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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Members of the Deer Park Independent School District |
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community are bidding farewell to a highly respected administrator |
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with the retirement of David Webb as chief financial officer on June |
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30, 2013; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Webb assumed the post of CFO for the Deer Park |
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school district in 2004, bringing with him a broad range of |
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experience gained through 17 years' work in the field of school |
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finance; he had previously served for a decade as CFO for the La |
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Porte ISD and had also worked with the Alief, Pasadena, and Alvin |
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school districts, following six years in private industry; over the |
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course of his career, he has helped to secure affirmative votes in |
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four bond elections, including two in Deer Park; and |
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WHEREAS, While rendering distinguished service in his |
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professional capacity, this esteemed Texan has also given |
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generously of his time and talents to a number of related |
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organizations; Mr. Webb led the Texas Association of School |
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Business Officials for a year as president, served on the group's |
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board of directors for seven years, and chaired its governmental |
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relations committee for 10 years; in recognition of his outstanding |
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professional contributions, TASBO conferred on him its Commitment |
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to Excellence Award in 2003; and |
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WHEREAS, David Webb has also held a seat on the board of |
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directors of the Texas Association of School Boards Risk Management |
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Fund since 1995; he currently serves as treasurer of the board and |
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as a member of the board's executive committee and audit and finance |
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committee; in addition, he has served as treasurer of the board of |
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the Texas Education Reform Foundation and as treasurer of the Texas |
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Education Reform Caucus; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply committed to the cause of public education, |
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Mr. Webb has taught classes for colleagues on a number of financial |
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topics, authored two books on school finance, and testified before |
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the state legislature on multiple occasions; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Pasadena, Mr. Webb graduated from South |
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Houston High School in 1977 and from The University of Texas at |
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Austin in 1981; he became a certified public accountant in 1983 and |
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a certified school risk manager in 2011; after stepping down from |
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his present post with the Deer Park ISD, he will be working in the |
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municipal finance sector, where he plans to continue helping school |
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districts with bond sales and elections and other financing issues; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, For more than a quarter of a century, David Webb has |
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devoted his consummate expertise to the benefit of Texas |
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schoolchildren, and he may take justifiable pride in a job well |
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done; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate David Webb on his retirement from |
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the Deer Park Independent School District and extend to him sincere |
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best wishes for 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 Mr. Webb as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |