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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 5246 2004-06-14 WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, RESOLUTION NUMBER ~ ~ t.{./p A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORN~, HONORING AND COMMENDING KENT W. GIBBS FOR HIS COMMITMENT AND SERVICE TO THE ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. Kent was a Cub S,cout and a Boy Scout as a youth. After military service, he entered Scouting following a brief career as a teacher of hearing impaired youth; and I Kent began his career at Valley Council, Appleton, Wisconsin (1969) where he served as an Associate District Executive for two years, promoted and served two years as District Executive (1971), then promoted to Field Director in 1973; and Kent was promoted to Director'of Field Service in 1975 for the Bay Lakes Council, the thirteenth largest Scouting Council in the United States at that time, where he was responsible for eleven field staff and six districts, that Council supported about 27,797 youth by the end of1981; and . fo Kent became Scout Executive in 1982 for Three Fires Council headquartered in St. Charles, Illinois, in 1986 became the Scout Executive for the Forth Worth Texas, Longhorn Council; and Kent became President/Scout Executive of the Orange County Council in January 1991 where he is credited with expanding services for young men and women across Orange County and developed a balanced budget while embarking on needed improvements at the various facilities to provide quality programs for young people; and Kent has brought the Orange County Council through 2 tWo-year long. range planping processes, which involved the undertaking of a $21 million Major Gifts Initiative to provide needed capital improvements, increased the endowment fund and provided new operating dollars to support expanded outreach efforts into the inner city communities; and I Kent is a recipient of the James E. West Fellowship and Heritage Society Awards, provides support to the United Way and the Mission Hospital Board. Under Kent's leadership, the endowment has increased from $5 to $15 million, 2003 year-end membership .for the Orange County Council totaled 61,882 youth served, and the Orange County Council has been the recipient of many awards and recognitions, and during his tenure over 4,000 young men in Orange County have attained the rank of Eagle Scout; arid Kent and his wife, Lynne have raised three sons, he enjoys fishing, bicycling, and his seven grandchildren; NOW, THEREFORE,. BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Seal Beach, California, does hereby honor and commend KENT W. GIBBS for his commitment and service to the Orange County Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and congratulate him on his retirement on the 19th day ofJune, 2004. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Seal Beach, California, at a meeting thereof held on the Fourteenth day of June in the Year Two Thousand Four. ' ATTEST: I dJ~' ~- Mayor ProTem Antos ~'J)~ Inda DeVine, City Clerk Resolution Number !:5 ~4/P STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE SS CITY OF SEAL BEACH I, Linda Devine, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, , California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution is the original copy of Resolution Number f)d.4-{p on file in the office of the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council ~f ~e City of Srat,~~ch at a meeting thereof held on the J~ day of ~ ' 2004. I J,}1~ ~~<~! t C erk I I'. , . ..