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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Vice Mayor Pro Tem Martha Castex-Tatum of the City |
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| 6 | 7 | | of Houston was elected as president of the Texas Municipal League on |
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| 7 | 8 | | May 11, 2021; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Established in 1913, the Texas Municipal League |
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| 9 | 10 | | seeks to empower Texas cities by providing legislative, legal, and |
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| 10 | 11 | | training services to city governments; its 16,000 members from more |
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| 11 | 12 | | than 1,160 cities include mayors, city councilpersons, city |
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| 12 | 13 | | managers, city attorneys, and department heads; chosen as the |
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| 13 | 14 | | league's president-elect on October 15, 2020, Ms. Castex-Tatum |
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| 14 | 15 | | began serving an extended term as president when her predecessor |
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| 15 | 16 | | vacated the position early; the eighth City of Houston official to |
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| 16 | 17 | | be elected president of TML and the first president to have served |
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| 17 | 18 | | on the city councils of two Texas cities, she will hold the office |
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| 18 | 19 | | until October 2022; she also represents the City of Houston on the |
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| 19 | 20 | | TML board of directors; and |
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| 20 | 21 | | WHEREAS, In May 2018, Ms. Castex-Tatum won a special election |
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| 21 | 22 | | to fill the vacant Houston City Council position for District K, and |
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| 22 | 23 | | in January 2020, she began her first four-year term on the council; |
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| 23 | 24 | | that same month, she was unanimously elected as vice mayor pro tem |
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| 24 | 25 | | by the mayor and city council; she chairs the Economic Development |
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| 25 | 26 | | Committee and sits on the Budget and Fiscal Affairs, Ethics, |
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| 26 | 27 | | Elections and Council Governance, Housing and Community Affairs, |
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| 27 | 28 | | Regulatory and Neighborhood Affairs, and Transportation, |
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| 28 | 29 | | Technology and Infrastructure Committees; and |
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| 29 | 30 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Castex-Tatum earned her bachelor's degree in |
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| 30 | 31 | | business administration and her master's degree in public |
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| 31 | 32 | | administration from Texas State University, and she has been an |
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| 32 | 33 | | active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., for nearly three |
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| 33 | 34 | | decades; she was the first African American woman to serve on the |
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| 34 | 35 | | San Marcos City Council, where she served as deputy mayor pro tem; |
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| 35 | 36 | | and |
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| 36 | 37 | | WHEREAS, Martha Castex-Tatum is proving herself to be a civic |
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| 37 | 38 | | leader of exceptional vision and ability, and she may indeed take |
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| 38 | 39 | | great pride in her record of service as she takes on the challenges |
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| 39 | 40 | | and opportunities of her new position; now, therefore, be it |
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| 40 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 41 | 42 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Martha Castex-Tatum on her |
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| 42 | 43 | | election as president of the Texas Municipal League and extend to |
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| 43 | 44 | | her sincere best wishes for a successful tenure; and, be it further |
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| 44 | 45 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 45 | 46 | | prepared for Ms. Castex-Tatum as an expression of high regard by |
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| 46 | 47 | | the Texas House of Representatives. |
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