HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04071987 - 1.19 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Congratulating )
the Rodeo-Hercules Fire .Protection ) Resolution No. 87/211
District on Their 50th Anniversary )
WHEREAS Frank Del Monte was the first fire chief, directing
his men armed with buckets; and
WHEREAS he was succeeded by Sam Kramer, and later by Tom
Lewis, whose force possessed a hand-drawn hose cart in
addition to the buckets; and
WHEREAS in 1927 the community pitched in to provide funds
for the construction of a fire house; and
WHEREAS ten years after the fire house had been built,
the official Rodeo Fire District was formed in Contra Costa
County, with a Board of Commissioners to govern it; and
WHEREAS Rodeo had had a full-time paid fireman on duty for
some time, in 1946 the Board of Fire Commissioners ok'd an
order to have a fireman on duty at all times; and
WHEREAS in May 1948, the Department was given the added
responsibility of watching over some 2,000 acres annexed to
the district by the Contra Costa County Supervisors; and
WHEREAS in 1965 Arthur Cooper was appointed first full paid
Fire Chief, and the District expanded the paid employees to
four; and
WHEREAS the Rodeo Fire Protection District provides services
for the City of Hercules and the unincorporated .community of
Rodeo; and
WHEREAS the District is one of three independent district's
in the County and is under the direction of a five man board
who are elected-at-large by the citizens of both
communities;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Contra Costa, California, hereby extends
congratulations and appreciation to the Rodeo Fire
Protection District on their fifty years of service to the
community.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on April 7, 1987, by the unanimous vote
of the Board members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of a resolution entered in the minutes of the Board of
Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the seal of the
3 Board of Supervisors affixed this
7th day of April, 1987
Attested: Phil Batchelor, Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors and County
Adminis rater
Deputy Clerk
Introduced by -
Supervis r Nancy C. Fanden
District II