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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Chief Doug Kendrick of the Sachse Fire Department |
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retired on January 25, 2013, concluding more than a quarter-century |
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of outstanding service to the community; and |
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WHEREAS, After joining the fire department in 1986 as a |
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volunteer firefighter, Mr. Kendrick was promoted to the rank of |
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lieutenant and then assistant chief; in 1994, he was appointed by |
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the city manager as chief of the department, and five years later, |
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he became the city's first full-time fire chief; and |
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WHEREAS, Chief Kendrick has overseen a number of notable |
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accomplishments during the course of his career; in 2002, the |
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department hired part-time employees and initiated an ambulance |
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service, and in 2004, it celebrated the opening of a fire station; |
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full-time firefighters came on board the next year, and then in |
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2010, the city added a second fire station; along the way, Chief |
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Kendrick has further contributed to his profession as a |
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firefighting instructor for the Texas A&M University Engineering |
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Extension Service; and |
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WHEREAS, Chief Kendrick was previously employed by the City |
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of Garland, where he worked in the water and the power and light |
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departments from 1974 until his retirement in 1999; a native of |
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Lufkin, he met his future wife, Janet, while attending North |
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Garland High School, and the couple were married in 1975; together |
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they are the parents of two children, Krissy and Jeff, and their |
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family also includes five grandchildren, Alex, Eli, Mallory, |
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Hunter, and Reese; and |
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WHEREAS, The leadership of Chief Doug Kendrick has greatly |
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benefited the residents of Sachse, and he is indeed deserving of |
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recognition as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of his life; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Doug Kendrick on his retirement as |
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chief of the Sachse Fire Department and extend to him sincere best |
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wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Chief Kendrick as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |