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RESOLUTION NO. 9084 -19 BY: ANDERSON,BULLOCK, GEORGE, <br />LITTEN, O'LEARY, O'MALLEY, RADER <br />A RESOLUTION to recognize and thank Chief Scott Gilman for the extraordinary length <br />and quality of his service and leadership to the Lakewood Fire Department over the past three <br />and a half decades. <br />WHEREAS, Chief Gilman has given 41 years to the fire service, spending 38 of them as <br />a proud member of the Lakewood Fire Department; and <br />WHEREAS, Chief Gilman has led the department over the last 8 years, being appointed <br />to the post, after serving the city as fire marshal since 1992; and <br />WHEREAS, Chief Gilman's service to the City and the Fire Department has been <br />characterized by an all- consuming dedication to the Fire Service, effective mentorship to the <br />department's rising leaders, and moving the department forward into the modern era of <br />firefighting; and <br />WHEREAS, Chief Gilman endeared himself to City Council by skillfully seeking out <br />creative funding opportunities each year that frequently required no matching funds; just one <br />example among many of his leadership; and <br />WHEREAS, Chief Gilman will be solely missed by his colleagues who will remember <br />him for his visionary leadership, forward thinking mentality and Tony Packo hot dog lunches; <br />Now, therefore, <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: <br />Section 1. That this Council and Administration does hereby thank Chief Scott Gilman <br />for the extraordinary length and quality of his service and leadership to the Lakewood Fire <br />Department since his appointment in 1981. <br />Section 2. That this Council and Administration does hereby express its well- wishes that <br />Chief Gilman experience an enjoyable retirement from service to the City, free from the <br />responsibility of caring for the safety and welfare of 90 members of the Lakewood Fire <br />Department. <br />Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning <br />and relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, <br />and that all such deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such <br />formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in_e.QmpIknce wi alllegal requirements. <br />Adopted: 113 I m <br />Approved � 5 ,- ,� <br />105 F"01 <br />