Speaker 2: Whereas the first of all, City of Alameda Resolution commending Alameda Fire Department Division Chief Darrin Olson for his contributions to the city of Alameda. Whereas the Council of the City of Alameda records its appreciation for service faithfully rendered by Division Chief Darren Olson to the city of Alameda. And. WHEREAS, Darren Olson's career with the City of Alameda Fire Department spanned 28 and a half years, starting on June 16th, 1986, until December 13, 2014, and included the following assignments firefighter apparatus, operator, lieutenant, fire captain, division chief and Interim Deputy Fire Chief. And. WHEREAS, Darren Olson was promoted from firefighter to Apparus operator on June 25th, 1995. And. Whereas, Darren Olson was promoted to lieutenant on July six, 1997. Whereas Darren Olson was promoted to fire captain on April 11th, 1999, he was the department's assistant training director from July 1997 through January 2000 and was the peer counselor and program manager of the Critical Incident Stress Management and confined space rescue teams. And. Whereas, Darren Olson was promoted to Division Chief on November 11th, 2007, served as interim deputy fire chief, fire marshal and Administrative Division chief from 2010 to 2013, and has been managing the fire department's fleet of vehicles since 2007. And. Whereas, Darren Olson and his wife, McKayla, are looking forward to sending their children, Greg and Melissa off to college and spending time with family and friends. And. Whereas, on December 13th, 2014, Darren Olson will officially retire from his position as division chief for the City of Alameda Fire Department and will be greatly missed by the department's city staff and the entire Alameda community. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Council of the City of Alameda does hereby congratulate Division Chief Darren Olson for his outstanding achievement in his service to the city of Alameda and to the fire service profession.
Speaker 0: Madam Mayor, members of council and staff, thank you very much. This is a a great honor, as awkward as it as it feels. I'm very honored. And I, I, first of all, have to thank my family, Mikayla, Greg and Melissa for their patience and putting up with the difficult hours, the mood swings and all that go with
Speaker 3: . The job and the career that I've had.
Speaker 0: Here in Alameda and as well as the successes that we've shared also. So. I can almost guarantee that you would not be recognizing myself or our Chief Drazi or Chief Tony had it not been for the successes that the department has shown recent in recent years. And that is in great part to all the people standing on the wall around the walls here and and all the members of the fire department back in the stations, those at home, the retirees who have laid the groundwork before us as our mentors and and our teams and our success is based on surrounding ourselves with good people. And so this is this is for them. As well. So thank you very much.
Speaker 2: Next is agenda item 60.
Speaker 1: Adoption of resolution commending Alameda Fire Department Division Chief Matthew Tunney for his contributions to the city of Alameda.
Speaker 0: So moved that.
Speaker 2: All those in favor I of motion passes unanimously. Alana, this is our third and last one. This is a certificate. City of Alameda Resolution, commending Alameda Fire Department Division Chief Matthew Tenney for his contributions to the city of Alameda. Whereas the Council of the City of Alameda records its appreciation for service faithfully rendered by division chief Matthew Turney to the city of Alameda. And. WHEREAS, Matthew Tunney's career with the City of Alameda Fire Department spanned 29 and a half years, starting on July 1st, 1985, until December 12th, 2014, and included the following assignments firefighter, apparatus, operator
Adoption of Resolution Commending Alameda Division Chief Daren Olson for His Contributions to the City of Alameda.  (Fire)