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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE MATTER OF COMMENDING
MARY E. BROWN FOR TEN YEARS RESOLUTION NO. 981 260
OF DEDICATED SERVICE AS DIRECTOR,
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
WHEREAS, Gary E. Brown was asked to take over the Office of Emergency Services (OES)
at a time when it was without a Director in 1987, and
WHEREAS, in his ten years as Director, Gary oversaw the completion of renovations to the
Emergency Operating Center, and
WHEREAS, Gary coordinated the County's response to disasters including the Loma Prieta
Earthquake, Oakland Hills Fire, General Chemical release, Poulenc explosion and fire,
Waterworld slide collapse and the floods of 1995 and 1997, and
WHEREAS, Gary was able to improve the inter-agency relationships of the County with cities,
State OES, fire and police agencies, utilities and community organizations, and
WHEREAS, Gary spearheaded the effort to implement the Standardized Emergency
Management System (SEMS) in all local public agencies within the County and conducted
or sponsored numerous training sessions, and
WHEREAS,Gary conducted major disaster exercises annually involving County departments,
cities, police, fire, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), State, schools and volunteer groups,
and
WHEREAS, during Gary's tenure, the County provided emergency management contract
services to 13 of the County's 18 cities, further testimony to the respect and confidence the
cities had for Gary's leadership and professionalism, and
WHEREAS, Gary was successful in obtaining grant funds to initiate a project to develop
disaster preparedness among non-profit, community-based organizations throughout the
County, and
WHEREAS, Gary gave hundreds of presentations to community groups on the subject of
disaster preparedness, and
WHEREAS, Gary conducted an "El Nifio"preparedness workshop with all local government
agencies in the County, and
WHEREAS, Gary insured that the County took all actions necessary under SEMS to
establish Contra Costa County as an Operational Area, and
WHEREAS, during his tenure, Gary also conducted special projects for the County
Administrator such as a study of County volunteer programs, administrative review of the
Animal Services Department, and served for six months as Interim Director of the Office of
Revenue Collection,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF
CONTRA COSTA, RESQLy12 that the Board expresses Its appreciation to and commends
Gary E. Brown for his ten years of dedicated service as Director, Office of Emergency
Services, and for his excellent leadership and professionalism in heading this most important
office.
Witness my hand and Seal of the Board of Supervisors affixed
on this nineteenth day of May 1998.
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and
County Adm istrator
By:
Deputy Clerk
Resolution No. 98/260