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04/16/2009: "20+ Years Service & Sorry To Leave"

(Council members Pratt; Knapp; Fralick, Peterson & Rosenfeld -Myhr on vacation- wish Sears the best. -SJC photo)

The County Council broke into their transfers station discussions on Tuesday to rise and read a County Council Proclamation highlighting his long and successful career with the Public Works Department of San Juan County.

Sears ends his professional life with the county as the person responsible for the Facilities Division of Public Works, including more than 160,000 square feet of office and shop space. Since then, as the Council’s proclamation noted, “He has dealt with fires, floods and torrents of water flowing from pipes buried under reinforced concrete.”

Council Chairman Rich Peterson read the Proclamatioin honoring Mr. Sears, after which Sears said that it was a difficult decision to make to retire, because "this is my family and you just don’t up and leave your family,' but added that if needed, he will always be available.