RES-9837 Loyal Service Appreciation for Roger ElliottRESOLUTION NO. 9837
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE EXPRESSING APPRECIATION
TO ROGER ELLIOTT OF THE CITY OF ORANGE
FIRE DEPARTMENT AND COMMENDING HIM
FOR THIRTY YEARS OF LOYAL AND
DEDICATED SERVICE.
WHEREAS, Captain Roger Elliott began his career working with the California
Division of Forestry, Roger was hired as a firefighter with the City of Orange Fire
Department on January 4, 1974 and has served the City of Orange for the past thirty years.He was promoted to Fire Engineer in September of 1985 and was promoted to Fire CaptaininJuneof1996.
WHEREAS, Roger's computer skills were often used to the benefit of the
department with programs he developed for department projects, and
WHEREAS, he took the initiative to get the first Training Company organized and
helpt:d to get the program on its feet, and
WHEREAS, Roger for many years was the department seamstress and repaired
turnouts and upholstery in the rigs, and
WHEREAS, Roger was involved in many community projects and public education
programs, and was an Ambassador for the Orange Fire Department through his work with the
Explorer program, the EMS Committee, his work for many years with the California Joint
Apprenticeship program and by taking the lead on the restoration of ALF the City's 1923
AmeJican La France Award Winning Fire Engine, and
WHEREAS, he was a representative of the department's Firefighters Association
and also represented firefighters at the State level in Sacramento and on a national level in
Washington, D.C., and
WHEREAS, as a result of his many good works he was awarded the 1993 Rotary
Firefighter of the Year Award. It is for these many reasons that Roger will be missed.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Orange that Roger Elliott be recognized and congratulated for his loyal and dedicated service
to the City of Orange for the past thirty years and that the City Council wishes Roger and his
wife Kathy a long, happy and healthy retirement.
ADOPTED this 9th day of March, 2004.
City of Orange
ATTEST:
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Mary E~~City Clerk, C~ange
I, MARY E. MURPHY, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of
the City of Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the 9th day of March, 2004, by the
following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Ambriz, Alvarez, Murphy, Coontz
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: Cavecche
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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