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Hiram mayor proclaims Aug. 11, 2025, as 811 Day to urge safe digging
Summary
Hiram’s mayor read a proclamation recognizing Aug. 11, 2025, as 811 Day, citing the FCC’s 2005 designation of 811 as the national call-before-you-dig number and urging contractors and homeowners to call 811 before excavation.
Hiram Mayor Frank Moran read a proclamation at the council’s August session declaring Aug. 11, 2025, as 811 Day in the city and urging residents and contractors to use the 811 call-before-you-dig service.
The proclamation noted that in 2005 the Federal Communications Commission designated 811 to give contractors and homeowners a single, national number to request the location of underground utility lines. "Now therefore, I, Frank Moran, mayor of City of Hiram, Georgia, do hereby proclaim the day of 08/11/2025 as 811 Day in the City of Hiram and encourage contractors and homeowners throughout Hiram to always call 811 before digging," the proclamation read.
Council members did not discuss a related ordinance or funding during the proclamation; the item was presented as an awareness and public-safety measure. The reading highlighted local stakeholder efforts to reduce damage to underground utilities and asked residents to adopt safe-digging practices to prevent service interruptions and environmental harm.
No formal action or vote beyond the presentation of the proclamation is recorded in the meeting transcript. The council proceeded to other agenda items after the proclamation.
