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Frank Porcella 35 Years with Margate
• Nobody's worked here longer...nobody
Friday,
March 20, 2009
Margate City Manager Frank Porcella started working for the city the same year Sonny & Cher aired their last show. Gasoline was around $0.65 a gallon and, facing impeachment, Richard Nixon resigned as America’s 37th President. Films released the year Frank signed on as a Margate firefighter include The Lords of Flatbush, The Godfather Part II and wouldn’t you know it, The Towering Inferno. The year was 1974. The City of Margate was 19 years old.
The Brooklyn-born Porcella holds the figurative Gold Medal for years worked in the city. Frank’s the king; nobody’s worked here longer. After 18 years as Margate Fire Chief, Frank was appointed Assistant City Manager. Shortly thereafter, he replaced acting City Manager Ben Golub, who passed away unexpectedly in June 2006.
Margate commissioners and the public had nice things to say about Porcella – both as a manager and a friend, as city officials publicly recognized his 35 years of service in commission chambers Wednesday night.
In the nearly three years managing Margate, Porcella has rallied for bond money to repair and repave Margate roads, has taken Margate’s Community Redevelopment Agency to new heights, crunched the budget and, along with a fine staff he says, has literally put a new face on Margate – a much happier face.
“Thanks to all the employees of the city who make me shine all the time,” said Porcella in a very humble and heartfelt way, as he addressed the public, his family and city officials.
OTHERS RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE TO MARGATE:
Detective Wade E. Broesamle, Police Department – 20 years
Police Officer Jeffrey Q. Havens, Police Department – 20 years
These guys started working in Margate in 1989: George H.W. Bush is president. Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini puts a $3 million hit out on Salman Rushdie. The Soviets pull out of Afghanistan. The Berlin Wall comes down.
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City Commissioner Frank B. Talerico, City Commission – 15 years
Commissioner Talerico came about in 1994: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) takes effect. President Clinton and Russia’s Boris Yeltsin agree to stop pointing nuclear missiles at one another. Tonya Harding is banned from ice skating and Schindler’s List wins 7 Oscars.
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City Commissioner David McLean, City Commission – 5 years
Detective Amalin Guarino, Police Department – 5 years
Police Officer Chad Ryen, Police Department – 5 years
Nick Cucunato, Buildings Foreman, Public Works Department – 5 years
Collin Foster, System Analyst, Information/Technology Department (I.T.) – 5 years
Year 2004: George W. Bush beats John Kerry for U.S. President. Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns as president of Haiti. The largest expansion to date of the European Union takes place, extending the Union by 10 member-states: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Malta and Cyprus.
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