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<br />Council Members <br />Joseph R. Cobbe. Mayor <br />Kimble Reynolds, Jr., Vice-Mayor <br />James W, Clark <br />J, Ronald Ferrill <br />Terry L. Roop <br /> <br />A CITY WITHOUT LIMITS <br /> <br />City Manager <br />Robert R. Collins <br /> <br />City Attorney <br />Eric H, Monday <br /> <br />Clerk of Council <br />Susan N. Johnson <br /> <br />M <br /> <br />Martinsville <br /> <br />RESOLUTION <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Jerry W. Brock has served as the Fire Chief for the City of Martinsville since <br />January 1, 1997; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, he became a career firefighter on January 1, 1975 after serving as a volunteer for <br />five years; earned his lieutenant stripes in 1987 and was promoted to assistant chief in 1988; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, during Chief Brock's tenure, the department added full emergency medical service, <br />including ambulance response and a part-time firefighter program to fill in for vacationing or <br />sick employees and serve as a recruiting tool to fill full-time vacancies; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, during the past few years, the department has also ran major smoke detector <br />campaigns, door-to-door fire safety education, a monthly television call-in fire and home safety <br />show, fire hydrant cleaning and inspection and grant-funded business fire safety inspections and <br />the aggressive efforts led by Brock to keep the public safe through education, inspection and fire <br />suppression are paying off in lives saved; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Jerry W. Brock has announced his retirement from the Fire Department on July 1, <br />2006, after thirty and one-half years of service to our city; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Chief Brock has been and will continue to be an extraordinary resource for our <br />community and plans to use some of his retirement time to help recruit new members to the <br />Martinsville Volunteer Fire Company; now, therefore <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, assembled in regular <br />session this the 13th day of June, 2006, that said Council wishes to recognize and express its <br />sincere gratitude and appreciation to Jerry W. Brock, for his faithful and dedicated service to the <br />city and its citizens and his efforts in making our city a better and safer place to live and work <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br />Attest: <br /> <br />Susan N. Johnson, Clerk of Council <br /> <br />June 13. 2006 <br />Date Adopted <br /> <br />55 West Church Street PO. Box 1112 Martinsville, VA 24114-1112 276-403-5180 Fax: 276-403-5280 <br />www.ci.martinsville.va.lls <br />