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SPECIAL MEETING
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
DECEMBER 14, 1959
RESOLUTION
WHERE AS , THE UNTIMELY AND SUDDEN PASSING OF MR. LESLIE L. WILLIAMS,
MEMBER AND CHIEF OF THE RICHMOND FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE A
GREAT LOSS TO THE COMMUNITY -AND THE CITY INASMUCH AS HIS
LEADERSHIP, ABILITY , AND DEVOTION TO PUBLIC SERVICE HAS BEEN
REFLECTED IN THE OPERATION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT .
WHERE AS , CHIEF WILLIAMS WAS ALWAYS FAITHFUL TO HIS DUTIES AS A MEMBER
OF THE RICHMOND FIRE DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 15TH 1923, AND AS
ITS CHIEF SINCE JUNE 9, 1946. HE SERVED IN BOTH CAPACITIES
IN A MOST COURTEOUS AND EFFICIENT MANNER.
Now THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED , THAT THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS IN A
SPECIAL SESSION ASSEMBLED , DESIRES TO TESTIFY TO THE GREAT
LOSS AND EXPRESS ITS DEEP AND SINCERE REGRETS. AND THAT THE
CITY OFFICIAL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS , SINCERELY
SYMPATHISE WITH THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THEIR GREAT LOSS
AND TAKE THIS MEANS OF TESTIFYING TO HIS MANY VIRTUES AND
DILIGENT LIFE AND SERVICE AS BOTH PUBLIC OFFICIAL AND
OUTSTANDING CITIZEN OF RICHMOND.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , THAT THE OFFICES OF THE CITY HALL WILL BE
CLOSED AM NOON , WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER I6TH , TO ALLOW HIS
MANY FRIENDS WHO HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH
CHIEF WILLIAMS TO ATTEND HIS LAST RITES AND SERVICES,
TO. BE CONDUCTED AS DEEMED FITTING BY HIS FELLOW FIREMAN
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THIS MEMORIAL
BE SENT THE FAMILY AND BE ENTERED ,tN THE RECORD OF THE
BOARD OF WORKS
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PRESIDENT , BOARD OF WORKS