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In the Matter of Commending Cecilia Baird j Resolution No.2002/'26
on the Occasion of Her Celebration of Thirty Years �
of Employment with Contra Costa County )
WHEREAS Cecilia Baird was initially hired by Contra Costa County on January 3,1972 by Donald Funk
into the County Auditor-Controller's Office as an Accountant I in the Internal Audit Division under the
supervision of john.Aylard; I}S
WHEREAS Cecilia rose rapidly in the department eventually working in the Systems Division,where she
developed an interest in automation, which was to change the direction of her career, when in July of
1979, she accepted a project assignment of Assistant Director of the fledgling Law and Justice System
Development Project;
WHEREAS in September of 1951,Cecilia became director of that Project,whose goal has been,and still is,
to automate,in an integrated fashion,criminal justice processing Countywide;
WHEREAS Cecilia is cherished as an invaluable resource by justice system departments throughout
Contra Costa County,including City police,the Sheriff,District Attorney,Public Defender,the Superior
Court,and Probation,whose Department heads rely on her for automation planning direction and whose
staff depend on her for assistance with day-to-day computer problems,since Cecilia,now an Information
Systems Manager in the County Administrator's Office,is the only person who knows and understands
how every action is processed in every department throughout the County's justice system;
WHEREAS Cecilia responds to every call for assistance from even the most stressed-out and demanding
system users with such reassuring competence,even temperament,and unending patience,that she has
earned the undying gratitude of innumerable computer-challenged County staff;
WHEREAS Cecilia has,as a Supervisory Committee member for over twenty years,help build the Contra
Costa County County Federal Credit Union into a respected financial institution with over a quarter of a
billion dollars in assets;
WHEREAS Cecilia has found a way to combine community service and a family love of fishing with her
financial expertise,as Treasurer of the Martinez Yacht Club;and
NO7W,THEREFO7RE,BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa
herebyacknowledges and celebrates Cecilia Baird on the occasion of her thirtieth year as an employee of
Contra Costa County and thanks her for her dedicated service to the Auditor-Controller's Officer,the
County Administrator's Office,the justice system and the people of this county.
PASSED and ADOPTED by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors members present this 22 day
of January 2002,
JOHN GIO)IA
Chair
District I Supervisor
GAYLE . UILKEMA DONNA 6E4BER
District II Supervisor District III Supe
MARK DeSAULNIER FERE AL D. CLOVER
District IV Supervisor District V Supervisor
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct
copy of an action taken and entered on the
minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the
date shown:
ATTESTED: January 22,2002
JOHN SWEETEN, Clerk of the Board of
SuDervisqptand County Administrato
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