HomeMy WebLinkAbout77-146 RESOLUTION NO. 77-146
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
HONORING RONALD E. WOLFORD
WHEREAS, RON WOLFORD is leaving City service as Assistant City
Manager for Santa Ana; and
WHEREAS, RON WOLFORD began his service to Santa Ana as Assistant
Director of Public Works in 1961; and
WHEREAS, RON WOLFORD was appointed to Director of Public Works
in 1964; and
WHEREAS, RON WOLFORD received appointment to the position of
Assistant City Manager in 1976; and
WHEREAS,
RON WOLFORD has consistently demonstrated a high level
of professionalism in all his service to the City of
Santa Ana; and
WHEREAS,
RON WOLFORD has exhibited great expertise as a civil
Engineer, City Engineer, Assistant Director of Public
Works, Director of Public Works, and Assistant City
Manager; and
WHEREAS,
RON WOLFORD has held the professional offices of First
Vice President of the Public Works Officers Department
for the League of California Cities, President of the
Orange County Branch of the American Society of Civil
Engineers, President of the City Engineers Association
of Orange County and Policy Advisory Committee Member
for the Orange County Transportation Commission; and
WHEREAS,
RON WOLFORD has consistently assisted the City of Santa
Ana in matters of planning, capital programming, budget-
ing, engineering, General Plan development, City admin-
istration, employee negotiations, transportation,
community development, and much more; and
WHEREAS, RON WOLFORD has gained the confidence of the City
Council and City Administration; and
WHEREAS,
RON WOLFORD has resigned his post as Assistant City
Manager to enter the world of professional consultant
January 1978;
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA that they unanimously resent RON WOLFORD
gaining much experience at the City of Santa Ana,
constantly smiling and reminding those around him that
he is leaving, and suddenly acquiring a sense of humor,
avoiding trash discussions, laughing at employee
grievances, singing in his office and generally appear-
ing happy as he approaches his final City service date
to enter the world of private enterprise and get rich,
leaving behind him Civic Center parking problems for
the City Council, Agenda changes and punctuation prob-
lems on Council reports; community radicals and organi-
zers, long hours at Council meetings, Planning Commis-
sion hearings and other advisory boards and commissions,
lonely administrators, paranoid consultants and much,
much more;
BE IT FURTHBR RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL genuinely wishes to
congratulate, commend and extol RON WOLFORD's service
to the City of Santa Ana, helping to make it a better
place to live and improving the quality of life for
the 182,000 people of Santa Ana, and further wishes
him good fortune in the future, for he will be sincerely
missed.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on this 27th day of December, 1977, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
Bricken, Ortiz, Yamamoto, Garthe,
Brandt, Ward
None
Evans
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM: