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Adopt and present a resolution and plaque of appreciation honoring Phil Seilhan, Senior Engineering Technician, upon his retirement from the Department of Resource Management with over 27 years of dedicated public service to Solano County (Chair Vasquez)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Resource Management recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt and present a resolution and plaque of appreciation honoring Phil Seilhan, Senior Engineering Technician, upon his retirement from the Department of Resource Management with over 27 years of dedicated public service to Solano County.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Phil Seilhan will be retiring on December 14, 2018 as a Senior Engineering Technician with the Department of Resource Management after 27 years of excellent service to Solano County and its residents. In his early career, Mr. Seilhan worked for 3 years in the Alameda shipyard doing rigging. He transitioned into construction, working 10 (hard) years for a foundation repair company as a construction foreman.
Phil Seilhan was then hired by Solano County as an Engineering Technician on August 13, 1991, to work in Survey Section as part of the field survey crew. Mr. Seilhan exhibited an aptitude for mapping and research, so he was moved in 1996 to work on mapping and Autocad drafting. Mr. Seilhan continued to display exceptional leadership skills in his tasks and was promoted to Senior Engineering Technician on October 18, 1998, where he transitioned to work on project delivery in the Engineering Section. Mr. Seilhan's talents in technical writing, report reviews, and strategic flexibility really shined in the last decade, where he worked as lead on environmental clearance of most of the Department's federally funded projects.
In his twenty-seven years of service to the County, Mr. Seilhan has remained a cornerstone member of the Engine...
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