85R27230 BPG-D
By: Button H.R. No. 1940
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Richard Briley is retiring as managing director of
Health and Code Compliance for the City of Garland on June 30, 2017,
concluding a distinguished career that has spanned 28 years; and
WHEREAS, Dedicated to public and environmental health,
Mr. Briley has guided the department with skill, vision, and a
spirit of innovation; he has launched a number of effective
initiatives, and the risk-based food service inspection
methodology he developed and implemented in Garland has been
adopted as the national standard used in all U.S. Food and Drug
Administration training manuals for health inspectors; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Briley has benefited his profession at the state
level in a number of leadership roles; he was an officer of the
Texas Environmental Health Association for 15 years and served as
president in 2004; in addition, he was president of the Texas
Association of Municipal Health Officials and served on the board
of the Texas Municipal League; and
WHEREAS, In 2009, Mr. Briley assisted State Representative
Angie Chen Button with H.B. 1530, transferring licensure of public
health mosquito spraying to the Texas Department of Agriculture;
the passage of this bill allowed health departments across the
state to ramp up mosquito control activities to confront the threat
of West Nile, Dengue, and Zika virus outbreaks; Mr. Briley is the
author or co-author of numerous journal articles, and he has
written several policy opinions at the request of the Office of the
Texas Attorney General; among other accolades, he received the 2005
I. E. Scott Award, recognizing him as the state's top health
professional, and he was awarded a Certificate of Merit from the
National Environmental Health Association as one of the nation's
top-performing environmental health professionals; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Briley was previously employed by Hunt County
for five years as county sanitarian; he holds both a bachelor's and
a master's degree in biological sciences from Texas A&M
University--Commerce; and
WHEREAS, For more than a quarter century, Richard Briley has
devoted himself to the health, safety, and well-being of his fellow
citizens in Garland and beyond, and his outstanding contributions
will continue to resonate in the years to come; now, therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Richard Briley on his retirement as
managing director of Health and Code Compliance for the City of
Garland and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued
happiness; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Briley as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.