SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 389
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
recognize Melaney Goebel, who is retiring from the Office of the
Comptroller of Public Accounts after many years of outstanding
service to the state; and
WHEREAS, Melaney began her career in state government in
December of 1988 working as a clerk in the bid room at the General
Services Commission, where she prepared bids for bid openings and
read bids to the public; in 1992, she was promoted and moved to
the accounting department to work as an accounting clerk in
accounts payable; there she had her first exposure to payroll
processing using the old DIR FACTS system; and
WHEREAS, Melaney received promotions each year as she
quickly rose through the ranks to the position of Accountant VII;
she cross-trained on payroll duties and assisted with the
agency's conversion to the Uniform Statewide Payroll/Personnel
System and then became the payroll officer for the agency;
Melaney also verified the accuracy of travel vouchers and became
the supervisor over accounts payable, travel, and payroll in
April of 2002; and
WHEREAS, Melaney joined the comptroller's office as a
Systems Analyst II in the Fiscal Management division in December
of 2002, and she immediately began to support a full load of
agencies on the Uniform Statewide Payroll/Personnel System; in
addition, Melaney started to support agencies reporting to the
Statewide Payroll/Personnel Reporting System and was able to
document functional specifications for both systems; and
WHEREAS, Due to Melaney's functional and technical
expertise in the statewide payroll systems, she was called upon
throughout her career in the Fiscal Management division to
participate on projects to implement new statewide systems; she
continued to take on challenging projects as an analyst,
coordinator, and trainer, and she was of invaluable assistance in
the implementation of Project One, a statewide Enterprise
Resource Planning solution for state agencies; and
WHEREAS, In September of 2013, Melaney accepted a promotion
to Systems Analyst V as Team Lead of the Statewide Human Resources
and Payroll Assistance Section, where she has served as the go-to
person for her team, customers, and management; and
WHEREAS, In all of her assignments, Melaney has
distinguished herself as an exemplary employee and colleague;
her smile lights up a room, and her positive can-do attitude and
dedication to providing exceptional customer service have
contributed to her great success in each role she has held in
state government; Melaney will be missed tremendously by all who
have worked with her over the course of her career; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th
Legislature, hereby commend Melaney Goebel on her many years of
valuable service to the state and extend to her congratulations
and best wishes as she retires from her position in the Office of
the Comptroller of Public Accounts; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
her as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate.
Watson
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on March 18, 2015.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate