Bill Text: TX HR369 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Dionne Mack on her appointment as deputy city manager of public safety and support services for the City of El Paso.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-17 - Reported enrolled [HR369 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR369-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 369 |
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WHEREAS, Dionne Mack has been appointed deputy city manager | ||
of public safety and support services for the City of El Paso; and | ||
WHEREAS, After earning her bachelor's degree from The College | ||
at Brockport, State University of New York, Ms. Mack went on to | ||
receive master's degrees in Africana studies and in library science | ||
from SUNY Albany; in 1996, she began working as a librarian at the | ||
Crown Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, and she rose | ||
through the ranks to become the system's executive director; in | ||
that role, she oversaw the completion of the Dr. S. Stevan Dweck | ||
Cultural Center and the opening of the African-American Heritage | ||
Center, which was subsequently named in her honor; furthermore, she | ||
helped initiate a partnership with UPS to modernize the transport | ||
of library materials among the BPL's 60 locations, and in 2008, | ||
Crain's New York Business named her one of its 40 Under 40; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Mack began her career with the City of El Paso as | ||
its public library director in 2011; during her exceptional tenure | ||
in that position, she was instrumental in establishing childhood | ||
literacy initiatives and in expanding hours of operation at branch | ||
locations as well as increasing public access to library resources | ||
and programs, and the library was recognized in 2012 as one of the | ||
top 10 libraries for children in the U.S. by Livability.com; | ||
Ms. Mack also played a vital role in a campaign to bring books to | ||
marginalized areas of El Paso County through the Little Free | ||
Library project; she later served the city as interim managing | ||
director of quality of life and as managing director of public | ||
libraries and parks and recreation, and she was named interim | ||
deputy city manager of public safety and support services in April | ||
2017; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through her leadership, vision, and commitment to | ||
excellence, Dionne Mack has greatly contributed to the El Paso | ||
community, and the experience that she has gained is certain to be | ||
of great benefit as she continues to serve her fellow residents; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Dionne Mack on | ||
her appointment as deputy city manager of public safety and support | ||
services for the City of El Paso and extend to her sincere best | ||
wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Mack as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Moody | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 369 was adopted by the House on August | ||
15, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||