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County issues proclamations honoring two former supervisors and recognizing child-abuse prevention and telecommunicators week
Summary
Manitowoc County Board issued proclamations honoring the lives of former supervisors Lori Burke and William Victor Geigel Sr., designated April 2025 as Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month, and named the week of April 19, 2025, National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in the county.
The Manitowoc County Board of Supervisors issued four proclamations during its meeting, honoring two former supervisors and recognizing two observances in April 2025.
County leaders commemorated the life and service of former Supervisor Lori Burke and of William Victor Geigel Sr. The proclamations record Burke’s birth on April 16, 1959, her service representing County Board Supervisory District 25 and Two Rivers from 2010 to 2016, and her work on the Human Services Board and ADRC of the Lakeshore Board; the proclamation lists Burke’s date of death as Nov. 24, 2024. The Geigel proclamation records his birth on Oct. 11, 1932, service representing Supervisory District 8 beginning in 1994, long employment with the Herald Times as a pressman, and his date of death as Jan. 26, 2025.
The board also proclaimed April 2025 as Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month in Manitowoc County. The proclamation cites county statistics: 419 child-abuse and neglect cases investigated in 2024 and 88 petitions for children in need of protection and/or services filed in those investigations.
Finally, the board designated the week of April 19, 2025, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week in Manitowoc County, recognizing the Manitowoc County Joint Dispatch Center and its role in providing emergency communications for the county and several cities.
Why it matters: proclamations are ceremonial recognitions used by the board to codify condolences, public awareness months, and appreciation of county employees; they do not themselves create programs or appropriate funds.
The proclamations were presented in the meeting by county leadership and read into the record; the transcript identifies the commemorations and the facts recorded in each proclamation.
