By Goolsby H.R. No. 1202 76R17314 GMW-D R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is proud to honor 1-2 executive director Steven D. Adrian and the employees of the House 1-3 Business Office for their exceptional service in support of house 1-4 members and their staffs; and 1-5 WHEREAS, Capably recording, summarizing, and analyzing 1-6 financial transactions for the house this session is the office's 1-7 accounting department, which includes Nicole Bates, Gerri Foster, 1-8 Diane Grant, Ann Hawkins, Kathryn Jones, Betty McLean, Sharon 1-9 McNabb, Donna McNees, and Scott Siebert; and 1-10 WHEREAS, Responsible for the outstanding audiovisual services 1-11 that have been provided during the 76th Legislature are Glenn Hill, 1-12 Steven Kaufman, Michael McCarter, John McMurray, Roman Morales, 1-13 James Petty, Richard Sanders, Suzanne Schreve, and Tiffany Wilson; 1-14 and 1-15 WHEREAS, Communication division director John Bender has been 1-16 aided in his important duties by Tammy Gipson; Robert Mark Mullen, 1-17 the project manager for the general house, has also been essential 1-18 to the legislature's efficient operations; and 1-19 WHEREAS, The payroll and personnel department, under the 1-20 direction of manager Janice Vastine, has skillfully addressed the 1-21 enormous staffing and payroll considerations brought on by the 1-22 advent of the session, with the assistance of Virginia Bostic, 1-23 Jason Foster, Erika Lacey, Frankie McKenzie, Barbara Mokry, and Jan 1-24 Woolsey; and 2-1 WHEREAS, The photography department, led by manager Alex 2-2 Labry, has documented this legislature's place in history through 2-3 the talented photography of Elizabeth Albrecht, Kirstin 2-4 Anderson-Kuninger, Jesse Herrera, Joe Kelly Obenhaus, Monti 2-5 Patterson, and Jeffrey Wilson; and 2-6 WHEREAS, The tremendous volume of mail generated by the 2-7 regular session has been expeditiously distributed by post office 2-8 manager Clarence Hardeman and Hudson Allen, Jr., Vernon Green, 2-9 Quincy Jones, Estroberto Martinez, Anthony Smith, Joel Stallion, 2-10 and Irene Vallejo; and 2-11 WHEREAS, Under the leadership of property administration 2-12 manager Joyce Faykus and property warehouse manager Gale Kloesel, 2-13 the property department staff of Tharon G. Caraway, John Fletcher, 2-14 Stephen Geis, John Honeycutt, Patricia Mills, Leon Reed, Betty 2-15 Shuvalov, Kelly Simmons, and Erick Vega have kept pace with the 2-16 legislators' inventory requirements; and 2-17 WHEREAS, Supplying offices with the materials they need to 2-18 operate efficiently have been the dedicated employees of the 2-19 purchasing and supply department, including manager Dean Howard, 2-20 Lidia Castillo, Ron Hughes, Michael Morelli, and Gary Richter; and 2-21 WHEREAS, The valued reproduction department includes manager 2-22 Ronnie Welch, Tomas Juan Arroyo, Patricia Barratt, David Cavazos, 2-23 Larry Cikalo, Gerald Crawford, Susan Garza, Don Hays, Cindi Henry, 2-24 Lisa Jones, Michael Lopez, Peggy Miller, Craig Peterson, Donna 2-25 Russell, George Sam, Jr., Bonnie Simpson, Jimmy Starr, Paul P. 2-26 Tello, Jr., and Joe Torres; and 2-27 WHEREAS, Adding to the security of house members and their 3-1 staffs are manager Joe White and Louis Berron, Robert Kenneth 3-2 Dittlinger, William T. Head, Sr., Jose Leos, Louis Lopez, Jr., 3-3 Ralph Rios, Christina Sefara, Leroy Swyhart, and Frank Wilson; and 3-4 WHEREAS, The invaluable special services department includes 3-5 manager Alex Besa, Esther R. Cardiel, Ramona Espinoza, Elida 3-6 Gutierrez, Laura Medlock, Yvonne Mendieta, Jimmy Morris, Annette 3-7 Nichols, Jose Perez, Mario Perez, Lupe Ruiz, and Prentiss Williams; 3-8 and 3-9 WHEREAS, The success of this legislative session would not 3-10 have been possible without the significant contributions of each of 3-11 these devoted individuals, and their many long hours of service to 3-12 this chamber and the State of Texas are indeed commendable; now, 3-13 therefore, be it 3-14 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas 3-15 Legislature hereby honor the employees of the House Business Office 3-16 and extend to them sincere best wishes for the future.