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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, In June 2015, Tommy Gonzalez is celebrating his |
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first year as the city manager of El Paso, and this is a fitting |
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opportunity to take note of his impressive career in public |
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service; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Gonzalez served with distinction in the U.S. |
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Army for 22 years before retiring at the rank of lieutenant colonel; |
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he earned his bachelor's degree from Eastern New Mexico University |
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and his master's degree in public administration from Texas Tech |
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University; he has also been certified as a Lean Six Sigma Black |
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Belt by The University of Texas at Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, Since leaving the army, Mr. Gonzalez has held |
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leadership positions with the cities of Dallas, Harlingen, and |
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Lubbock, and before coming to El Paso, he was the city manager of |
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Irving, where his implementation of Lean Six Sigma principles |
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helped save the city more than $74 million and 50,000 hours of |
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productivity; under his leadership, Irving was the first city to |
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win the Texas Award for Performance Excellence from the Quality |
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Texas Foundation, and the city earned the 2012 Malcolm Baldrige |
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National Quality Award, becoming only the second municipality to |
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win that honor; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Gonzalez regularly shares his management |
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expertise as a speaker to public and private sector groups around |
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the nation, and he has delivered the keynote address of a conference |
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of city mayors in Puerto Rico; moreover, he has served as a |
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consultant for the Central Intelligence Agency and participated in |
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many conferences on performance excellence; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, Mr. Gonzalez helps to run the 19th-largest |
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city in the United States, and his long record of achievement |
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promises to serve him well as he looks forward to the challenges and |
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opportunities of the future; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend El Paso city manager Tommy Gonzalez on |
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his notable career in public service and extend to him sincere best |
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wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Gonzalez as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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González |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2497 was adopted by the House on May |
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31, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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