84R26016 JGH-D
By: González H.R. No. 2497
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, In June 2015, Tommy Gonzalez is celebrating his
first year as the city manager of El Paso, and this is a fitting
opportunity to take note of his impressive career in public
service; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Gonzalez served with distinction in the U.S.
Army for 22 years before retiring at the rank of lieutenant colonel;
he earned his bachelor's degree from Eastern New Mexico University
and his master's degree in public administration from Texas Tech
University; he has also been certified as a Lean Six Sigma Black
Belt by The University of Texas at Austin; and
WHEREAS, Since leaving the army, Mr. Gonzalez has held
leadership positions with the cities of Dallas, Harlingen, and
Lubbock, and before coming to El Paso, he was the city manager of
Irving, where his implementation of Lean Six Sigma principles
helped save the city more than $74 million and 50,000 hours of
productivity; under his leadership, Irving was the first city to
win the Texas Award for Performance Excellence from the Quality
Texas Foundation, and the city earned the 2012 Malcolm Baldrige
National Quality Award, becoming only the second municipality to
win that honor; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Gonzalez regularly shares his management
expertise as a speaker to public and private sector groups around
the nation, and he has delivered the keynote address of a conference
of city mayors in Puerto Rico; moreover, he has served as a
consultant for the Central Intelligence Agency and participated in
many conferences on performance excellence; and
WHEREAS, Today, Mr. Gonzalez helps to run the 19th-largest
city in the United States, and his long record of achievement
promises to serve him well as he looks forward to the challenges and
opportunities of the future; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby commend El Paso city manager Tommy Gonzalez on
his notable career in public service and extend to him sincere best
wishes for continued success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Gonzalez as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.