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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Vice Mayor Pro Tem Martha Castex-Tatum of the City |
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of Houston was elected as president of the Texas Municipal League on |
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May 11, 2021; and |
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WHEREAS, Established in 1913, the Texas Municipal League |
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seeks to empower Texas cities by providing legislative, legal, and |
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training services to city governments; its 16,000 members from more |
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than 1,160 cities include mayors, city councilpersons, city |
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managers, city attorneys, and department heads; chosen as the |
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league's president-elect on October 15, 2020, Ms. Castex-Tatum |
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began serving an extended term as president when her predecessor |
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vacated the position early; the eighth City of Houston official to |
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be elected president of TML and the first president to have served |
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on the city councils of two Texas cities, she will hold the office |
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until October 2022; she also represents the City of Houston on the |
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TML board of directors; and |
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WHEREAS, In May 2018, Ms. Castex-Tatum won a special election |
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to fill the vacant Houston City Council position for District K, and |
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in January 2020, she began her first four-year term on the council; |
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that same month, she was unanimously elected as vice mayor pro tem |
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by the mayor and city council; she chairs the Economic Development |
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Committee and sits on the Budget and Fiscal Affairs, Ethics, |
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Elections and Council Governance, Housing and Community Affairs, |
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Regulatory and Neighborhood Affairs, and Transportation, |
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Technology and Infrastructure Committees; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Castex-Tatum earned her bachelor's degree in |
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business administration and her master's degree in public |
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administration from Texas State University, and she has been an |
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active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., for nearly three |
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decades; she was the first African American woman to serve on the |
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San Marcos City Council, where she served as deputy mayor pro tem; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Martha Castex-Tatum is proving herself to be a civic |
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leader of exceptional vision and ability, and she may indeed take |
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great pride in her record of service as she takes on the challenges |
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and opportunities of her new position; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Martha Castex-Tatum on her |
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election as president of the Texas Municipal League and extend to |
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her sincere best wishes for a successful tenure; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Castex-Tatum as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |