HomeMy WebLinkAbout16-026RESOLUTION NO. 16-026
A RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND JEANNE KEATON'S EFFORTS TO PROVIDE A
BUILDING FOR SMALL ANIMALS AT THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS AND FOR THE 20 -
PLUS YEARS SHE HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO IMPROVE THE FAIR AND ITS FACILITIES IN ST.
LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA BY NAMING THE NEW SMALL ANIMAL BUILDING "JEANNE'S COOP"
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made the
following determinations:
1. Jeanne Keaton has been St. Lucie County's Fair Manager for more than twenty years and
was recently named the Florida Federation of Fairs 2015 "Person of the Year".
2. Jeanne Keaton has worked tirelessly over the past 20 -plus years to improve the Fair and
its facilities and was instrumental in acquiringthe newfairgrounds at their current location
on Midway Road.
3. Jeanne Keaton has long dreamed of moving the small animals out of tents and into a
building of their own.
4. The Fair Association recently accomplished that dream by building the small animal barn
in 2015.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida:
1. This Board does hereby recognize and commend Jeanne Keaton for her efforts to provide
a building for small animals at the St. Lucie County Fairgrounds, and for the 20 -plus years
she has spent improving the Fair and its' facilities, by naming the small animal building
"Jeanne's Coop" in her honor.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution shall be presented to Jeanne
Keaton as a token of this Board's appreciation.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 16th day of February 2016.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ATTEST: ST. LUCIE COUDOY, FLARIDA(-
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