5326287 Resolution 20-754, District of Columbia Occupational Safety and Health Board Sonia Ramirez Confirmation Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2014

A RESOLUTION

 

20-754

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

December 17, 2014         

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to appoint Ms. Sonia Ramirez to the District of Columbia Occupational Safety and Health Board.

 

                                                        

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “District of Columbia Occupational Safety and Health Board Sonia Ramirez Confirmation Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2014”.

 

Sec. 2. (a) The emergency legislation will appoint Sonia Ramirez as a private sector member of the District of Columbia Occupational Safety and Health Board for a term to end on April 12, 2017.

            (b) Sonia Ramirez is the Director of Government Affairs of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO. She leads all of the department’s legislative and political work in infrastructure investment, job creation, and labor standards.

            (c) Appointments to the District of Columbia Occupational Safety and Health Board require Council approval. It is imperative that the appointment of Sonia Ramirez be moved expeditiously in order to have all the seats on the board filled so that the full board can continue to work toward safer workplaces for District residents. 

 

Sec. 3.  The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the District of Columbia Occupational Safety and Health Board Sonia Ramirez Confirmation Emergency Resolution of 2014 be adopted on an emergency basis.

 

            Sec.  4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.