HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 167-1983 RESOLUTION NO. 167-83
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION IN APPRECIATION OF RONALD G. ACOSTA
WHEREAS, Ronald G. Acosta has served the City of So.th San Francisco as a
member of the City Councdl since April of 1978, and asides Mayor between 1980
and 1981; and
WHEREAS, Ronald G. Acosta has been a resident of this City for they-three
(33) years, beginning his service in £he City as a firefigh~er and alarm £echnician
b~ween July, 1952 and September 1961; and
WHEREAS, upon his retirement from the City's f~e department in 1961, in
dedication to public service he served as a California Highway Patrolman between
1961 and 1969, and was a member of the California Highway Patrol Association and
the San Mateo County Criminal Justice Council; and
WHEREAS, in private business he has s~rved this community as an instructor
for the San Mateo County Traffic School for twenty (20) yea~s, and for the past
five (5) years as the owner and consultant of the Acosta Safe~y Service Traffic
School; and
WHEREAS, as a concerned member of the City Council he served as a chairman
of the San Mateo County A~port Land Use Commission; and
WHEREAS, he has dedicated much of his life to public service, serving as
the first president of the So~h San Francisco City Employees' Credi~ Union, as
the fd~st president of the Sou~h San Francisco F~e. Department Widows and Orphans
Association, and serving as the past president for the South San Francisco City
Employe~s' Associat~2on and labor negotiator for five (5) yeans; and
WHEREAS, among his other accomplishments, he is a Certified Practicing Safety
Admin~trator, he holds a California Private In~.,t~ga~or's license, he has obtained
a California State Vocational Teaching Credent~, and he has served as a member of
the Board of Directors for the Sou~h San Francdsco Rotary Club; and
WHEREAS, he has a devoted wife, Jean~tte, five children, and several grand-
children,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Counc~ of the City of South San
Francdsco that it does hereby express ~s appreciation to Ronald G. Acosta for h~
contrib~on to the City's progress and welfare through h~s service as a member of
the City Council and his numerous other civic activ~£ies through which he unsel-
fishly gave h~ time, interest, and effort to advance this community, and by which
he established a high standard of civic conduct worthy of following by those who
desire to contribute to the welfare of this community.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolu~on was reg~la~y introduced and
adopted by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco at an adjourned regular
me,ting held on the 18th day of
vote:
AYES:
November. . , 1983, by the following
Councilmembers Mark. N. Add!ego, Emanuele. N. Damonte, R~ichard A. Haffey,
Gus Nicolopulos; and Roberta Cerri Teglia
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
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