82R28281 MGR-D

By: Reynolds H.R. No. 2102

R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, The city of Rosenberg has greatly benefited from the dedicated leadership of the Honorable Joe M. Gurecky, who has served the community as mayor since 1999; and

WHEREAS, The longest-serving mayor in the city's history, Mayor Gurecky was elected to represent District 4 on the city council in 1995 and became mayor four years later; he is a third-generation resident of Rosenberg who worked as a manufacturing manager at Baroid Industrial Drilling Projects for more than 25 years before founding Gurecky Manufacturing Service, Inc., in 1983; he has also farmed and raised cattle in Fort Bend County for four decades; and

WHEREAS, Joe Gurecky has been active in many civic organizations, serving as a director of the OakBend Medical Center, the chair of the Holy Rosary Catholic School capital campaign, the president of the planning and zoning commission, and a member of the board of regents of Texas State Technical College; in addition, he was named the businessperson of the year in 2002 by the local chamber of commerce and he is a life member of the Fort Bend County Fair Association; in all his endeavors, he enjoys the love and support of his wife, Doris; and

WHEREAS, Each day, public servants improve the quality of life for their fellow citizens in innumerable ways, and the efforts of Joe Gurecky as mayor and as a city councilman have helped to make Rosenberg an even better place in which to live and work; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby honor Mayor Joe M. Gurecky for his many years of service to the citizens of Rosenberg and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mayor Gurecky as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.