RESOLUTION
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP ROBINSON, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS, PINEDA -ISAAC, DIAZ AND MERANTE:
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RESOLUTION OF THE YONKERS CITY COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE ALEXANDER BRAVO AS THE WINNER OF THE YONKERS CITY CLERK HON. VINCENT SPANO'S COMPETITION TO CREATE AN OFFICIAL POSTER TO COMMEMORATE THE EXPANSION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PASSPORT SERVICES PROVIDED AT THE YONKERS CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
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WHEREAS, Under the visionary Leadership of Yonkers City Clerk Vincent Spano and his dedicated Staff, the Yonkers City Clerk's Office took on the challenge of expanding the scope of services provided to include the issuance of United States Passports in partnership with the United States Department of State; and
WHEREAS, in order to do so the Clerk's Office was required to demonstrate compliance with the rigorous recordkeeping, management and administrative standards of the Federal Government; and
WHEREAS, the Yonkers City Clerk's Office collectively rose to the challenge and as of 2022 began processing applications for and issuing United States Passports; and
WHEREAS, since that time the program has been a booming success by providing reliable convenient passport services for Yonkers residents and the public at large while generating additional revenue for the office and the City; and
WHEREAS, the program has become so successful that the Clerk's office has issued over 12,000 passports that has required the expansion of the hours of operation and the space dedicated to the passport Application and issuance process; and
WHEREAS, in a creative and fun initiative to promote the expansion of the Passport Services the Yonkers City Clerk's Office sponsored a competition in order to design a poster that would identify the Office; and
WHEREAS, the competition was open to the students of the Yonkers Public Schools; and
WHEREAS, hundreds of students submitted a variety of beautiful and creative entries thereby...
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