81R1392 JGH-D
By: Madden H.R. No. 58
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, For more than 15 years, Assistant City Manager
Michelle Thames has demonstrated exemplary professional and
personal commitment to the citizens of Richardson; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Thames earned her bachelor's degree in business
administration from Midwestern State University and her master's
degree in public administration from The University of Texas at
Arlington; and
WHEREAS, Since 1991, this outstanding public servant has
worked for the City of Richardson; she is currently the assistant
city manager for administrative services, with responsibility for
human resources, the budget office, and emergency management; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Thames also oversees the Richardson Public
Library, Citizens Information Services, Citizens Information
Television, and the city's franchise and regulatory affairs; she
takes a leading role in the city's administration of the arts,
overseeing the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts and
Corporate Presentations and working with local arts organizations
as the city's liaison to the Richardson Arts Commission; and
WHEREAS, A leader in her profession, Ms. Thames has served as
president, vice president, and treasurer of the Urban Management
Assistants of North Texas, and she has served on the professional
development committee of the Texas City Management Association; she
is an active member of the North Texas City Management Association
and the International City/County Management Association; and
WHEREAS, Despite her busy professional life, this caring
individual has also found time to give back to her community as a
member of the Junior League of Richardson and Altrusa
International; a graduate of Leadership Richardson and the Citizens
Police Academy, she also sits on the editorial board of Richardson
Living magazine; and
WHEREAS, The many contributions of Ms. Thames to the civic
spirit and welfare of Richardson have been recognized with the 2008
Linda Keithley Award for Women in Public Management from the North
Central Texas Council of Governments, and in 2006, she was named
Outstanding Woman of the Year in the government category by Altrusa
International; and
WHEREAS, With the love and support of her husband, Phil, and
their daughters, Sarah and Katherine, Michelle Thames is
contributing greatly to the future of the dynamic community in
which she lives, and she may indeed take pride in all that she has
accomplished for the city of Richardson and its citizens; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby commend Michelle Thames for her professional
achievements and her civic service and extend to her best wishes for
continued success and happiness; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Thames as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.