H.R. No. 869



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Rickey Childers of Longview has been named president 
of the Texas City Management Association, providing an apt occasion 
to recognize this Texan's myriad accomplishments; and
	WHEREAS, A native of Abilene, Mr. Childers attended the 
University of Tulsa, where he earned a degree in political science; 
he began his distinguished 30-year tenure in municipal government 
in 1975, when he went to work for the City of Abilene as a 
neighborhood services representative; later, while working in the 
city manager's office in Lubbock, he earned a second degree, a 
master's in public administration from Texas Tech University; and
	WHEREAS, Over the years, Mr. Childers has excelled in 
progressively more responsible city management positions in 
Abilene, Carrollton, and Arlington, and in 1999 he became city 
manager of Longview, the position he holds today; and
	WHEREAS, In addition to serving the Texas City Management 
Association as its first African American president, Mr. Childers 
has readily lent his expertise as executive vice president of the 
International City/County Management Association and as a member of 
the Texas Municipal League Risk Pool board and the National Forum 
for Black Public Administrators; moreover, he has been lauded by 
the Urban Management Assistants of North Texas with the Joy Sansom 
Mentor Award and been presented with both the Texas Young Lawyers 
Award and the Outstanding Alumni Award by Texas Tech University; 
and
	WHEREAS, Rickey Childers exemplifies the highest ideals of 
public service, and his three decades of work in behalf of his 
fellow citizens has made a difference in the lives of countless 
Texans; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby congratulate Rickey C. Childers on his election 
as president of the Texas City Management Association and extend to 
him sincere best wishes for a successful tenure; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Mr. Childers as an expression of high regard by the 
Texas House of Representatives.

                                                                          Hughes

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                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 869 was adopted by the House on April 
14, 2005, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House