IN OTHER ACTION

On Wednesday, the Lodi City Council:

• Proclaimed November to be Runaway Homeless Youth Awareness Month. The proclamation was accepted by the Women’s Center of San Joaquin County. For more information, visit www. womenscenteryfs.org.

• Proclaimed Saturday, Nov. 10 to be Caregiver Appreciation Day. The proclamation was accepted by Healings in Motion. For more information, visit www.healingsinmotion.org.

• Presented the Lodi Improvement Committee’s Community Improvement Award to Nasir Ahmad for renovation of 238 Rush St., Lodi. • Heard a presentation by the Lodi Police Department dedicating the City of Lodi Community Room to Officer Rick Cromwell, who died after a motorcycle collision while on duty on Dec. 9, 1998. A reception to mark the new name will be held at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 10 in the community room at the Lodi Police Department, 215 W. Elm St., and the community is invited.

• Approved new contracts and memoranda of understanding with the Lodi Executive Management Employees, Lodi Police Mid-Management Association, Confidential Mid-Management Employees, Lodi Professional Firefighters, and AFSCME (General Services and Maintenance & Operators Units).