HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 09022004 - 70-793 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of the Retirement
of Emmett Hitchcock, County RESOLUTION NUMBER 70/793
Tax Collector-Treasurer.
WHEREAS Mr. Evmett Hitchcock, County Tax Collector-Treasurer
is retiring from, county service at the end of the calendar year
1970; and
WHEREAS Mr. Hitchcock entered the employ of the county in
1938 in the position of Deputy Tax Collector and was promoted
progressively until he became Assistant Tax. Collector, in which
role he served from 1946 ' until 1963; and
;REAS Mr. Hitchcock became a candidate for the elective
office of County Tax Colleetor,-Treasurer in 1962, to which office
he was elected by a substantial majority of the voters of the county
and he took over the duties of that office in 'January, 1963; and
WHEREAS Mr. Hitchcock was an unopposed candidate for the
office of County Tax Collector-Treasurer in 1966 and is now eon-
eluding his second term in that office; and
WHEREAS the funds of all government agencies using the
county treasury were in the amount of less than 10 million dollars
when Mr. Hitchcock became a county employee in 1938 and such funds
now exceed well over halt a billion dollars, the tremendous increase
reflecting the expanded responsibilities assumed by him; and
WHEREAS during the tenure of Mr. Hitchcock now methods of
tax collection and treasurer management were introduced for the
purposes of precise control, improved public service, and maximum
interest earnings**
NOW's THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA RESOLVED that it extends to Mr. Emmett
Hitchcock its deep appreciation for his long and effective service
to the county government and the public and wishes hitt a long and
happy life in well earned retirement.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 24th day of November, 1970 by the
following vote of the Board:
AYES: Supervisors J. P. Kenny, J. E. Moriarty,
E. A. Linsched, T. J. Call.
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor A. M. Dias.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 70/793