81R32987 CBE-D
By: Miklos H.R. No. 2260
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Karen E. Gray was reelected as a member of the Balch
Springs City Council on May 9, 2009; and
WHEREAS, A Balch Springs resident for more than 25 years, Ms.
Gray enjoys a career as a financial advisor; she has applied that
expertise to her role on the council, helping to bring about a
budget surplus and working to negotiate such important purchases as
two buses for the transportation of elderly and handicapped
residents; and
WHEREAS, Among the other positive changes the city has seen
since Ms. Gray joined the council are the creation of a traffic
division in the marshals office to patrol school zones and slow
traffic in other areas and the establishment of a special use
alcohol permit to impede the opening of beer and wine stores in
neighborhoods; her contributions to public safety further include
voting for the creation of a K9 unit with two new police positions;
and
WHEREAS, Looking to the future, Ms. Gray also advocated for
holding tanks to prevent flooding, initiated the "clean-out and
maintain" program for Hickory Creek, one of the city's most
cherished landmarks, and promoted the development of a hospital and
shopping center in her district; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Gray's goals for her current term include
enlisting a city grant writer, holding down property taxes, and
soliciting state and federal tax dollars to contribute to the cost
of city operations; and
WHEREAS, Each day, public servants improve the quality of
life for their fellow citizens in innumerable ways, and the efforts
of Ms. Gray are indeed helping to make Balch Springs a better place
in which to live, work, and raise a family; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Karen E. Gray on her reelection to
the Balch Springs City Council 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. Gray as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.