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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, For more than 15 years, Assistant City Manager |
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Michelle Thames has demonstrated exemplary professional and |
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personal commitment to the citizens of Richardson; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Thames earned her bachelor's degree in business |
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administration from Midwestern State University and her master's |
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degree in public administration from The University of Texas at |
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Arlington; and |
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WHEREAS, Since 1991, this outstanding public servant has |
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worked for the City of Richardson; she is currently the assistant |
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city manager for administrative services, with responsibility for |
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human resources, the budget office, and emergency management; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Thames also oversees the Richardson Public |
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Library, Citizens Information Services, Citizens Information |
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Television, and the city's franchise and regulatory affairs; she |
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takes a leading role in the city's administration of the arts, |
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overseeing the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts and |
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Corporate Presentations and working with local arts organizations |
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as the city's liaison to the Richardson Arts Commission; and |
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WHEREAS, A leader in her profession, Ms. Thames has served as |
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president, vice president, and treasurer of the Urban Management |
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Assistants of North Texas, and she has served on the professional |
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development committee of the Texas City Management Association; she |
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is an active member of the North Texas City Management Association |
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and the International City/County Management Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Despite her busy professional life, this caring |
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individual has also found time to give back to her community as a |
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member of the Junior League of Richardson and Altrusa |
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International; a graduate of Leadership Richardson and the Citizens |
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Police Academy, she also sits on the editorial board of Richardson |
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Living magazine; and |
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WHEREAS, The many contributions of Ms. Thames to the civic |
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spirit and welfare of Richardson have been recognized with the 2008 |
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Linda Keithley Award for Women in Public Management from the North |
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Central Texas Council of Governments, and in 2006, she was named |
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Outstanding Woman of the Year in the government category by Altrusa |
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International; and |
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WHEREAS, With the love and support of her husband, Phil, and |
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their daughters, Sarah and Katherine, Michelle Thames is |
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contributing greatly to the future of the dynamic community in |
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which she lives, and she may indeed take pride in all that she has |
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accomplished for the city of Richardson and its citizens; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Michelle Thames for her professional |
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achievements and her civic service and extend to her best wishes for |
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continued success and happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Thames as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |