 family. So I so much rather would be in in person with all of you here celebrating Mr. Davis today. We know that public service is a it's a family affair that we all we all serve together. I'm gonna refer to this briefly with that when I when I heard Mr. Davis's story and obviously heard his wonderful playful banter back and forward Robert Anderson. It really made me think about my father who always has thoughtful opinions on everything and he always talks about his favorite hot rods from going up and the cars he used to drive and today's cars are nothing compared to those cars and he often say that it just don't make him like this anymore and and it made me think so much about how rare how rare an Oscar Davis is. Someone who steps up and serves the people in his own way hiring him my first birthday as a matter of fact. December 1st 1970. They got turned one years old. From a little perspective Lester Bates was ending his third term as mayor of Columbia. Davis drove the work on his first day of his 1956 Chevrolet. They just don't make him like this. Start as a laborer in solid waste back in 1970. He worked in the city's trash collection operation as part of the pre-man team. Nothing in our yard operation trash operation, yard trash operation is mechanical at that time and everything was picked up off the streets and pulled the trucks by hand using pitchforks. It's safe to say that Mr. Davis is seeing a lot of changes to the way that the city, the part of the public works in the solid waste division operates for the last 50 years. Later Mr. Davis started driving for solid waste and then in the 1990s he obtained a CDL license. At this point Mr. Davis has operated and can operate and drive every piece of equipment in this division. It's mostly what's most outstanding about Mr. Davis other than the obvious is that he has remained loyal and dedicated to the city for over half a century now. My teacher should always say it's not only attitude but attitude that will determine your altitude in life. He's known for shining attitude every day and his willingness to help the solid waste division at any job that's time. So it's it's my pleasure today to want to be here in person if we could. We'd be so little in person anymore and this just didn't seem appropriate to do only virtually. So it's my it's my honor and my pleasure to be here today to recognize Mr. Oscar Davis for his dedication and commitment to our city with service of the solid waste division and to the people of Columbia for 50 years. Thank you so much Mr. Davis. Thank you Mayor. Thank you Mr. Davis. It is an honor to be here with you virtually and actually in person. We really appreciate that opportunity. Thank you Mayor for your remarks. This is excellent work and opportunity to honor an excellent employee for 15 years. That is truly remarkable. Mayor you spoke about public service being a family, folks like Mr. Davis and what makes the family blue, that hold us together in the good times and the bad times and we really appreciate that. Thank you. You know leadership manifests itself in a variety of different ways and leadership isn't about position or title. It's about how we conduct ourselves every day and you are truly an example for younger generations about loyalty, about dedication, about work ethic and the Mayor said about attitude. We appreciate that so much what you do for us each and every day and the calling that you have made, there's no career. We really appreciate that. So God bless you and your family and we hope to have you for any more. Thank you. Robert did you want to say a word? You know I want to say two or three things and I think several things we've missed and Oscar I appreciate you being here all the years and not that we've missed anything but if anybody thinks about what Oscar's seen, snowstorm, ice storm, Hugo, now pandemic. You know so you've kind of covered the gamut. Let's just kind of keep it quiet. So let's kind of keep the rest of your career for the next 15-20 years wider. So I'm going to read this proclamation and we had a chance to reference it during our last City Council meeting with which again it seemed sufficient and felt we needed to do something. Oscar Davis whereas Oscar Davis was hired on the City of Columbia on December 1st 1970 as a labor in the solid-face division and whereas Oscar Davis was initially one of a three-man team in the division's trash collection operation and whereas at the time when Oscar Davis started in trash collection no part of the operation was mechanical and all yard trash pickups were achieved with pitchforks and loading trucks and whereas Oscar Davis became a driver for the solid-face division and achieved his CDL license in the 1990s and progressed to a level where he could operate all components in the division whereas Oscar Davis has long been recognized by his co-workers and supervisors bringing a shiny attitude to work every day has shown continued willingness to help the solid-face division and accept any duty assigned and whereas as of this as of his date of hire anniversary on December 1st 2020 Oscar Davis has been an employee of the City of Columbia for 50 years and now there are Stephen K. Benjamin mayor of the City of Columbia South Carolina along with my fellow members of Columbia City Council do hereby proclaim December 14th 2020 to be an Oscar Davis recognition of service day in the great city of Columbia urged my fellow citizens to recognize and participate in its observance so this is Oscar Davis then and in addition to that Mr. Davis have one singular power in the city of Columbia that are most proud of and it is the all for the highest honor and award the city has to offer so I also want to award you the keys as you go Wow Wow Wow the guy continues less shoes in your in your family I want to say this this wonderful family thank you for sharing Oscar thank you thank you I can't wait until until this pandemic society we can all hug each other and and in the same room I'm sorry I forgot this wonderful thank you thank you all that's great oh that's nice thank you so much that is wonderful I want to thank Robert for having me in glory of the city as long as I have thank you I enjoyed every step of the way I appreciate designing on you we're gonna we're gonna we're gonna comply with COVA protocols and y'all get out this room right now y'all thank you for sharing this today with us thank you so much I mean you can serve as a role model congratulations Oscar all right all right