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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Roy Gutierrez retired as superintendent of |
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utilities for the City of Robstown Utility Systems on June 30, 2021, |
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drawing to a close an exemplary career that spanned more than four |
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decades; and |
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WHEREAS, First hired in 1976, Mr. Gutierrez held a number of |
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positions with the city, including administrative assistant, city |
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secretary, and civil service director before becoming |
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superintendent of utilities for the City of Robstown Utility |
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Systems; over the course of his tenure, he played an instrumental |
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role in securing nearly $2 million in grant funding for |
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infrastructure improvements, and he helped to eliminate municipal |
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debt and to ensure the financial stability of CORUS; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed public servant has further |
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contributed to his fellow citizens as chair of the Robstown Housing |
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Authority Board of Directors for 10 years and as a member of several |
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other civic and charitable boards; he served for six years on the |
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Executive Committee of the Wesley Community Center Board of |
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Directors, and he chaired the committee that created the Robstown |
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Area Development Commission, on which he served; in addition, he |
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was a member of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Coastal Bend Board of |
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Directors and a charter member of the Corpus Christi Northwest |
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Rotary Club; a man of faith, he is a valued congregant of |
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St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church; and |
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WHEREAS, With his professionalism, dedication, and |
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commitment to excellence, Roy Gutierrez has greatly benefited the |
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residents of Robstown, and he may indeed reflect with pride on his |
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outstanding record of achievement as he begins the next exciting |
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chapter of his life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Roy Gutierrez on his retirement as |
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superintendent of utilities for the City of Robstown Utility |
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Systems and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Gutierrez as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |