Good evening, everyone.

Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the Tuesday, February 17th meeting of the Davis City Council.

I see that all of my colleagues are here at the DIES.

And our first item of business is to approve the agenda for this evening.

Is there a motion?

So moved.

And a second?

Move by Councilmember Chapman, seconded by Dios.

All in favor of approval of the agenda, say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any nose?

Good.

Approval uh agenda is approved unanimously.

And just um, for everyone who might be here in the audience, just to be sure you're all aware that one of the items that had previously been scheduled to be heard this evening.

The street vendor ordinance is not on this evening's agenda that will be taken up at a later city council meeting.

Just so you know, in case you are waiting here for that item.

So we're gonna move on next to a ceremonial presentation.

We are swearing in our fire chief Paul Swanson.

But before we do that, I would like to invite Chief Tenny up to the podium.

Where is Chief Tenny?

There he is.

I did not see you.

Chief Tenney is our outgoing fire chief, and I wanted to take a moment just to thank you and read this proclamation while everyone is here.

Uh, fire chief Joseph Tenney has devoted 38 years of distinguished and faithful service to the fire service, with 26 of those years proudly serving the city of Davis.

Chief Tenney has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to public safety, strong leadership, and professional excellence throughout his career.

During his tenure, Chief Tenney was responsible for the hiring, mentoring, and promotion of more than 45 personnel, including firefighters, captains, and battalion chiefs, leaving a lasting legacy to the leaders and firefighters he helped develop.

Chief Tenney responded to multiple major incidents across California, including the 2020 LNU Lightning Complex fires in Yolo and Solano counties, and the 2021 Caldor Fire.

As Fire Chief Chief Tenney led the effort to purchase outfit staff and train for the city's new ladder truck, providing an enhanced level of service and increased emergency response capabilities in the Davis community.

Chief Tenney prioritize modernization and innovation within the fire department by upgrading existing systems and implementing new technologies, including a new records management system, tablet-based command software, radio infrastructure improvements, station alerting systems, and automated voice dispatching.

Chief Tenney's famous chocolate chip cookies will be greatly missed throughout the fire stations as he turns his time and talents toward enjoying well-earned moments with his wife and favorite people, his grandchildren.

Now the therefore be it proclaimed that the City of Davis, that excuse me, the Davis City Council, on behalf of the residents of Davis hereby recognizes Fire Chief Joseph Tenney for 26 years of service to the City of Davis and 38 years of faithful service to the fire service, and congratulates him on his retirement with sincere gratitude for his lasting contributions to the safety and well-being of the community.

Thank you.

Thank you very much to uh the city council members to all those that have uh supported me and supported the fire department for the all of those years.

Um it's been my pleasure to do so and a great honor.

I'm very thankful for that opportunity to come in uh as the fire chief after a time that was very challenging for the fire department uh for several years for different different reasons at the time.

But I did I was going to bring in uh a tin of the chocolate chip cookies, but I ate most of those on the way in.

So I'll have to get those another time.

Um but I do want to share just my gratitude, not only for the council, but for the community of Davis.

Uh to entrust me with that so important job of uh public safety for the whole community is so important.

There really isn't uh too many jobs like uh the firefighter, where they live together and they um spend a lot of time together.

They go on the most difficult calls and they go on the most rewarding calls as they help other people.

And that really has always been my message and the things that I've learned that this is very service-oriented to the community.

It's not about us, it's about how we serve those in the community, and it's so important.

And I can tell you with uh great confidence that what we've continued to move forward in the Davis Fire Department will greatly serve this community going forward.

I have a lot of faith and trust in all the members that we've hired and promoted, and we've trained and we've done a lot uh as you read the list and particularly bringing the new ladder truck.

I want to thank the council for that.

That was a very important piece of equipment for the city of Davis for us to continue to do our jobs well in every way, not just the tall ladder, but all the equipment that it comes with and the people that we have that are assigned to it.

So I'm very proud of that.

I'm very excited to begin a new life with retirement.

But again, I want to thank you and thank the fire department um for everything you've done.

Thank you.

And now I would invite Paul Swanson, our new fire chief up with his son Evan, who's going to swear him in.

I, Paul Swanson.

I, Paul Swanson, do solemnly swear, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

That I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

And the Constitution of the State of California.

And the Constitution of the State of California.

Against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Against all enemies, foreign and domestic.