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TO HONOR AND COMMEND JOHN H. "JACK" SELVEY AS HE RETIRES AS MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP FIRE CHIEF
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WHEREAS, JOHN H. "JACK" SELVEY has served the City of Gahanna and Mifflin Township in the position of Fire Chief since March 1976; and
WHEREAS, JOHN H. "JACK" SELVEY served as a volunteer Firefighter from October 1963 to May 1972, achieved the rank of Lieutenant in October of 1969, and was appointed as a full time firefighter in May of 1972; and
WHEREAS, JOHN H. "JACK" SELVEY was awarded Firefighter of the Year by the Franklin County Firefighter Association in 1972 for saving the life of a mother and her three children from a blazing home; and
WHEREAS, JOHN H. "JACK" SELVEY is known for his compassion and concern for victims and their families, as well as his fellow firefighters, and has gone beyond the call of duty in many cases to help ease someone's burden, and has made countess friends for a lifetime; and
WHEREAS, JOHN H. "JACK" SELVEY is the current, longest serving Fire Chief in Franklin County, serving 27 years full time and 35 years total with the Mifflin Township Fire Department making Gahanna and Mifflin Township a safer, better place to live:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GAHANNA, STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That JOHN H. "JACK" SELVEY is honored for his diligence and dedicated service to the City of Gahanna and Mifflin Township as Fire Chief, and is extended the best wishes of this Council, the Administration and the citizens of Gahanna in his retirement.
Section 2. That this resolution shall go into full force and effect immediately upon passage by this Council.