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City of Fort Collins PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the American Payroll Association and its 22,000 national members and 13
members in Fort Collins have launched a nationwide public awareness campaign that pays tribute to
the more than 156 million people who work in the United States and the payroll professionals who
support the American system by paying wages, reporting worker earnings and withholding federal
employment taxes; and
WHEREAS,payroll professionals in Fort Collins playa key role in maintaining the economic
health of Fort Collins, carrying out such diverse tasks as paying into the unemployment insurance
system, providing information for child support enforcement, and carrying out tax withholding,
reporting and depositing; and
WHEREAS,payroll departments collectively spend more than$15 billion annuallycomplying
with myriad federal and state wage and tax laws; and
WHEREAS, payroll professionals play an increasingly important role ensuring the economic
security of American families by helping to identify non-custodial parents and ensuring they comply
with their child support mandates; and
WHEREAS, payroll professionals have become increasingly proactive in educating both the
business community and the public as large about the payroll tax withholding systems; and
WHEREAS,payroll professionals meet regularlywith federal and state tax officials to discuss
both improving compliance with government procedures and how compliance can be achieved at less
cost to both government and businesses.
NOW THEREFORE, I, Doug Hutchinson, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim the week in which Labor Day falls, September 4 through September 8, 2006, as
PAYROLL WEEK
in Fort Collins in honor of the people who work in Fort Collins and in the payroll profession.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 15th day of August, A.D. 2006.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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