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THIS DEDICATION TODAY IS MORE THAN A
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CEREMONY IT'S A CULMINATION OF COMPETENCE AND CHARACTER THANK YOU MAYOR JONES MAYOR JONES I OFTEN LEANING TO SOMETHING YOU TAUGHT ME OVER THREE DECADES AGO IT WAS THAT PEOPLE DESIRE THREE THINGS PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO BE AFFIRMED AND PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO BE APPRECIATED WE ARE HERE TODAY FOR THE RENAMING REDEDICATION OF WHAT WE HAVE KNOWN AS THE MAIN STREET MUNICIPAL BUILDING IS NOW THE RONALD E JONES MUNICIPAL BUILDING HONORING MAYOR JONES FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE CITY HE WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR 29 YEARS RETIRED AS AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ITEM NUMBER FIVE REALLY THE CAPTION READS AS FOLLOWS A COUPLE YEARS LATER RAN FOR MAYOR SERVED THREE TERMS AS MAYOR AND HIS UH HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF THIS CITY AND REMAINS THAT TO THIS DAY I BELIEVE THAT YOUR BIGGEST GIFT TO THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WHO YOU ARE AND THE LIFE THAT YOU HAVE LIVED OUT AMONG US AND SO SIR I AM THANKFUL TO BE YOUR FRIEND I'M THANKFUL TO HAVE BEEN MENTORED BY YOU AND I AM THANKFUL THAT THIS CITY HAS CHOSEN TO HONOR YOU IN THIS WAY [APPLAUSE] I'VE BEEN GIVEN THE PRIVILEGE OF THE COUNTDOWN ALL RIGHT AND AND SO I WANT YOU TO THINK OF THIS AS A AS A GIANT ASCOT ABOUT THAT AND UM ON THE COUNT OF THE COUNT OF THREE ARE VANNA WHITE HELPERS HERE WILL REMOVE THE ASCOT SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE NEW NAME ON THE MAIN STREET MUNICIPAL BUILDING SO ON COUNT OF THREE GENTLEMEN ONE TWO THREE I'M EXCITED I MADE TO A DEGREE AND AND I'M AND ACTUALLY A BIT AWESTRUCK ONE DOES NOT GO TO WORK WITHIN 10 OF HIS NAME BEING ON A BUILDING AND IT REINFORCES ME TO STAY COMMITTED AND TO REMAIN AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE AND TO REMAIN AS VIGILANT AS I DID THEN TO SERVE IT IT'S A REFLECTION OF THE CUMULATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE WORK OF A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LET ME BE A PART OF THAT TEAM AND SO WHEN I SEE THIS NAME UP HERE IS REPRESENTS THE EFFORTS AND THE ENERGY AND THE COMMITMENT TO SERVING THIS GREAT CITY THAT WE AS EMPLOYEES HAVE TO DO A GOOD JOB THE BEST WE COULD TO NOT ONLY SERVE THE CITIZENS BUT EVERYONE WHO LIVED HERE WHO WHO WORKED HERE WHO CAME TO PLAY HERE AND AS WE SERVED OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY [MUSIC]* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.