TITLE: Congratulating Mike Elliot on his retirement as chief of the Westlake Fire Department.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Mike Elliot on his retirement as chief of the Westlake Fire Department.

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WHEREAS, Chief Mike Elliot retired from the Westlake Fire Department in February 2019, drawing to a close a noteworthy tenure that has spanned a quarter century; and WHEREAS, Mike Elliot first joined the Westlake Fire Department in January 1993, serving initially as a volunteer firefighter while also working in the oil business as an underwater diver-welder; in 1997, he was hired by the department as a full-time employee and was named lieutenant; in the ensuing years, he rose steadily through the ranks, earning promotion to captain, assistant chief, and then chief in 2012; and WHEREAS, Over the course of his career, Captain Elliot helped lead the department through a period of notable growth and development, and along the way, he garnered the respect and admiration of his colleagues, as well as members of the local community; and WHEREAS, For 25 years, Mike Elliot has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to protecting the lives and property of his fellow citizens, and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career well spent as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of his life; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Captain Mike Elliot on his retirement from the Westlake Fire Department and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Captain Elliot as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Howard Bonnen of Brazoria Guerra Noble Allen Guillen Oliverson Allison Gutierrez Ortega Anchia Harless Pacheco Anderson Harris Paddie Ashby Hefner Parker Bailes Hernandez Patterson Beckley Herrero Paul Bell of Kaufman Hinojosa Perez Bell of Montgomery Holland Phelan Bernal Howard Price Biedermann Huberty Ramos Blanco Hunter Raney Bohac Israel Raymond Bonnen of Galveston E. Johnson of Dallas Reynolds Bowers J. Johnson of Dallas Rodriguez Buckley Johnson of Harris Romero, Jr. Bucy Kacal Rose Burns King of Hemphill Rosenthal Burrows King of Parker Sanford Button King of Uvalde Schaefer Cain Klick Shaheen Calanni Krause Sheffield Canales Kuempel Sherman, Sr. Capriglione Lambert Shine Clardy Landgraf Smith Cole Lang Smithee Coleman Larson Springer Collier Leach Stephenson Cortez Leman Stickland Craddick Longoria Stucky Cyrier Lopez Swanson Darby Lozano Talarico Davis of Dallas Lucio III Thierry Davis of Harris Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Dean Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Deshotel Metcalf Tinderholt Dominguez Meyer Toth Dutton Meza Turner of Dallas Farrar Middleton Turner of Tarrant Fierro Miller VanDeaver Flynn Minjarez Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morales White Geren Morrison Wilson Gervin-Hawkins Mu oz, Jr. Wray Goldman Murphy Wu Gonz lez of Dallas Murr Zedler Gonz lez of El Paso Neave Zerwas Goodwin Nev rez Zwiener Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 895 was adopted by the House on March 20, 2019, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House