HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 038-1965RESOLUTIOD 110. -, 4-65
COMMENDING ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF WILLIAM E. PATSEL
UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT
FROM THE EMPLOY OF THE
CITY OF BURLINGAME
WHEREAS, WILLIAM E. PATSEL, Assistant Fire Chief of the
City of Burlingame, attained the maximum retirement age of
sixty-five years on April 18, 1965, and will retire from the
Fire Department of the City on May 1, 1965; and
WHEREAS, WILLIAM E. PATSEL, joined the Fire Department
as a Call Man on August 26, 1929, and as a fireman on
September 26, 1931, and has faithfully served the City as a
member of the Fire Department in various capacities ever since
and for a period in excess of thirty-five years; having
attained the rank of Captain on January 1, 1942, and of
Assistant Chief on November 1, 1945; and
WHEREAS, his service to the City of Burlingame and its
citizens has been marked by acts of bravery of which the
occasion on the evening of April 22, 1958, when, with other
firemen, he entered a house charged with heat and smoke,
rescued an unconscious occupant, administered first aid, and
saved his life, is an exemplar, and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council of the
City of Burlingame to commend and congratulate WILLIAM E.
PATSEL upon his retirement from the active service of the
City;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, by the City
Council of the City of Burlingame, andit does hereby order
that WILLIAM E. PATSEL, Assistant Fire Chief be, and he is
hereby, commended and congratulated upon the occasion of his
retirement from the Fire Department of the City of Burlingame
for his long service to tht City and its residents, for the
efficient manner in which his duties have been performed, for
the loyalty ever accorded to those to whom it was owing, for
his exceptional attendance record during the years of his
service, and for the outstanding acts of bravery which marked
the performance of his duties.
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that it is the wish of the Council
that his retirement years be long, healthy and happy.
YMARTIN
�D.
I. Herbert K. White, city Clerk, do hereby certify that
the foregoing resoltuion was introduced and adopted at a regular
meeting of the Burlingame City Council, April 19, 1965, and
by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Crosb"p-Diederichsen-George-Johnson-
Mr rtin
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None
HERBERT K. WHITE
Herbert K. White
City Clerk
(original given to Mr. Patselo