PROCLAMATION OF APPRECIATION
Presented to
LYNN (STEELE) PEARSON
FOR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF GROVER BEACH
WHEREAS, Lynn (Steele) Pearson started her 28-year career with the City of Grover Beach in February 1994 as a Recreation Specialist in the Parks & Recreation Department, and WHEREAS, in August of 1994, she was promoted to a fulltime position as Administrative Secretary for both the Parks & Recreation Department and the Fire Department, and in September 1996, Lynn was working as an Administrative Secretary solely for the then-volunteer Grover Beach Fire Department; and WHEREAS, In 1998 while serving with the Fire Department, Lynn met, fell in love, and married her life partner, Captain Bart Pearson, now with the Five Cities Fire Department, and in 2006 all three members of the Steele-Pearson family had a brief opportunity to serve alongside each other, when Lynn’s son Andrew followed in his dad’s footsteps to become a Firefighter with the Grover Beach Fire Department; and
WHEREAS, in 2010 Lynn was promoted to Administrative Analyst to assist the newly hired Public Works Director/City Engineer Greg Ray to establish the City’s first standalone Public Works Department, and Lynn was recently promoted to Management Analyst within the Public Works Department; and WHEREAS, during Lynn’s 28-year career with the City she has been nominated by her peers as “Employee of the Year” 21 times and has won the award a record five times; and WHEREAS, over the past five years Lynn’s hidden interior design skills were put to work with updating the City Council Chambers, City Hall breakroom and restrooms, the interior and exterior of the Grover Beach Community Center, the living quarter’s restroom at the Fire Station, and most recently the exterior painting of City Hall; and
WHEREAS, in her retirement she will be traveling the country with her husband and their two pups, Jo and Bo, in their RV, continue to serve the Fire Service part-time as the Administrative Manager for the CA Training Officers, and best of all be an active member of the Grandma Club at her grandson Tucker’s elementary school, and hosting Grandma play dates with Tuck’s younger siblings, Maverick and Scarlett, and
WHEREAS, Lynn would like to thank Grover Beach residents for their love and gratitude, and even challenges over the past 28 years. Lynn states, “It has truly been the honor of my lifetime to serve our citizens and get to know many of them as family. I look forward to continuing my service as a volunteer at City sponsored community events and with our local non-profit groups.” NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Grover Beach hereby acknowledges the outstanding service provided to our community by Lynn (Steele) Pearson and, on behalf of the citizens of Grover Beach, City Staff, and Elected Officials, past and present, extends our sincere appreciation for her many years of dedicated public service.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Grover Beach to be affixed this 22nd day of August 2022.
Jeff Lee, Mayor
Attest:
Wendi Sims, City Clerk
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