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Resolution 979 RESOLUTION NO. 979 RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY UPON THE PASSING OF GRAYDON B. CARR WHEREAS, GRAYDON B. CARR passed away on the 21st day of November, 1965; and WHEREAS, the said GRAYDON B. CARR was a long-time servant of the people of the City of Gilroy, having been an important part of the govern- ment of said City from the year 1940 down to and including the year 1964, serving first as clerk in the Water Department, then as deputy City Clerk, and then, upon the death of City Clerk, Phil Cox in 1957, he, at one and the same time, held the offices of City Clerk, Purchasing Agent and Chief Administrative Officer, down to the adoption of the new City Charter in 1960, and finally as City Administrator from 1960 to April 1, 1964, when he voluntarily retired, though he continued to act as consultant, until his last illness; and WHEREAS, said GRAYDON B. CARR, in all the capacities in which he served this City, was courteous, careful, prudent, able and trustworthy and always will ing to assist those who had business with the City and at the same time protect the City; and WHEREAS, it was during his term of office as City Administrator and largely at his repeated suggestions that the ephochal transformation of the Gilroy city government from that under the old, outmoded and anti- quated enactment made by the State Legislature in 1870 to that under a new, modern City Charter adopted in the year 1960 took place, together with the adoption of a new modern Zoning Ordinance, and the City embarked upon the first extensive growth in many years; and WHEREAS, the growth of the City created many new problems for the City Administrator and his staff which required an enormous amount of work - 1 - 9'79 and planning, all of which seems to have been accomplished in stride; and WHEREAS, the passing of one who has so industriously, unselfishly and usefully devoted himself to the advancement of the City of Gilroy, its people and institutions, should not be permitted to go without some permanent record or memorial thereof being made and due recognition given, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Gilroy that in the death of said GRAYDON B. CARR the City of Gilroy has lost the services of a conscientious, able and will ing servant and the com- munity at large a public spirited and unselfish worker for the general welfare of all, and that in his death the members of this Council feel a keen sense of loss and extend to his surviving wife and his family their sincere sympathy; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution, duly engrossed, be delivered to Doris E. Carr, the surviving wife of said GRAYDON B. CARR, to be held for herself and the children of said GRAYDON B. CARR. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of December, 1965, by the follow- ing vote: AYES: NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Allemand, Duffin, Eckard, Goodrich, Quartiroli, and Petersen. COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Wentworth APPROVED: 6~.j~ ...-----; 'm ,. "-;~~ ~., ,/ _.f2~---L-~-"-L J Ma yo r ATTEST: r''} (~ 24J(iJJnU City Clerk - 2 - , t. I, SUSANNE E. PAYNE , City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the attached Resolution No. 979 is an original resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 6th day of December -, 19 ---25.., at which meeting a quorum was present. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Gilroy, this 7th day of December , 19~. ./ /)1 " ,,/ 'Z~Jtbn?uJ l, / ' City Clerk of the City