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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Eddie Edwards retired as Borger city manager on |
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March 31, 2021, drawing to a close an exemplary 41-year career with |
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the municipal government; and |
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WHEREAS, Born and raised in Borger, Mr. Edwards joined the |
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city in 1980 as a water maintenance supervisor and rose to become |
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assistant utilities director; in 2006, he was named assistant city |
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manager and human resources director, and he was appointed city |
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manager four years later; his outstanding tenure saw such major |
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developments as the $35 million Northwest Wellfield Project, which |
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brought close to a billion dollars in industrial investment into |
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the community and substantially increased the tax bases of |
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Hutchinson County, the Borger Independent School District, the |
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Frank Phillips College District, and the Hutchinson County Hospital |
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District; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Edwards also oversaw renovations to the Borger |
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Central Fire Station and the purchase and renovation of the |
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building that now serves as the police station; moreover, the old |
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police station was converted into the Borger Municipal Building, |
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which today houses the municipal court and the city's regional |
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communications center; and |
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WHEREAS, Exercising sound fiscal judgment, Mr. Edwards was |
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instrumental in the increase of the city's financial reserves from |
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$1.5 million to approximately $10 million; the Boomtown 2040 |
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Long-Range Comprehensive Plan was completed, and in 2018, the city |
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council adopted a new mission and vision statement; in partnership |
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with the county, the city acquired property for a convention and |
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civic center and completed preparations for the groundbreaking; his |
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many accolades include the Goodwin Regional Public Administrator |
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Award from the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission, and he was a |
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member of the American Water Works Association and Texas City |
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Management Association, among other professional organizations; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Edwards will continue to serve his fellow |
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citizens in his new role as city manager emeritus; in all his |
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endeavors, he enjoys the love and support of his wife, Cambden |
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Edwards, and he takes great pride in their sons, Thomas and his |
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wife, Julie, and James and his wife, Crysann, and in their |
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grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, A strong and dynamic leader, Eddie Edwards helped |
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guide Borger through a period of tremendous progress, and his |
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accomplishments have produced results of lasting benefit to area |
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residents; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Eddie Edwards on his retirement as |
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Borger city manager and extend to him sincere best wishes for the |
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future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Edwards as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |