; and
WHEREAS, during the Second World War Mayor Pecheux distinguished himself as a
member of the French Resistance Movement by joining the Civil Military
Organization created by General Charles de Gaulle and by serving on the
Liberation Council in 1944; and
WHEREAS, beginning in 1947 Mayor Pecheux was repeatedly elected to public office
serving for twelve years as Councilmember, twelve years as Deputy Mayor, and
eighteen years as Mayor of Fourmies; and
WHEREAS, during Mayor Pecheux's career as a teacher he served as a delegate to
the National Union of Teachers, and throughout his long tenure in public office
he made both education of youth and unionism a high priority; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Pecheux was instrumental in establishing the Sister City
relationship with the City of Fridley and, along with Fridley Mayor William Nee,
signed a historic Agreement of Friendship in 1982; and
WHEREAS, in 1982 Mayor Pecheux was named a Knight of the Legion of Honor and in
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1993 an Officer in the
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
same Order;
RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Fridley that
Mayor Fernand Pecheux
be commended
for his long and
distinguished career in
service to the public
and for his
dedication to the
ideals of liberty, good
government, labor unionism,
and the
education of youth.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a placque expressing these sentiments be transmitted
to Mayor Pecheux along with the wishes of the City Council and the People of
Fridley that he enjoy a long and happy retirement in which to enjoy the
satisfaction stemming from such a distinguished career of public service.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS 12TH DAY OF
JUNE, 1995.
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WILLIAM J. N - MAYOR
ATTEST:
' WILLIAM A. CHAMPA - CITY CLERK