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Town Board of the Town of Hamburg October 19, 2026 Meeting 4.1. Proclamation John Mills Proclamation Recognizing Legislator John Mills on his Retirement from the Erie County Legislature WHEREAS, the Honorable John J. Mills has spent his life building businesses, serving his neighbors, and strengthening communities in Western New York, and WHEREAS, John and his wife, Barbara, founded J. Mills Distributing Company, and together with their three children and close family, built it into a successful food distribution enterprise, and John also serves as President of Quality Food Brokers, M J M Industries, and Florida’s Finest Food Brokers, and he has given back generously through countless food donations to fundraisers and worthy causes across the region, and WHEREAS, John’s public service began in Orchard Park on the Public Safety Committee and the Zoning Board of Appeals, before he was elected to six terms as Town Councilman, which included serving as Deputy Supervisor, and he founded the Zoning Commission, and chaired the South Towns Sewage Treatment Agency, and WHEREAS, upon being elected to the Erie County Legislature in 2005, John became Minority Leader from 2007 through 2013, and then in 2014 through 2017 was elected Chairman of the Legislature and today serves as Republican Leader of the Erie County Legislature and as Chairman of the Erie County Soil and Water Conservation District, and WHEREAS, John’s commitment extends well beyond government and is evident in his support of the library system for which he has raised tens of thousands of dollars across the 11th District, and also through serving as past president of the Orchard Park Lions Club, former vice president of the Orchard Park Jaycees, past chairman of the Quaker Arts Festival, and as a member of the American Legion, the Shriners, Masons Lodge #514, the Orchard Park Historical Society, and the Orchard Park Chamber of Commerce, and WHEREAS, John Mills has been recognized for his selfless contributions in the community including having been recently presented with the Jack Kemp Leadership Award, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Hamburg Town Board recognizes, honors and thanks John Mills upon his retirement from the Erie County Legislature at the end of 2026, for his decades long commitment to fighting for the communities he has represented including the Town of Hamburg, and for his inspiration as a sincere, hardworking, and extraordinary leader, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Hamburg Town Board, on behalf of the Hamburg community, wishes John good health and all the best in the years ahead with his wife Barbara, three children, and nine grandchildren. In Witness Whereof, we have caused the seal of the Town of Hamburg to be affixed this 19th day of October 2026. 3