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Council recognizes employees and proclaims Fire Prevention, Code Compliance and Breast Cancer Awareness months
Summary
City leaders honored multiple employees for milestone service anniversaries and issued proclamations for Fire Prevention Week, Code Compliance Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month; community events and outreach dates were announced.
At its Oct. 1 meeting the Copperas Cove City Council and city staff recognized numerous employees for service anniversaries and read several proclamations.
Mayor Dan De Yancey and the city manager highlighted service awards for multiple employees, including Michael Ninguin (wastewater), Richard Stevens (drainage), Donald Jackson (solid waste), Jose Belon (wastewater supervisor), Karen Eckert (children's librarian), Kevin Dwight (communications operator/jailer), Mentaro Sanchez (communications supervisor), Thomas Riley (parks mechanic) and Les Nace (25 years, patrol officer to captain). Chief Wilson was also recognized for 35 years of service to the police department.
The mayor read a proclamation declaring Oct. 6–12, 2024 Fire Prevention Week, citing National Fire Protection Association statistics and urging residents to install and test smoke alarms regularly. City representatives described an Oct. 19 open house and advised testing alarms monthly and replacing units older than 7–10 years.
The council also proclaimed October as Code Compliance Month and highlighted the role of code officers in public health, safety and property maintenance. Finally, the council declared October Breast Cancer Awareness Month; a local survivor spoke to the council, shared personal experiences and invited the community to a pink‑out game Oct. 18 and a block party Oct. 19.
Those proclamations and the employee recognitions were ceremonial and required no council action.
