Bill Text: GA SR8 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Warner, Mr. John S.; recognizing
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-01-13 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR8 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR8-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 8
By:
Senator Tarver of the 22nd
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Mr. John S. Warner on his retirement; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
Mr. John S. Warner began his career with the State of Georgia in August, 1977,
at the Gracewood State School and Hospital, providing behavioral support
services to enhance the quality of life for the developmentally disabled
residents; and
WHEREAS,
Mr. Warner served as a Behavioral Specialist at Gracewood State School and
Hospital from 1977 through 1982, performing intellectual and behavioral
assessments of intellectually and developmentally disabled persons in order to
enhance the residents' adaptive living skills; and
WHEREAS,
from 1982 through 1988, Mr. Warner was the Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Coordinator at the Community Mental Health Center of East Central Georgia, where
he provided intensive case management to individuals with complex behavioral and
health needs in order to maximize their functioning in their community;
and
WHEREAS,
in 1988, Mr. Warner was named the Assistant Area Director of the Community
Mental Health Center of East Central Georgia, a position in which he managed the
provision of behavioral health and developmental disabilities services,
developed early intervention services for developmentally diasabled children,
and designed and implemented the first continuum of child and adolescent mental
health services in Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
in 1994, Mr. Warner went on to serve as the Executive Director of the Community
Service Board of East Central Georgia, overseeing the provision of all mental
health and developmental disabilities services in a seven-county catchment area,
managing an agency with over 400 employees and an annual operating budget of $18
million, and guiding the agency to achieve its first accreditation by the Joint
Commission; and
WHEREAS,
from 1999 through 2003, he served as a Mental Health Team Leader and Quality
Management Director at Gracewood State School and Hospital, overseeing
accreditation requirements; and
WHEREAS,
Mr. Warner has served in several positions in the past six years, currently
serving as Regional Services Administrator of the Region 2 Mental Health,
Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases office, ensuring 39 county
providers are dispensing quality care and efficient service and act in
compliance with regulatory standards; and
WHEREAS,
his significant organizational and leadership talents, his remarkable patience
and diplomacy, his keen sense of vision, and his sensitivity to the needs of the
mental health community have earned him the respect and admiration of his
colleagues and associates.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body recognize
Mr. John S. Warner for his outstanding career and commend him for his years of
service to the State of Georgia.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Mr. John S. Warner.
