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IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the matter of commending )
Theodore R. Wooten ) Resolution No. : 87/471
For His Thirty Years as an )
Elected Official )
WHEREAS Theodore Roosevelt Wooten was elected as a
director of the West Contra Costa Sanitary District in 1958
and has been returned to the same office seven times by the
residents of West Contra Costa County; and
WHEREAS Ted Wooten has served as president of the
district seven times; and
WHEREAS he was one of California' s first elected black
officials and his tenure in public office is one of the
longest in Contra Costa County's history; and
WHEREAS he has spent many hours dedicated to bettering
his community by serving as chairman of the North Richmond
Neighborhood Council and as president of the New Era Civic
Club, and has been a volunteer for the California Department
of Fish and Game for sixteen years; and
WHEREAS he has recently been appointed to serve on the
newly formed North Richmond Redevelopment Committee;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of
Supervisors of Contra Costa County that Theodore Roosevelt
Wooten be congratulated on his thirty year tenure as an
elected official; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of
Contra Costa County that Ted Wooten be commended for his
devotion to the citizens of Contra Costa County who gather
with his friends and family to honor him on October 23,
1987.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on August 4, 1987, by unanimous vote
of the Board members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and
correct copy of an order entered on the minutes of said
Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal
of the Board of Supervisors
affixed this 4th Day of
August, 1987.
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors and County
Administrator.wee/ Deputy
By: Clerk
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