HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 14

HONORING THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TEAMS THAT COMPETED IN THE 2022 AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL SNOW ROADEO IN LOVELAND, COLORADO.

WHEREAS, the Delaware Department of Transportation is responsible for snow and ice removal along state maintained roadways in each of Delaware’s three counties; and

WHEREAS, the Delaware Department of Transportation’s Division of Maintenance and Operations staff is recruited, tested and trained to perform their duties, emphasizing safety, efficiency, courtesy, and excellence in customer service; and

WHEREAS, the Delaware Department of Transportation conducts an annual Truck Rodeo to competitively test the driving, safety and proficiency skills of its personnel, and sends the winners of those competition to a national competition; and

WHEREAS, the American Public Works Association (“APWA“) held its 42 ^nd National Snow Rodeo in Loveland, Colorado from September 28 to September 30, 2022, featuring competitors from municipal and state departments of transportation across the country; and

WHEREAS, the team of Robert (Cubby) Cubbage (Central District) and Doug Marker (Central District) placed first in the ten-wheel truck competition, and placed eleventh in the six-wheel truck competition; and

WHEREAS, this is the third time the Delaware Department of Transportation has placed first in this national competition (2007, 2018, 2022); and

WHEREAS, the team of Kenny Hudson (South District) and Andrew Hudson (South District) placed second in the six-wheel truck competition and fourth in the ten-wheel truck competition;

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of the 152 ^nd General Assembly of the State of Delaware that the members do hereby join in honoring the members of the Delaware Department of Transportation for their outstanding performance at the 2022 APWA National Snow Rodeo.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that suitable copies of this House Resolution be presented to representatives of the Delaware Department of Transportation upon its enactment by the General Assembly.

SYNOPSIS

This Resolution honors the Delaware Department of Transportation for winning first place and fourth place in the ten-wheel truck competition and second and eleventh place in the six-wheel truck competition at the 2022 APWA National Snow Roadeo, which was held from September 28 to September 30, 2022 in Loveland, Colorado.